As per my comment to Quin above - I'm very freaked out that no one British here has a larder. Less posh than a pantry, I think, and quite common in 1920s/30s houses and earlier. Tends to have a stone/cement/tiled floor or otherwise be naturally chillier than the kitchen.
Am I really the only LJ person who thinks this is a normal word? Ack! I am a freak!
I live in a two-bedroom terrace in suburban South London built in the last 30 years. No, I don't have a larder, or a pantry, or a closet, or a cellar, or anything much. But I do recognise the word 'larder' and don't think it's weird. :-)
I think my Victorian 2 bed terrace in suburban South London would have had a larder, before it was broken up into dinky little flats where cupboards are a bit of a luxury. Maybe larders went out with the war...
Thank you for your language support. It's been tough on this post!
A larder sounds to me like what you'd have in Enid Blyton books. You know - the same type of people who ride their bicycles around the village and drink ginger beer...
Ack. No! That's what pantry means to me: someone with a servant or two who needs a special room to keep them and their food in. Larders are just cold storage spaces.
But the dating is about right - first half of twentieth cent, I think.
And I like ginger beer. Not so much cycling round the metropolis though.
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Am I really the only LJ person who thinks this is a normal word? Ack! I am a freak!
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Thank you for your language support. It's been tough on this post!
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But the dating is about right - first half of twentieth cent, I think.
And I like ginger beer. Not so much cycling round the metropolis though.