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The original pantry, named for the bacon fat it was built to guard.
means A cool room or cupboard where food, especially meat, is stored.
from From Old French 'lardier,' a place for storing lard, built on Latin 'lardum' (bacon, animal fat). Originally the larder was specifically where cured pork and rendered fat were kept — only later did it broaden to mean any food store, the bacon long gone but the name lingering.
- name origin
- From Latin lardum, meaning bacon or pork fat
- cold corner
- Always faced north to stay naturally cool
- larder beetle
- A real pest named for devouring stored meat
- larder hoard
- Animals like leopards keep tree-stashed kill larders
for instance
hampton court palace larder — henry viii's royal kitchens had a dedicated larder at hampton court with separate chambers for meat, fish, and dairy