You have got pantry?

[story]

We live in a house dated 1872. We have a downstairs outside WC, and we also have a walk in pantry. The rooms in the attic were for the servants. We now store lodgers in there.

 

[Lysistrata]

I live in a house built in 1880 which has a pantry - a big cupboard with wooden slatted shelves and a stone floor which is always nice and cool. Great for keeping booze in.

 

[two sheds]

Remember my ma and da having a pantry it was bleedn freezing in winter. I'd love one - there's an area under the stairs on the north wall i'm tempted to cupboard off and use (someone i was talking to said they were often under stairs, i suppose it's good for insulation).

I have however recently acquired a meat safe is veh nice - my parents had one in the pantry and i've always loved the idea of them.

 

[secretsquirrel]

I saw the pantry on Nigella's programme last night. It was bigger than my entire kitchen.

I *heart* her pantry - although I suspect it's nothing more than a set and not hers at all.

We have a cupboard under the stairs. I call it my pantry cos I've always wanted one and this is as close as I might ever get. Whatever, it holds all our dry goods and veg and tins and stuff. And there's still lots of room for assorted tupperware, the hoover, clothes rack, Christmas decorations... (you get the picture).

It's big enough to walk into. If everything gets too much I intend to shut myself up in there and just eat a lot

 

[Disaster]

We have a pantry. It's a small concrete room with a window and some shelves under the stairs. The dogs sleep in there.

 

[zenie]

So how big does a cupboard have to be to be called a pantry?

When is a pantry a pantry and not a larder?

I live in a tower block, no pantry here

 

[butterfly child]

So how big does a cupboard have to be to be called a pantry?

When is a pantry a pantry and not a larder?

I live in a tower block, no pantry here

I'd have said a pantry was the same as a larder.. maybe it's only the language that differs between classes.

It has to be big enough to stand in, imo - the one in my dads house housed the fridge/freezer, the iron and ironing board as well as loads of tinned/boxed foods.

Cloo, I reckon they were always outside loos. My stepdad and his family lived in a house with a downstairs loo outside, and my old house used to have a downstairs loo outside. Oh, and my great grandparents house in Ilkeston had an outside loo adjascent to the kitchen wall.

 

[Looby]

So how big does a cupboard have to be to be called a pantry?

When is a pantry a pantry and not a larder?

I live in a tower block, no pantry here

I thought a larder and a pantry were the same thing but I may be wrong. If I am what's the difference?

 

[Detroit City]

I've got a big pantry in my kitchen, it's fantastic but a blooming mess as everything gets shoved in there.

yes, the bigger the pantry the messier it tends to be

 

[zenie]

I thought a larder and a pantry were the same thing but I may be wrong. If I am what's the difference?

I thought you could walk round in a pantry whereas a larder was a cupboard type pantry but i might be wrong hence the ask

My Mum's got one in her post war council house, a larder made of stone and brick built between the toilet (which is under the turn in the stairs) and the kitchen. The door opens into the kitchen.

 

[ScallyWag II]

My *pantry* is smack bang in the corner of my kitchen/dining room. Only problem is it's open plan so it all looks a bit messy after I've stocked up on cat food and booze. My cupboard under the stairs is my second pantry, and it's got all me meters, tool box, drill, extension lead, washing powders, fabric conditioners, cleaning stuffs, kitchen towels, etc in it. And my dining room table takes whatever I can't be arsed to put away.

I think I need to stop hoarding stuff tbh

 

[butterfly child]

I thought you could walk round in a pantry whereas a larder was a cupboard type pantry but i might be wrong hence the ask

My Mum's got one in her post war council house, a larder made of stone and brick built between the toilet (which is under the turn in the stairs) and the kitchen. The door opens into the kitchen.

My dad had one in his council house - indoor pantry (well, we called it the pantry) and outdoor coal/wood shed. He knocked them down and made a bigger kitchen.

((( pantry )))

 

[Looby]

I thought you could walk round in a pantry whereas a larder was a cupboard type pantry but i might be wrong hence the ask

My Mum's got one in her post war council house, a larder made of stone and brick built between the toilet (which is under the turn in the stairs) and the kitchen. The door opens into the kitchen.

I think we may have a larder then which is a lot less posh.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I think we may have a larder then which is a lot less posh.

I call mine a "root cellar" which is almost in Jed Clampet territory.

 

[weepiper]

Our house was built in 1874 and we have a pantry, it's about 5 foot square floor space and floor to ceiling height with stone floor and wooden slatted shelves up one wall, it keeps all our dry/tinned/jar foods, a small fridge, the hoover and mountains of crap that I can't find anywhere else for

The neighbour's house which is the same basic pattern has had theirs converted to a downstairs WC.

 

[Herbsman.]

The neighbour's house which is the same basic pattern has had theirs converted to a downstairs WC.

I pity people for whom pissing and shitting is more important than cooking and eating

 

[story]

I call mine a "root cellar" which is almost in Jed Clampet territory.

But isn't a root cellar different to a pantry?

I always thought the dugout earthy aspect of it helped the root vegetables to keep. The right humidity as well as temperature. Like, I'd not keep herbs and grains in a root cellar, I don't think.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

But isn't a root cellar different to a pantry?

I always thought the dugout earthy aspect of it helped the root vegetables to keep. The right humidity as well as temperature. Like, I'd not keep herbs and grains in a root cellar, I don't think.

You have a point.

I designed my storage area to keep a temperature between 50 and 55 deg. F. It has a higher humidity than the rest of the house. This doesn't preclude grain storage. You just need an airtight container (and some O2 absorbant packs if you want to be fussy about it).

 

[story]

You have a point.

I designed my storage area to keep a temperature between 50 and 55 deg. F. It has a higher humidity than the rest of the house. This doesn't preclude grain storage. You just need an airtight container (and some O2 absorbant packs if you want to be fussy about it).

That's modern trickster stuff, those airtight containers!!

 

[Space Girl]

what's a scullery then? 'cos we have one of them, or maybe that's just what we call it, it's a room off the kitchen with no windows or heating, it has the boiler, the washing machine, fridge freezer and all the food in it, also has a work surface with enough room for the microwave and bottles of sloe gin

 

[aqua]

can we have some photos please

this thread needs photos of your pantries

 

[zenie]

what's a scullery then?

I think that's where you would have kept coal rather than food.

No-one really needs a pantry these days if their kitchen's big enough

 

[aqua]

pantries have the added advantage of being cool, dry and dark - none of which you would have ain a working kitchen as when you cook the moisture increases

I'd always hope to have a pantry - no matter how big a kitchen

 

[moomoo]

can we have some photos please

this thread needs photos of your pantries

I'll post a pic of the closed door if you like.

 

[Looby]

I'll post a pic of the closed door if you like.

Me too, mine's far too untidy atm.

 

[Space Girl]

I think that's where you would have kept coal rather than food.

No-one really needs a pantry these days if their kitchen's big enough

my kitchen is big, maybe the room I have mistakenly called a scullary is a utility room ???

should that be 'an utlity' or 'a utlity', sounds silly saying 'an utilty' but what about that rule about a's and an's

 

[Herbsman.]

it's a utility

because its pronounced 'you-tillity'