Urgent baking help needed

[Nibble]

Eggs should ideally be kept in a cool larder with a stone floor away from exposure to light and heat.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Eggs should ideally be kept in a cool larder with a stone floor away from exposure to light and heat.

opposite to love eggs then
regards
DR

 

[Lush]

Eggs should ideally be kept in a cool larder with a stone floor away from exposure to light and heat.

Or the pantry, m'lud?

 

[Return of the Rev]

Wait till that lot up the road rumble this thread Its going the same as the man made duster or feathers thread we had a while back

 

[Dorset Seagull]

If you don't have eight small ones, you could always just reduce the proportion of the butter, sugar & flour accordingly. So long as the ratio is the same, it'll be fine.

Christ Edna is there anything you DONT know!!!

 

[TomandJerry]

Wait till that lot up the road rumble this thread Its going the same as the man made duster or feathers thread we had a while back

 

[GT49er]

They're just eggs. They come from hens (unless otherwise specified). Some are a bit larger than others, OK. Just bung some in, it'll be fine ...........

 

[MJsGhost]

At this time of year, if you have room in your fridge for eggs, you didn't buy enough booze, a big enough turkey, or enough cheese*.
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!



*Which should be removed from the fridge to come up to room temperature before eating, obvs.

 

[Notters]

Simple answer is No where do all the supermarkets keep them?

Which is presumably why eggs for sainsbury are always shite?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Alright, time for a sensible answer, that hopefully accomodates BG's premise, and introduces a smidge of whatever the opposite is of 'talking bollocks'.

Eggs go off slower if they are kept cool. When I was a kid, working class families like mine could not afford a fridge. So they converted a cubby hole into a cool storage space, called a larder. This would keep the eggs edible for longer than if they had been stored in a regular cupboard in the cooking area (kitchen) which could get quite warm owing to cooking of food.

In later years, even the working class became able to afford a fridge. But the old working class habit of keeping eggs in the larder remained. This makes no sense whatsoever. Keeping eggs a bit cooler won't spoil them. they simply last a bit longer.

FFS.

 

[TomandJerry]

What if you don't have a larder

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

In previous years we've left stuff outside the backdoor [secure back garden] where temperatures were -1 to +4 [fridge range] - been above that for most of December so bought a small s/h fridge to put in the garage. We have one of them American fridge-freezer jobbies in the utility room but that is pretty rammed this time of year.

Is a pantry just a posh name for a larder?

 

[Acker79]

Is a pantry just a posh name for a larder?

Not exactly.

According to this site it is an outdated difference. It is derived from old French Lardier, and further back Latin Lardarium - meaning a room where meats were stored. Pantry comes from the French Paneterie or bread room.

So, pantries were for bread, larder for meat. As time moved on and we started buying more produce in tins etc for longer term storage, rather than growing things in the garden and having small farm holdings etc the spaces were used to store more things and over time the terms became inter-changeable.

 

[Nottseagull]

We called it a scullery, but were living in the North West in those days.
I wonder if Alan Mullery has a scullery?