On 8/8/2013 10:02 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Aug 2013 09:36:49 +0100, Broadback
> > wrote:
>
>> As regards keeping them in a fridge, in temperate climes they are best kept
>> in a cool larder.
>
> Good luck with finding one of those over here. I know my house had a
> larder at one point because the evidence is still on the outside of
> the house, but it was eliminated during a kitchen gut & remodel by a
> previous owner.
>
Older homes may still have them - our place in NJ does. It sticks out
from the back wall of the kitchen. When we re-did it, we discovered a
copper pipe which used to take the drips from the blocks of ice used in
summer (it needs no ice in winter!).
Our Scottish kitchen is much newer, and has a nicely ventilated
north-facing larder.