Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Warning... This is a Rant!
Words eh! some of them really get my head shaking and one is 'Doona!' Having discovered Duvets in the UK back in the late 1960's and just loving them, I find it strange that here in Australia some people call them a Doona, it took me a while to realize that this is a brand name!
I have to admit I've asked the odd person who mentioned their Doona for a photo of the label! I know boring...
It's not just us here in Aussie land that have taken on a brand name like this, I remember back in the UK hearing people saying they had done their 'Hoovering'... but was it with a Hoover?? Not usually.
I wonder if there are any other brand names used instead of what the actual item is?
The history of Duvets really surprised me, Wow! so so so long ago.
History[edit]
Records show the earliest duvets were made in China, around 3000 B.C. From Viking times, duvets of eider down were used by people on the northern coast of Norway. In the 15th century, featherbeds (mattresses) were used by rich monachs in continental Europe and in England, though not by their courtiers.[11] From the 16th century, wealthy people all over continental Europe began buying and using feather duvets.
- a soft quilt filled with down, feathers, or a synthetic fibre, used instead of an upper sheet and blankets.
- a quilted eiderdown or duvet.
A larder is a cool area for storing food prior to use. Originally, it was where raw meat was larded—covered in fat—to be preserved.[2] By the 18th century, the term had expanded. Now a dry larder was where bread, pastry, milk, butter, or cooked meats were stored.[2] Larders were commonplace in houses before the widespread use of the refrigerator.
Stone larders were designed to keep cold in the hottest weather. They had slate or marble shelves two or three inches thick. These shelves were wedged into thick stone walls. Fish or vegetables were laid directly onto the shelves and covered with muslin or handfuls of wet rushes were sprinkled under and around.[3]
Welllllll... At Wollogorang the Pantry was where all the Pots and Pans were kept and the Larder was a cool room where dry and tinned foods were kept, the kitchen also had a wall of Fridges so that's what I grew up with and saw many times in the UK as well.
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