larding-needle

noun

Definitions

  1. Dated form of larding needle.

    • “And we must get a rolling-pin,” she cried, “for I shall make pumpkin pies every day. Oh, and I want a farina-kettle and a colander, and a bain-marie, and a larding-needle, and a syllabub-churn.”
    • These strips are called lardons, and are inserted either by making an incision in the surface and laying the lardon in the slashing or by the use of a larding-needle.
    • Scissors, kitchen needles, larding-needles, and skewers have special functions.

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