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.

“A stitch in time saves nine” came about when a suburban football team ate a barded joint of gammon (for high tea) in which the practitioner had regrettably left two larding-needles.