My mum has a pantry and still uses it, and in our house I gather from the neighbours that the downstairs loo was a pantry in days gone by. My grandparents farm had all sorts (including a scullery and a pantry) - that everything from eggs to hanging chickens where kept in. And it had a small building painted white, tucked under a tree and that had a trough in it to keep the milk and other products cool.