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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: balneal #121658 01/30/04 02:51 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky This puzzled me: bain-marie: literally, bath of Mary, a pan with hot water in which smaller pans may be placed for slow cooking or to keep the food warm. Why a 'bath of Mary'? Oh--wasn't it one of the Marys in the Bible who bathed Jesus' feet? Does bath of Mary mean a foot bath; that is, shallow? I don't think I've ever heard the term before. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted balneal wwh 01/30/04 02:26 PM Re: balneal Jackie 01/30/04 02:51 PM Re: balneal jheem 01/30/04 03:31 PM Re: gentle Mary maverick 01/30/04 03:35 PM Re: gentle Mary Faldage 01/30/04 03:36 PM Re: gentle Mary maverick 01/30/04 03:49 PM Re: gentle Mary Faldage 01/30/04 03:55 PM Re: gentle Mary Jackie 01/30/04 04:45 PM Re: gentle Mary jheem 01/30/04 05:00 PM Re: gentle Mary of troy 01/30/04 05:44 PM Re: gentle Mary jheem 01/30/04 07:04 PM Re: gentle Mary maverick 02/01/04 12:20 AM Re: gentle Mary belMarduk 02/01/04 01:43 AM Re: gentle Mary Bingley 02/04/04 04:49 AM Re: gentle Mary Faldage 02/04/04 11:56 AM Re: gentle Mary Bingley 02/05/04 05:01 AM Re: the day the green beans died Buffalo Shrdlu 02/05/04 10:34 AM Re: gentle Mary of troy 01/30/04 05:49 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,993 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,121 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 16 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,957 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,955 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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