Marie's Bath.........

[Kerrmudgeon]

Ok, who the hell was Marie and what was she doing taking a bath in the kitchen?
You know, the chick that the pan (bain-marie pan/technique) is named after......

I looked all over and could not find who the pan was named after......anyone know?

[Olustee bus]

I don't know why but I first thought that it was used to make fish stock. Then I saw that Marie could not sit in it.

The name comes from the medieval-Latin term balneum (or balineum) Mariae—literally, Mary's bath—from which the French bain de Marie, or bain-marie, is derived. There are many theories as to how the name Marie came to be associated with this equipment:
According to culinary writer Giuliano Bugialli, the term comes from the Italian bagno maria, named after Maria de'Cleofa, who developed the technique in Florence in the sixteenth century.[2]
Alternatively, the device's invention has been popularly attributed to Mary the Jewess, an ancient alchemist traditionally supposed to have been Miriam, a sister of Moses.[1] However, according to The Jewish Alchemists,[3] Maria the Jewess was an ancient alchemist who lived in Alexandria, which would seem to contradict the tradition that she was Moses' sister: Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in 334 BC, while Moses is thought to have lived around 1450-1200 BC.[4]
Finally, some consider the name a reference to the Virgin Mary, whose proverbial gentleness can be likened to the gentleness of this cooking technique.[1

[Kerrmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Olustee bus

I don't know why but I first thought that it was used to make fish stock. Then I saw that Marie could not sit in it.

, thanks for all that history, it's more than I could find out. Fish stock......too funny!