In France what is a marmite?
A marmite (pronounced mar-meet) is a traditional crockery casserole vessel found in France. It is famed for its "pot-belly" shape. It lends its name to Marmite, a British savoury spread and to Marmitako, a Basque tuna dish.
According to the French culinary reference work 'Le Répertoire de la Cuisine', a marmite can be either a stock pot or "a French pot with lid similar to a casserole with two finger-grips on each side."
A casserole, from the French word casse meaning a case, is a large, deep dish used both in the oven and as a serving vessel. The word is also used for the food cooked and served in such a vessel, with the cookware itself called a casserole dish or casserole pan.
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Leapy Lee
From some of the comments here it is pretty obvious that many people don’t bother to read the questions. If you had you would’ve read that the French marmite was used to name the British spread due to the shape of the pan. Clearly the French word Marmite came well before the UK spread was invented!
Pat Salloum
The spread known as marmite in the UK, is known as what in France? Wouldn't it be marmite too??
David Holmes
Richard Hoff, Marmite took its name from the cooking pot, hence the distinctive jar.
Patricia Riddle
Good question. France was the clue that gave it away.
bmeuler
There were certainly two correct answers.
Skip Hayden
There were two correct answers - kettle and spread, as the spread is also used in France.
Pat Askew
Marmite is a yeast spread. Very popular in nthe UK
Albeck1994
LunaAtlas, marmite is vegemite, but A marmite is an earthenware container
maewall
So the majority was wrong. And I missed the last one in the bonus quiz, Thanks so much.
Lupe Hernandez
Marmite is also a yeast based spread made by German scientist Justus von Liebig.
Richard Hoff
While in Europe a few years ago they had a yeast vegetable spread called Marmite. Never heard of the word used with cooking pots.