Marmite (cooking dish)

A marmite (pronounced mar-meet) is a traditional crockery casserole dish found in France. It is famed for its "pot-belly" shape.

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."

It lends its name to Marmite, a British savoury spread.

During the First World War, French troops used the term "marmite" for an incoming artillery shell (of the type you hear coming, what the Brits called a "whizz-bang").