Pelican foot. A type of horn shell availably in the Mediterranean and the North Sea and good for flavouring soups.
If the thoracic portion of the carcass in lamb, or entrecosto, is cut as a ladder of ribs, then banha is the larger cut which includes abdominal muscles plus costal cartilage and sternum.
Bain-Marie. 'Mary's bath'. A water bath - a container of warm water in which smaller pot(s) rest to provide slow, even cooking, protecting the extremities from over colouring. Ideal for sauces and custards or for keeping food hot. This is apparently named after Moses' sister, Mary, who was a chemist or after the Virgin Mary.
