Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
BOUILLI
Etymology
Noun
bouilli (countable and uncountable, plural bouillis)
meat stewed with juice
Source: Wiktionary
Bou`illi" (, n. Etym: [F., fr. bouillir to boil.] (Cookery)
Definition: Boiled or stewed meat; beef boiled with vegetables in water from which its gravy is to be made; beef from which bouillon or soup has been made.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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