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Sop
A sop is a piece of bread or toast that is soaked in liquid it should be of whom he spake. He then lying on
food and then eaten. In medieval cuisine, sops were very Jesus’ breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? Jesus
common. Sops were served with wine, soup or broth, answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a SOP,
and then picked apart into smaller pieces to soak in the when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the
liquid. At elaborate feasts, bread was often pre-cut into SOP, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. (
finger-sized pieces rather than broken off by the diners John 13:21-26 )
themselves. The word "soup" is a cognate of "sop", both
stemming ultimately from the same Germanic source.
The word is mentioned prominently in the Bible, King
Expressions
James Version: The expression "milksop" describes a person as weak and
When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, indecisive, as in "you milksop," meaning "you wimp".
and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, that one of you shall betray me. Then the
disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom
Sources
he spake. Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom • Adamson, Melitta Weiss (2004) Food in Medieval Times
one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter ISBN 0-313-32147-7
therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who
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