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The seventeenth century person seemed to prefer slightly thinner or runnier sauce, one that could be sopped up by sippets. A sippet is a piece of lightly toasted bread on which a piece of meat may rest. Sippets can also be used in soup. The sippet is a throw-back to Medieval dining, where bread would soak up gravies and sauces. At the end of the meal, these bread plates would be collected and fed to the poor. Sippets are still with us even today. The piece of bread found floating in the French onion soup, under a steak, chop or game bird all derives from this common past. |
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