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A '''sop''' is a piece of [[bread]] or [[toast]] with which liquid food of some sort is soaked up and then eaten. In [[medieval cuisine]] the sop was one of the most common dishes. It was composed of various liquids such as [[wine]], [[soup]] or [[broth]] served with bread that was meant to be picked apart to soak up the food. At elaborate feasts bread was often pre-cut into finger-sized pieces rather than broken off by the diners themselves. The modern term for [[soup]] is directly derived from the sop.
In modern English, the word has also taken on the meaning of a pitiful offering after much suffering.
==Sources==
*Adamson, Melitta Weiss (2004) ''Food in Medieval Times'' ISBN 0-313-32147-7
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