'Sod pottage' is generally taken to mean boiling/cooking or preparing pottage. The term pottage is a noun that refers to a thick soup or to a stew of vegetables and occasionally meat. A pottage may simply be described as a thick (often creamy) soup. An archaic use of the term is to mean porridge.
The phrase 'sod pottage' is typically associated with a passage from the Bible, from the book of Genesis, which goes as follows: And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint".
The term comes from the Middle English term potage; coming from the Old French; from the term pot, meaning pot.
The phrase 'sod pottage' is typically associated with a passage from the Bible, from the book of Genesis, which goes as follows: And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint".
The term comes from the Middle English term potage; coming from the Old French; from the term pot, meaning pot.
