SC - Cippits

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

And it came to pass on 29 Jun 00,, that ALexandria Doyle wrote:

> The recipe itself doesn't seem difficult, until you get to
> the "serve y wth Cippits" part.  I also found another reference, same book
> in a Rump of Beefe recipe, to "then send it in with browne Cippits"
> 
> What are Cippits?

I believe this is an alternate spelling of "sippets".  According to food 
historian Karen Hess, sippet is the dimimutive of "sop" -- a toasted, 
fried, or dried piece of bread which is used to sop up liquid.  In other 
words, serve your frigasy over toast.


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