# Bread and wine **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** wine\ **Created:** [August 27, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-and-wine/794802 "2017-08-27T01:41:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-and-wine/794802/1 "2017-08-27T01:41:41Z")
Bread and wine can be a tasty treat, but bread dipped in wine isn’t. No matter what the Greeks say. Maybe the bread is supposed to be stale. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-and-wine/794802/2 "2017-08-27T03:13:32Z")
Bread dipped in balsamic vinegar (and olive oil) can be quite tasty, though. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-and-wine/794802/3 "2017-08-27T20:35:50Z")
There’s a cathedral near us (high church Lutheran, oddly enough) where I would go just for the Sunday morning snack. A nerdy family bakes a bunch of fresh baguettes, and they have the best screw-top Port I’ve had. And it’s heavenly… because I’ve learned to chew the bread (I ask for a crusty piece), then take a slug out of the chalice. I foolishly dipped the bread once and… eeew. All the way back to my pew, I was thinking “He did not choose… wisely.”