Genesis parallels his redness to the "red lentil pottage" that he sold his birthright for. Nigerian yam pottage/porridge includes tomatoes and other culinary vegetables along with the yam. I trust that I shall never thus sell my birthright for a mess of pottage. As a young adult, he sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for "red pottage". Puls is a pottage made from farro grains boiled in water, flavoured with salt. The A23 joins the M23 motorway at Pease Pottage near Gatwick Airport. The end of the motorway at Pease Pottage is Junction 11. Ground nuts like acorns, chestnuts or walnuts were used to thicken the pottage. The pottage that these people ate was much like modern-day soups. When wealthier people ate pottage, they would add more expensive ingredients such as meats. Her bestselling novel, "Red Pottage", satirised religious hypocrisy and the narrowness of country life. All for a miserable mess of pottage. "Puls" (pottage) was considered the aboriginal food of the Romans. A silent film, "Red Pottage", was made in 1918. This is the origin of the English phrase "for a mess of pottage".