pottage.
A thick soup or stew, made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat or fish, a staple food throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
Meaning & usage
A thick soup or stew, made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat or fish, a staple food throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
An oatmeal porridge.
A dish made by stewing plantain, beans, or yam in a tomato- and pepper-based sauce.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pottage, from Anglo-Norman and Old French potage, equivalent to pot + -age.
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