pottage

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Noun

1. 1
   A thick soup or stew, made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat or fish, a staple food throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
2. 2
   An oatmeal porridge.
3. 3
   A dish made by stewing plantain, beans, or yam in a tomato- and pepper-based sauce.