pot liquor

American  

Or pot-liquor

noun

1. Midland and Southern U.S. the broth in which meat or vegetables, as salt pork or greens, have been cooked.

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pot liquor British  

noun

1. the broth in which meat, esp pork or bacon, and vegetables have been cooked

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Etymology

Origin of pot liquor

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

The pot liquor is indeed irresistible, especially with a handful of chopped cilantro added to it.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2014

To Aunt Jimmy she said, “You done caught cold in your womb. Drink pot liquor and nothing else.”

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

That evening the women brought bowls of pot liquor from black-eyed peas, from mustards, from cabbage, from kale, from collards, from turnips, from beets, from green beans.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

Nay, I have known her to live on boiled meat for a long while together, in a sickly season, because the pot liquor made such a supply of broth for the sick poor.

From The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales by More, Hannah

It might be pot liquor or it might be just anything.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 by Work Projects Administration