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Pottage is a thick soup or stew made by boiling vegetables grains and if available meat or fish.It was a staple food of all people living in Great Britain from neolithic times on into the Middle Ages.[citation needed] The word pottage comes from the same Old French root as potage which is a similar type of dish of more recent origin.Pottage commonly consisted of various ingredients easily available to serfs and peasants and could be kept over the fire for a period of days during which time some of it was eaten and more ingredients added.
