pot liquor

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

Origin of pot liquor

First recorded in 1735–45

I gave him a dose of syrup of buckthorn, and put him on a diet of pot-liquor and vegetables till further orders.

The Moonstone |Wilkie Collins
Sometimes they get a bit of cheese or bacon, but not often, and a good deal of strong cabbage, soddened with pot-liquor.

The Toilers of the Field |Richard Jefferies
Use the pot-liquor in which it was boiled, with quarter of a pound of rice, for the next morning's breakfast.

Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six |Juliet Corson
For dinner they had meat boiled and one other thing like cabbage, and the children got the pot-liquor.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves |Work Projects Administration

pot liquor

mainly US the broth in which meat, esp pork or bacon, and vegetables have been cooked