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title: Pot Liquor or Potlikker?
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tags:
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- exclude-from-word-count
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- type/media/article
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authors:
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- Zell Miller
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journal: New York Times
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pages: "18"
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source: _New York Times_, Section A, Page 18, February 23, 1982
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url: https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/23/us/pot-liquor-or-potlikker.html
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year: 1982
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---
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# Pot Liquor or Potlikker?
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In an article on Senate debates on food
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that ran on this page Feb. 10,
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mention was made of a 1935 filibuster
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in which Huey Long lectured his colleagues on the merits of potlikker.
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Due to an unfortunate consultation with a dictionary,
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that great Southern delicacy was referred to as ''pot liquor,''
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prompting the following communication
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from a regional authority on the subject:
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Dear Sir:
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I always thought The New York Times knew everything,
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but obviously your editor knows as little about spelling
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as he or she does about Appalachian cooking and soul food.
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Only a culinarily-illiterate damnyankee (one word)
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who can't tell the difference between beans and greens
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would call the liquid left in the pot after cooking greens "pot liquor" (two words)
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instead of "potlikker" (one word) as yours did.
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And don't cite Webster as a defense
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because he didn't know any better either.
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Sincerely, \
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ZELL MILLER \
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Lieutenant Governor \
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State of Georgia
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