olla podrida
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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olla podrida olio. XVI. — Sp., ‘rotten pot’;
olla (see
OLIO),
podrida putrid.
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.
Magazine article from: National Review; 5/14/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...enough, the tragedy was gratuitously grafted on, and the whole thing made no sense. What could be more flavorous than an olla podrida of smuttiness, obscurantism, and self-congratulation? As a result, I stayed away from Greenaway's next offerings: A Zed and...
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Ribera and food.
Magazine article from: Wines & Vines; 11/1/2000; ; 350 words
; ...bacalao (dried salt cod) dish of some sort, and then a roast--lamb, pig or goat--or perhaps a one-pot classic meal called olla podrida, a stewed combination of ham, bacon, beef or chicken, with cabbage, tomatoes, garlic, onions and chickpeas. The simplicity...
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School magazines.
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Microcosm which appeared weekly at Eton between November 1786 and July 1787, and thus predates the first undergraduate magazines, Olla Podrida (1787-8) and The Loiterer (1789-90). Each issue consisted of a literary essay in the style of Addison and Steele's Spectator...
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Thomas Hardy.(Guide to the Year's Work)
Magazine article from: Victorian Poetry; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Hardy could do. He could denounce Brennecke but beyond that, nothing. So, he made do with castigating Brennecke's work as olla podrida, that is, a hodge-podge but with strongly pejorative connotations (the word derives from the Latin putridus, putrid), and...
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Baked beans and stews.
Magazine article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal; 3/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...But they also note that it has an assortment of Old World forebears as numerous and far-flung as the Gypsies. In Spain it's Olla Podrida; in Ireland it's Mulligan stew. In Kentucky it was made in huge amounts, in hog butchering kettles, to feed hundreds of people...
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olla podrida
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
olla podrida See Madrid stew .
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Madrid stew
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
Madrid stew Olla podrida or rotten pot; Spanish (Castilian) stew containing chickpeas, chicken, beef on the bone, smoked bacon, tocino (salted pork fat), chorizo , morcilla , onion , cabbage , carrots , turnips , and garlic .
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pot-pourri
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
pot-pourri mixture of dried petals kept for perfume XVIII; musical or literary medley XIX. — F., ‘rotten pot’, i.e. pot POT , pp. of pourrir rot; tr. Sp. OLLA PODRIDA .
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