The Collaborative International Dictionary
Olla-podrida
Olla-podrida \Ol`la-po*dri"da\, n. [Sp., lit., a rotten pot. See Olio.]
A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables.
Any incongruous mixture or miscellaneous collection; an olio.
--B. Jonson.
Usage examples of "olla-podrida".
I have always been fond of highly-seasoned, rich dishes, such as macaroni prepared by a skilful Neapolitan cook, the olla-podrida of the Spaniards, the glutinous codfish from Newfoundland, game with a strong flavour, and cheese the perfect state of which is attained when the tiny animaculae formed from its very essence begin to shew signs of life.