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olla podrida: synonyms: pot-au-feu, ragout, gallimaufry, olio ???

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a Spanish stew of pork & beans and possibly chickpeas and other vegetables

^{photo: By Santaorosia Photographic Colectivity from norte del sur europeo (OLLA PODRIDA 7) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 )]}
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if he had been the prodigal son himself, he could not have been overwhelmed with more maternal bountifulness; and he soon found himself seated, happy and glorious, over a large tin pan, containing a sort of olla podrida of all that had appeared on the table for two or three days past.

Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin

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though an olla is a high-flavoured dish, I could not bear to dine upon it every day of my life.

Tobias Smollett. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771)