Olla Podrida

Olla Podrida – The Spanish version of pottage, the European perpetual stew that dominated medieval cuisine.

Literally translated as “rotten pot” though perhaps as a misuse of the word poderida, which would give it the meaning of a “powerful pot”. Regardless of these linguistic quibbles that convince no one, one can imagine that the contents of an olla podrida would indeed be powerful, sometimes in a very rotten way.