podrida : Idioms & Phrases

• noun Spanish version of burgoo
  Spanish burgoo.
  

WordNet

Ol`la-po*dri"da noun

Etymology

Sp., lit., a rotten pot. See Olio.

Definitions

1. A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables.
2. Any incongruous mixture or miscellaneous collection; an olio. B. Jonson.

Webster 1913