salmagundi

[ sal-muh-guhn-dee ]

/ ˌsæl məˈgʌn di /

a mixed dish consisting usually of cubed poultry or fish, chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, onions, oil, etc., often served as a salad.

any mixture or miscellany.

Origin of salmagundi

1665–75; < Middle French salmingondin (later salmigondis), compound based on salemine salted food (see salami) and condir to season (see condiment)

A feeling crept over me, one not unlike the feeling I'd had when I realized that they'd turned poor old Salmagundi into a traitor.

Little Brother |Cory Doctorow
"Oh, that's the place where the Salmagundi Club used to meet," cried Hanny, with eager interest.

A Little Girl of Long Ago |Amanda Millie Douglas
They had caviar now, and salmagundi, and sausage and cheese, besides salad and fruit and biscuit and cake.

Hans Brinker |Mary Mapes Dodge
Washington Irving's first literary adventure was the publication of Salmagundi.

The Philadelphia Magazines and their Contributors 1741-1850 |Albert Smyth

This Aunt Sarah made frequently, being a frugal housewife, and called "Salmagundi."

Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" |Edith M. Thomas

salmagundi

/ (ˌsælməˈɡʌndɪ) /

a mixed salad dish of cooked meats, eggs, beetroot, etc, popular in 18th-century England

a miscellany; potpourri

C17: from French salmigondis, perhaps from Italian salami conditi pickled salami