Definition of "salmagundi"

salmagundi

/ˌsal.məˈɡʌn.di/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural salmagundis
1. A food consisting of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
2. Hence, any mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.
  Quotations
  Partly too it reflected the nature of Revolutionary politics throughout the 1790s, which was invariably a kind of inspired bricolage, which involved yoking together a wide range of pre-existent elements into an unanticipated and constantly changing salmagundi of political forms.
  2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 544
  This is not, however, a mere salmagundi of alphabetical arcana.
  2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎, page R29