Salmagundi

[nq:1]http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=s&p=1 says that a salmagundi originally was a "hodgepodge of meats or fish cooked in wine," (early 14c.). Shouldn't that be a hotchpotch? It seems to me that a hodgepodge is a salmagundi of hotchpotch. Salmagundi, born on Monday ...[/nq]
It was a hotchpotch unti

[nq:1]http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=s&p=1 says that a salmagundi originally was a "hodgepodge of meats or fish cooked in wine," (early 14c.). Shouldn't that be a hotchpotch? It seems to me that a hodgepodge is a salmagundi of hotchpotch. Salmagundi, born on Monday ...[/nq]
Nah, "hodgepodge" is jus

[nq:1]http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=s&p=1 says that a salmagundi originally was a "hodgepodge of meats or fish cooked in wine," (early 14c.). Shouldn't that be a hotchpotch? It seems to me that a hodgepodge is a salmagundi of hotchpotch. Salmagundi, born on Monday ...[/nq]
Didn't he write that boo

[nq:2]http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=s&p=1 says that a salmagundi originally was a "hodgepodge of ... is a salmagundi of hotchpotch. Salmagundi, born on Monday ...[/nq]
[nq:1]It was a hotchpotch until a London cook was frightened by Dr Johnson's cat and it became hodge-podge:

[nq:2]It was a hotchpotch until a London cook was frightened ... to risk stains on your shirt that won't come out.[/nq]
[nq:1]Made me think of Ma Hatma Gandhi the famous blues singer. Is gamahouche usually associated with houghmagandy?[/nq]
And can it do the fandango?

SML

Jim Ward filted:
[nq:1]says that a salmagundi originally was a "hodgepodge of meats or fish cooked in wine," (early 14c.). Shouldn't that be a hotchpotch? It seems to me that a hodgepodge is a salmagundi of hotchpotch.[/nq]
Waiter, take back this salmagundi and bring me some mulligatawny..r

[nq:2]http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=s&p=1 says that a salmagundi originally was a "hodgepodge of ... is a salmagundi of hotchpotch. Salmagundi, born on Monday ...[/nq]
[nq:1]Nah, "hodgepodge" is just an alteration of "hotchpotch."[/nq]
Hmm, the Dutch still cook "hutspot," and since "hut" means

[nq:2]It was a hotchpotch until a London cook was frightened ... to risk stains on your shirt that won't come out.[/nq]
[nq:1]Made me think of Ma Hatma Gandhi the famous blues singer.[/nq]
And Ma Hat Ma Coat, the cloakroom attendant?
[nq:1]Is gamahouche usually associated with houghmagandy?[/nq]
It may precede, follow or, for the athletic, accompany.
John Dean
Oxford

[nq:2]Made me think of Ma Hatma Gandhi the famous blues singer. Is gamahouche usually associated with houghmagandy?[/nq]
[nq:1]And can it do the fandango?[/nq]
It can turn cartwheels across the floor.

John Dean
Oxford

[nq:2]And can it do the fandango?[/nq]
[nq:1]It can turn cartwheels across the floor.[/nq]
Palely.

Laura
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