salmagundy

Noun

salmagundi (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.
   • 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

   Synonyms:

   miscellany, olio, potpourri