At midday the daily food of all Spaniards was the or , as the dish is really called which the foreigners call pot-pourri or . This contains principally yellow chick-peas, with a little bacon, some potatoes or other vegetables and normally also small pieces of beef or sausage, all boiled in one pot at a very slow fire; the liquid of the same makes the substantial broth that is served first.
George Santayana