"That big dish that is smoking farther off," said Sancho, "seems to me to be an olla Podrida, and out of the diversity of things in such ollas, I can't fail to light upon something tasty and good for me."
"The History of Don Quixote, Volume II., Complete"
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
There is nothing in the world less nourishing than an olla Podrida; to canons, or rectors of colleges, or peasants' weddings with your ollas Podridas, but let us have none of them on the tables of governors, where everything that is present should be delicate and refined; and the reason is, that always, everywhere and by everybody, simple medicines are more esteemed than compound ones, for we cannot go wrong in those that are simple, while in the compound we may, by merely altering the quantity of the things composing them.
"The History of Don Quixote, Volume II., Complete"
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Two and one half quires of paper were in time covered with a strange medley, an olla-Podrida of student peculiarities.
"A Collection of College Words and Customs"
Benjamin Homer Hall