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Christophe Bachmann
 
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Mark Zanger wrote :

>>> It is now only used figuratively and pejoratively in the sense of
>>> 'hodgepodge'. <<

>
> Oh no, you can still eat Soloman Gundy in the Caribbean, where it is
> a salad based on pickled fish. A jarred version is in the ethnic
> section of Boston supermarkets. The word may also have transformed
> itself to the American catch-all stew "Slumgullion," and thence to
> "Mulligan Stew." -- both living dishes as well.


Just to clarify, the word I (Chris CII, not Mark Zanger) wrote about was
the french word 'salmigondis' of which the salad magunday and other dishes
derive.


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Salutations, greetings,
Guiraud Belissen, Chteau du Ciel, Drachenwald
Chris CII, Rennes, France