195. Salmagundi: How a Salad Showpiece Made a Big Mess

Kyle and Emily are mired in a true word salad this week. Diving into a bit of food history as well as word history, they’ll talk about mish moshes of all different kinds, as well as the meaning and origin of the word salmagundi.

In sifting through theories about this word’s origin, Kyle reveals a medley of food terms that are all surprisingly linked. Linguistically speaking, the word salt is worth its salt! And, although Emily isn’t too happy about the ingredients list, she is nonetheless impressed with this decadent dinner centerpiece.

But our hosts aren’t just talking about food presentation. Kyle shares how the word salmagundi has been used outside the culinary world, in a hodge podge of other places. And Emily gets a refresher on everyone’s favorite nursery rhyme and comic book character, Solomon Grundy.