A glance at the schedule is enough to make one feel that one would rather go out and shoot songbirds than stay in and watch the dismal salmagundi of game shows, repeats and soap operas. —— Jane Shilling, "My Brother and Other Animals," Daily Telegraph, August 22, 1998

What the BBC has the nerve to call Vanity Fair is a baffling salmagundi of Nineties accents, 1800s clothes, Wardour Street plotting, and a sort of language never spoken by any human being at any point in history. —— "Stop Betraying the Classics," Independent, Nov 4, 1998

What ties his various encounters together is the idea of "pirate utopia". These primitive pirate democracies were born of flight from oppression (naval regulations in particular) and contact with exiled dissenters: "Quakers, preachers of the Everlasting Gospel, Muggletonians, Levellers and Ranters". Each man and woman, in these pirate societies - as strangely mixed as their favourite dish, salmagundi - had a right to self-determination, regardless of colour or creed. --(paragraph continued): That is a useful lesson, and this is an enjoyable book, not least because it includes the recipe for true salmagundi: throw together and cook (presumably in an iron pot) fish, pork, chicken, anchovies, cabbage, corned beef, pickled herrings, pigeons, palm hearts, turtle - the meat and the eggs - onions, olives, oil, mangoes, mustard, and several good measures of vinegar and spiced wine. Pukka, as no pirate ever said. —— Giles Foden; Scarlet Sinners of the Seas ; Guardian; May 5, 2001
 

Synonyms: assortment, hodgepodge, jumble, mishmash, potpourri.

See also:
	gallimaufry n. a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley; a ragout or hash..
	mélange n., a mixture; medley..
	An impression from a British viewpoint on "salmagundi".