a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
a stew.
a cooking pot
short for olla podrida
Spanish, from Latin olla, variant of aulla pot
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Then, we made cafe de olla with cinnamon sticks, dark brown cane sugar, and orange peels.
From Salon • Nov. 5, 2022
They gathered around a table to pour themselves cinnamon-laced café de olla, unwrap mole negro tamales and snack on anise-scented pan de muerto for dessert.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2022
“The taquera came out of the trailer, grabbed the plate from me and put frijoles de la olla right on top of them. It was so much better,” Ralat says.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2021
That night, they were going to be making pozole, so there was this big olla pozolera, which is this big pot in which they were going to make the pozole.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2020
I longed for the smell and taste of home cooking, especially flour tortillas, frijoles de la olla, and carne con chile.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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