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Spanish omelette

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noun

  1. an omelette made by adding green peppers, onions, tomato, etc, to the eggs

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Yet vegetables stewed in a Moroccan style, fish cooked in a Portuguese cataplana, Spanish omelette, Mexican beans and many, many curries are wonderful at any temperature.

From The Guardian Sep. 12, 2019

There’s Tortilla de Patatas, where the classic Spanish omelette oozes a near-liquid center of caramelized onion and soft potato.

From The New Yorker May 31, 2019

A Spanish omelette after a visit to a dope cafe.

From The Guardian Jun. 11, 2018

The time was afternoon, the season September, and the west was vaingloriously justifying the younger man's analogy of a gigantic Spanish omelette.

From The Certain Hour by Cabell, James Branch

"Well, sir," then he said slowly, "it ain't your order, but you look a whole lot more like a feller that would order Spanish omelette than like a feller that would order Hamburger steak."

From Hidden Creek by Burt, Katharine Newlin

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