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Plover refers to a game bird that is farm-raised in the United States. It is small and has a delicate meat that is delicious, especially when roasted.

Po Boy refers to the Cajun version of a Hero sandwich made on French bread stacked with meat, cheese and condiments.
Plum refers to a round, juicy stone fruit. Several varieties include: Greengage; Mirabelle; Bullace; Japanese; Victoria. It can be eaten as is, in salads and desserts/sweets when raw. It can be made into mousse, jam, jelly marmalade and compott and sauce. It can also be made as an ingredient for Plum cakes, lastly it can be made into a juice. Plum is called Pflaume (German); Prune (France); Ciruela (Spain) and Prugna or Susina (Italy) Latin Name: prunus domestica ssp. Insititia

Po cai mian refers to Chinese noodles flavored with spinach,
Poached is a cooking term for foods cooked by gently simmering in liquid at or just below boiling.

Poblano refers to a a long, fresh, green chili pepper with a medium hot flavor.