Glossary P

Pissenlit refers to the French term for "dandelion leaves". The name sounds like what it translates to: "piss in bed". It is because Pissenlit green has diuretic properties.

Pistachio Nut refers to a pale green nut with a delicate, sweet flavor, often dyed red or blanched white.

Pisto refers to a vegetable dish from Spain that can include mushrooms, eggplant, chopped tomatoes and green peppers. Pisto can be cooked in several variations.

Pistokkedos di oliena refers to fine Savoy biscuits served as a dessert in Nuoro, one of the 7 Regions of Sardinia

Pistokku refers to a bread particularly common in Ogliastra.

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Pistou refers to a sauce similar to Pesto. This French accompaniment is made from basil, garlic, cheese and olive oil.

Pisupo refers to canned corned beef which is one of the staple foods of Samoa aside from Taro, breadfruit, bananas, seafoods and many others.

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Pisztrang is "Trout", a kind of fish in Hungarian.

Pita bread is a Middle Eastern yeast bread shaped into a flat oval that is baked and cooled in damp cloth. Pita can be split open to form a pocket and stuffed with sandwich fillings such as Döner which is one of the popular fastfoods in Germany.

Below is a picture of Pita which I used to eat with the Puten Döner cooked in a pan which I discovered from one of the Food Delivery services in Germany.

Pitanga Cherry (Eugenia uniflora) refers to a juicy red fruit with a unique taste grows on a large decorative shrub. The cherries are 1/2 to 1 inch in diameter, and ribbed from top to bottom. Pitanga Cherries are also called Surinam cherries, or Brazilian cherries. Pitanga cherries make excellent jelly. They are not usually available outside the tropics.

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