Glossary P
Parasol Mushroom is a small, brown mushroom shaped like a parasol, hence it is named as such. This variety of mushroom is best when eaten young.
Parboiled rice refers to a kind of rice that has been boiled in the husk. Parboiling makes rice easier to process by hand, improves its nutritional profile, and changes its texture. The practice of Parboiling rice is more than two (2) thousand years old, and may have started in the Persian Gulf. Today, it is the preferred rice of many in the southern parts of the Indian Subcontinent.
Parcook is a cooking term which means to partially cook an item before storing or finishing by any number of other cooking methods.
Parené Buchty refer to "steamed buns" - a Slovakian sweet bread which is stuffed of filled with jam, like strawberry jam, plum jam or any jam depending on what the baker desires. Parené Buchty is made from flour, eggs, butter, etc. Parené Buchty may be serve with melted butter and chocolate, or other type of sauce, dressing, etc. according to taste.
Parené Buchty is like the Filipino Butchi, and even their names sound similar, however Filipino Butchi is fried and not steamed. I will try cooking Parené Buchty on of these days.