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Papa Seca refer to a variety of potatoes that grown near the Andes that have been freeze-dried, a way of preserving them.

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Papanash refers to a Bulgarian dish of cottage cheese, eggs, semolina and butter. Papanash is boiled and rolled in sour cream and then fried.

Papas Chorreadas refers to a Colombian dish made of potatoes topped with onion-tomato-cream sauce.

Papaz Yahnisi refers to a Turkish meat and shallots stew, particularly of mutton, which is seasoned with garlic, vinegar and cumin. Papaz Yahnisi is one of the specialty of Izmir, the third biggest city of the Turkish Republic and the most important door of the Anatolia opening to the Aegean Sea.

Papos de Anjo is Portuguese which literally means "angels breasts, chins, throats, or tummy" . In cooking, Papos de Anjo refers to Portugal's s yellow-colored egg cakes in syrup; a name given to a very special little cake which recipe dates back to the13th century. In Portugal, Papos-de-Anjo are also known as Doces Conventuais, or "sweets from the convent". This cake saved many convents from ruin when they were threatened during the civil wars of the mid-nineteenth century. After being stripped of all their possessions, the nuns' only recourse for survival was to do what they knew best - make sweets and sell them.

Papoutsakia refers to a Greek dish made of eggplant stuffed with meat, onions and tomato juice.