Glossary P
Pommeraie is the French word for "apple orchard". A lot of small family fruits (apple) orchards can be found all over France. particularly the Normandie. In Normandie, apple brandy is popular. The most famous is Calvados. Pommeau is an apéritif produced by blending unfermented cider and apple brandy. Apples are also used in cooking, like Moules à la normande (mussels cooked with apples and cream), Bourdelots (apples baked in pastry), and almost all the families have their own version of apple tart - a classic pastry dish from Normandie is called Norman Tart, a pastry-based variant of the apple tart.
Paska refers to Ukranian and Slovakian traditional Easter cake/bread. Paska came from Jewish feast called Pesach and from the Greek version of the word – Pascha, which is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
In Ukrain, Paska which is a special egg bread is shaped into a cross and is served at Easter.
In Slovakia, white cake Paska is baked on Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday mornings and worn together with eggs, ham, sausages, cheese and other foods to be sanctified in the church. Preparation and consumption of Paska has also popular ritual nature – its size and successful baking symbolized good future. It is a tradition of Eastern Slovaks.
Paputok refers to a kind of baked specialty from the Philippines, particulary from Sariaya, Quezon with a cracked- crisp-surfaced, hence it is called "Paputok", a Filipino word which literally means "firecracker".