Glossary P

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Provencal / Provençal means prepared in the style of Provençe, France, which is noted for its fresh ingredients, primarily garlic, tomato, olives, olive oil, mushrooms, and anchovies.

Provisions refers to a term used in the Caribbean referring to any or all of a number of starchy fruit such as, roots or tubers, including plantains and yams, sweet potato, tannia, cassava, etc.

Prugna secca is the Italian term for "prune", a dried plum

Pryanik is the Russian word for ginger bread

Pshenitsa is the Russian word for corn

Psheno is the Russian word for millet

Psistaria a variety of eating establishment in Greece.

Pu is a Thai word for crab.

Pua'a is the Hawaiian word for "Pig" or "Pork", the meat from the pig. Pua'a is pronounced "poh-ah-ah".