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Netherlands

Peanut Butter

Pindakaas

Dutch peanut butter, thicker and slightly sweeter than American versions, Calvé is the famous brand, a household staple.

United States

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

Peanut butter and jelly between soft bread — the American childhood sandwich.

DR Congo

Peanut Butter Bread

Pain mwambe

Peanut butter bread, a traditional Congolese food; listed in Wikipedia's Congolese cuisine; bread spread with or made with peanut butter; a popular snack and breakfast item; reflects the importance of peanuts in Congolese cuisine; a simple, filling, and nutritious food; found at bakeries and street stalls; the peanut butter bread of the Congo.

Hong Kong

Peanut Butter Condensed Milk Toast

花生醬煉奶吐司

Thick toast slathered with peanut butter and condensed milk, a cha chaan teng snack.

United States

Peanut Butter Cookie

A drop cookie of peanut butter, often crossed with fork marks.

Sudan

Peanut Butter Salad

Salatat dakwa

Tomato, cucumber and onion chopped fine and dressed with peanut butter loosened with lemon juice and water.

DR Congo

Peanut Butter Sauce

Moamba

A common Congolese way of cooking chicken or meat with peanut sauce; listed in Wikipedia's Congolese cuisine; the sauce is made from peanut butter, tomatoes, onions, and spices; a foundational sauce of Congolese cuisine; distinct from poulet moambe which uses palm nut butter; served with rice, fufu, or chikwangue; the peanut sauce of the Congo.

Sierra Leone

Peanut Cake

Kanya

A crumbly, sweet Sierra Leonean peanut snack made by pounding rice flour, peanuts, and sugar into small, dense cakes or balls; an energy-boosting street snack sold by women balancing trays on their heads.

Mozambique

Peanut Curry

Caril de amendoim

Chicken or beef stewed in a thick sauce of ground roasted peanuts, tomato and coconut milk.

Jamaica

Peanut Drops

A Jamaican candy of whole peanuts held together in a glassy, golden brown sugar syrup, often flavored with ginger.

Jamaica

Peanut Porridge

A hearty Jamaican breakfast porridge of blended raw peanuts simmered with oatmeal, condensed milk, nutmeg and cinnamon, a protein-rich street breakfast.

Trinidad and Tobago

Peanut Punch

Peanut butter blended with milk, condensed milk, nutmeg and bitters into a thick, sweet drink.

Suriname

Peanut Soup

Pindasoep

Ground peanuts cooked into a thick brown soup with chicken or salted meat, hot pepper and tom tom — pounded plantain dumplings.

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Peanut Stew

Caldo de Mancarra

Peanut-based stew made with ground peanut paste, chicken or beef, tomatoes, onions, garlic, sweet potatoes, ginger, and chili; served with rice or cassava; the Guinean-Bissau version of West African mafé, using the Portuguese name mancarra for peanut.

Philippines

Peanut Stew

Kare-Kare

Oxtail and tripe stew in a rich peanut sauce with eggplant, string beans, and banana hearts, served with bagoong.

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Peanut Sweet Balls

Canhã

Dessert of ground roasted peanuts and rice mixed with sugar, formed into balls and served cold; a simple, sweet snack using Guinea-Bissau's abundant peanuts; the rice adds body and texture to the peanut mixture.

France

Pear Belle Helene

Poire Belle Helene

Poached pears with chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream, a classic dessert.

Czech Republic

Pear Brandy

Hruškovice

Clear Moravian pear brandy, a close cousin of slivovice.

Turks and Caicos Islands

Pear Bush Buds

Young buds from the prickly pear cactus (Opuntia dillenii) that resemble okra; traditionally consumed as a vegetable in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Paris, France

Pear Tart Bourdaloue

Tarte Bourdaloue

Pear tart with almond frangipane, a Parisian patisserie classic.

Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Pear, Beans and Bacon

Pear, Beans and Bacon combines firm cooking pears, green beans and smoked bacon in a sweet-savoury North German pot.

Philippines

Pearl Jelly Drink

Sago't Gulaman

A sweet, cold drink with tapioca pearls (sago) and agar jelly (gulaman) in brown sugar syrup, a street drink staple.

Western Australia, Australia

Pearl Meat

Premium meat from the adductor muscle of pearl oysters, harvested incidentally during pearling in Broome's waters and sold around $100/kg to high-end kitchens; delicate, sweet and quick-cooked.

Namibia

Pearl Millet

Mahangu

Pearl millet — the staple grain of northern Namibia, ground into flour for oshifima porridge, oshikwiila pancakes, and oshikundu drink; the carbohydrate base of the Owambo diet.

Turks and Caicos Islands

Peas and Hominy

The traditional precursor to peas and rice; pigeon peas cooked with hominy (dried corn), chunks of dry conch, and sometimes pig tail for flavouring; a distinctive Turks and Caicos dish

Lithuania

Peas with Cracklings

Žirniai su spirgučiais

Dried yellow peas boiled soft and topped with crispy bacon cracklings and fried onions.

England, United Kingdom

Pease Pudding

Split yellow peas boiled with a ham hock until they collapse into a thick savoury paste, spread cold on bread with ham or served hot beside boiled bacon.

Denmark

Pebernødder (Pepper Nuts)

Pebernødder

Danish Christmas cookies made small and round with cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.

Denmark

Peberrodssovs

Horseradish sauce, classic with boiled beef and fish.

Chile

Pebre

Chilean condiment with tomato, onion, cilantro, garlic, oil, vinegar, and chili, served with bread, a national staple.

Santander, Colombia

Pebre Santandereano

A Santander soup of beef, pork, offal, corn, and vegetables, slow-cooked until thick. A rustic, hearty highland stew, served with avocado and arepa.

United States

Pecan Pie

A Southern pie with a gooey brown sugar and corn syrup filling studded with toasted pecans.

New Orleans, United States

Pecan Praline

Pecan pralines

A New Orleans confection of sugar, cream, and butter cooked with toasted pecans into crisp, fudgy patties.

Indonesia

Pecel lele

Pecel lele, whole fried catfish with sambal and raw vegetables from the nightly warung tent, is one of the most eaten dishes in Indonesia and is a named format, not a fried-fish card.

Serbia

Pecenica Srpska

Печеница

Srpska pečenica is smoked pork loin, sliced as a cold cut for breakfast and celebrations.

Ukraine

Pechenya

Печеня

Pechenya is a pot roast made with beef, pork, chicken, or rabbit, fried with onions then stewed with root vegetables and spices, tender falling-apart meat with rich flavorful sauce.