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Paeonia officinalis = PEONY.

PAK CHI MET (China) = Coriander Seed (Spices).

PAK KOK (Chinese) = Star Anise (Spices).

PALILLO (Peru) = ". . . less well-known Peruvian spice . . . which imparts a bright sunshine-yellow color to food." [ORTIZ 1992, p. 80]. TURMERIC can substitute for this.

PANCH PORON is a mix of whole spices (typically cumin seeds, fennel seeds, mustard seeds, nigella seeds, and fenugreek seeds) from the Bengal region of eastern India, used to flavour pulses and vegetable dishes.

Pandanus odoratissimus =SCREWPINE.

Papaver somniferum = POPPY SEED.

PAPAVERO (Italian) = POPPY SEED.

PAPRIKA = Red powder of CHILIES (Capsicum frutescens var. grosum or var. tetragonum) with a sweet or lightly pungent flavour. The best known is Hungarian. A Spanish variety, known as "pimenton", is more pungent than the Hungarian.

PARADISE-GRAIN = Grains of Paradise (Spices).

PARSLEY = Petroselinum hortense or P. crispum or P. sativum.

PATIS (Phillipines) = Fish Sauce (Spices).

PAVOT (French) = POPPY SEED.

PAVOT, GRAINES DE (French) = POPPY SEED.

PEARL MOSS = CARRAGEEN.

PEBERROD (Danish) = HORSERADISH.

Pennyroyal (Spices) = Mentha pulegium.

PEONY = Paeonia officinalis. The seeds were used in medieval England as a pepper substitute.

PEPE (Italian) = PEPPER in general, usually Black Pepper (Spices).

PEPE DI CAYENNA (Italian) = CAYENNE.

PEPE DI GIAMAICA (Italian) = Allspice (Spices).

PEPERI MAKRON (ancient Greece) = Long Pepper (Spices).

PEPERONCINO (Italian) = CHILI of the Capsicum annuuum family.

PEPE TONDO (medieval Italian) = Black Pepper (Spices).

PEPPAR (Swedish) = PEPPER in general, usually Black Pepper (Spices).

PEPPARMYNTA (Swedish) = PEPPERMINT.

PEPPARROT (Swedish) = HORSERADISH.

PEPPER = without further qualifying term, is usually Black Pepper (Spices).

PEPPER, ALEPPO = Halaby Pepper (Spices)

PEPPER, ANISE = Szechuan Pepper (Spices).

PEPPER, BLACK = Black Pepper (Spices).

PEPPER, CHINESE = Szechuan Pepper (Spices).

PEPPER, CLOVE = Allspice (Spices).

PEPPER DULSE = Laurencia pinnatifolia. A red seaweed, the aromatic plants of which are dried and used as a spice in Scotland.

PEPPER, FALSE = Pink Pepper (Spices).

PEPPER, FLOWER = Szechuan Pepper (Spices).

PEPPER, GREEN = Green Pepper (Spices).

PEPPER, GUINEA = GUINEA PEPPER.

PEPPER, HALABY = Halaby Pepper (Spices)

PEPPER, JAMAICA = Allspice (Spices).

PEPPER, JAPANESE = Szechuan Pepper (Spices).

PEPPER, LONG = Long Pepper (Spices).

PEPPER, MIGNONETTE = MIGNONETTE PEPPER.

PEPPER, MYRTLE = Allspice (Spices).

PEPPER, NEAR EASTERN = Halaby Pepper (Spices)

PEPPER, PERUVIAN = Pink Pepper (Spices).

PEPPER, PINK = Pink Pepper (Spices).

PEPPER, RED = CHILI of the Capsicum annuum family; or CAYENNE.

PEPPER, ROSÉ = Pink Pepper (Spices).

PEPPER, ROUND = Black Pepper (Spices).

PEPPER, SICHUAN = Szechuan Pepper (Spices).

PEPPER, SZECHUAN = Szechuan Pepper (Spices).

PEPPER, TAILED = Cubebs (Spices).

PEPPER, TELLICHERRY = Black Pepper (Tellicherry) (Spices), a superior grade of BLACK PEPPER.

PEPPER, WHITE = White Pepper (Spices).

PEPPERCORNS = the dried berries of the various sorts of Pepper (Black, White, Green, Pink), which see.

PEPPERMINT = Mentha piperata.

PEPPERROT (Norwegian) = HORSERADISH.

PEREJIL (Spanish) = PARSLEY.

PERSIL (French) = PARSLEY.

PERSILJA (Swedish) = PARSLEY.

PERSILLE (Danish, Norwegian) = PARSLEY.

PERUVIAN MASTIC TREE = berries are Pink Pepper (Spices).

PERUVIAN PEPPER = Pink Pepper (Spices).

PETESILIE (German) = PARSLEY.

PETROSELINON (ancient Greek) = PARSLEY.

PETROSELINUM (ancient Rome) = PARSLEY.

Petroselinum hortense = PARSLEY.

PFEFFER (German) = PEPPER in general, usually Black Pepper (Spices).

PFEFFERMINZE (German) = PEPPERMINT.

PIETRUSZKA (Polish) = PARSLEY.

PIMENT (French) = CHILI.

PIMENT (German) = Allspice (Spices).

Pimenta dioica = Allspice (Spices).

PIMENTO (England, Italian) = Allspice (Spices).

PIMENTO = name given to large red and green SWEET PEPPER, especially in the USA.

PIMENTÓN (Spanish) = PAPRIKA.

PIMENTOS (Portuguese) = SWEET PEPPER.

PIMIENTA (Spanish) = PEPPER in general, usually Black Pepper (Spices).

PIMIENTOS (Spanish) = Peppers, especially SWEET PEPPERS.

Pimpinella anisum = Anise Seed (Spices).

PIGNOLI (Italian) = PINE NUTS.

PINE NUTS

Pink Pepper (Spices) = Schinus molle. This berry of a South American tree is not a true pepper, but is often added to mixture of whole peppercorns to add colour.

PINNOCHIO (Italian) = PINE NUTS.

PINOLI (Italian) = PINE NUTS.

PIPALI (ancient India) = Long Pepper (Spices).

PIPARJUURI (Finnish) = HORSERADISH.

PIPER (ancient Rome) = PEPPER, usually Black Pepper (Spices).

Piper clusii = Piper guineense = BENIN PEPPER

Piper cubeba = Cubebs (Spices).

PIPER LONGUM (ancient Rome) = Long Pepper (Spices).

Piper longum = Long Pepper (Spices).

Piper nigrum = Black Pepper (Spices) is the dried ripe berry; White Pepper (Spices) is black pepper with the outer black skin removed; Green Pepper (Spices) is the dried immature berry.

PIPERIES (Greek) = SWEET PEPPERS.

PIPPALI (India) = Long Pepper (Spices).

PIRI-PIRI (Portuguese) = small red very hot CHILIS not more than ¾" long.

PISI HUI (Thailand) = CAYENNE/CHILI POWDER.

POIVRE (French) = PEPPER in general, usually Black Pepper (Spices).

POIVRE D'ÂNE (French-Provençal) = a variety of wild SAVORY.

POIVRE DE GUINÉE (French) = GUINEA PEPPER or CHILI.

POIVRE DE LA JAMAÏQUE (French) = Allspice (Spices).

POIVRE DE MIGNONETTE (French) = MIGNONETTE PEPPER.

POIVRE GRIS (French) is finely ground MIGNONETTE PEPPER (that is, a mix of equal parts of black and white pepper).

POIVRON (French) = small hot CHILIS.

POMEGRANATE SEED = Punica granatum. [we do not at present carry this].

PONTEFRACT CAKES are lozenges of licorice stamped with the impression of Pontefract Castle in Yorkshire, England, where licorice has been grown since the time of Elizabeth I.

POPPY SEED = Papaver somniferum. The seed comes in shades from white to brown to blue-grey. [we do not at present carry this].

POT MARIGOLD = Calendula (Pot Marigold) (Spices).

POY KAK BUA (Thailand) = Star Anise (Spices).

PREZZEMOLO (Italian) = PARSLEY.

Prunus mahaleb = Mahlab (Spices).

PULEIUM (ancient Rome) = Pennyroyal (Spices).

Punica granatum = POMEGRANATE SEED.

PYNOTYS (medieval England) = PINE NUTS.

PYRETHRUM = Anacyclus pyrethrum. this is called for in some ancient Roman recipes. [we do not at present carry this].

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