A tasty fish from the Amazon river, which is not a bass at all, but a cichlid. It feels like a bass. It gets its name from the spot on its tail.
Peacock goat. This horned, average-sized goat originated in the Swiss Mountains and, as you would imagine, is hardy and agile, weather-resistant and comfortable in mountain pastures. It is also quite a friendly and docile goat. It is not a great milker. At maturity, a male Peacock Goat generally stands about 80 centimeters at the withers and weighs around 75 kilograms. Nannies follow at about 73 centimeters and weigh around 56 kilograms. The front quarters are white, except the legs which, like the rest of the animal are dark grey to black with white markings. The face has black stripes and spots. The first record of Peacock Goats is dated at 1887. Enthusiasts kept small numbers of Peacock Goats for many years, but the breed was not officially acknowledged until 1992, when its herd book was established.
A variety of kale with odd, squirly leaves. The young leaves have a distinctive cabbage-like flavour and are good in warm salads. They come in red of white.
The peanut (US: ground nut) is a legume rather than a nut. The seed pods grow underground. The entire plant, including most of the roots, is removed from the soil during harvesting. It is the basis of peanut oil, popular for its mild flavour and high smoking point.
Peanut butter was originally made by roasting peanuts and then crushing them into an oily paste. Now there is likely to be the addition of salt, sugar and molasses. Peanut butter may be either smooth or crunchy. It is a high-protein spread, but also high fat, and increasingly high salt and high sugar too.
A shortbread cookie (small sweet cake with a crisp exterior), the main ingredient of which is peanut butter, traditionally marked with a hash-mark design made by pressing the back of a fork’s tines into the ball of dough of each cookie before baking. The purpose of the design is to flatten the dense dough for even baking and to give it a "foot" (anchoring the dough to the baking sheet to enable the cookie to rise slightly) and provide a pleasing texture to the sandy exterior. Many variants of this perennial American classic abound, including peanut butter and chocolate.
Oil extracted from peanuts (US: groundnuts). It has a high melting point and smoke point and is ideal for deep frying. It has 20% saturated, 30% polyunsaturated and 50% monounsaturated fat.
The pear is a fruit of the genus Pyrus and, like the apple, is a pomaceous fruit. It grows in cool, temperate regions.
Not one of the commoner flavours of ice, pear ice cream is ice cream flavoured with pears. Like apples, pears are good with a little added Calvados.
