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pink cuttlefish

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The pink cuttlefish is often confused with Sepia elegans and is a cuttlefish with distinct lateral wings and very prominent spice. It is found in the Eastern Atlantic ocean from the southern North Sea, though rarely, to northern Namibia (Africa); including Mediterranean Sea, usually at a depth of fro m 150 to 300 m. Males have a mantle length up to 96 mm (4”); females up to 120 mm (5”).

Pinkerton

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A narrow green variety of avocado with a medium-thick and pebbly skin.

Pink Fir Apple potato(es)

[English] plural Pink Fir Apple potatoes

Pink Fir Apple is one of the best flavoured main crop potatoes with many characteristics of new potatoes. It has slightly knobbly, elongated tubers with one blunt and one pointed end which sometimes grow in peculiar clumps. The potatoes have pinkish-yellow flesh with a nutty, earthy taste and firm, waxy texture. The flesh remains translucent when cooked, making them excellent for salads. It is actually an old English variety with good keeping properties which is also boiled and used in stews.

Pink Grapefruit tomato

[English] plural Pink Grapefruit tomatoes

An indeterminate variety of tomato producing flattened, globe-shaped fruit around 7.5 cm (3 inches) in diameter and weighing 115-170 g (4-6 oz). They have yellow skin with pink, firm, juicy flesh which has a mild flavour.

Pink Lady apple

/PINK LAY-dee/
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An Australian all-purpose apple with pinkish-red skin and slightly tart, crisp hard flesh which was raised by the Western Australia Department of Agriculture as a cross between Golden Delicious and Lady Williams in 1979. The best fruit is labelled as Pink Lady and the less good as Cripps Pink.

pink pepper

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Pink pepper may either refer to the familiar rose-coloured peppercorn of Piper nigrum, usually preserved in brine or vinegar. It may also refer to the dried berry of a Brazilian plant related to poison ivy. This contains cardanol, which is an irritant to many people and it makes little contribution to cooking anyway.

Pink Ping Pong tomato

[English] plural Pink Ping Pong tomatoes

An heirloom variety of tomato which produces amazing yields of sweet rose-pink fruits the size of ping pong balls. Indeterminate plant producing small tomatoes in mid season.

pink salmon

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Chinook, also known as Quinnat salmon, is the largest of the Pacific salmon, with the most intense flavour. The flesh has large flakes and high oil content. Coho is smaller and has paler flesh. Sockeye, also known as king salmon, has a four year life-cycle which contributes to the meatiness of its flesh, which is dense and velvety and turns deep red before spawning. It is considered good for tinning purposes. Pink is leaner and milder in flavour and is the favoured salmon in the United States.

pink trout

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Salmon trout. Sea trout.

pinto bean

[English] plural pinto beans

Pinto beans are often used for making refried beans and the most commonly found bean in north western Mexico.