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The first mention of the word in English cited in the Oxford English Dictionary was in 1936. [10] The English word is borrowed from Modern Greek πίτα (píta, "bread, cake, pie"), in turn from Byzantine Greek (attested in 1108), [10] possibly from Ancient Greek πίττα (pítta) or πίσσα (píssa), both "pitch/resin" for the gloss, [11] [12] or from πικτή (piktḗ, "fermented ...
Dragon fruit sold in a market in Chiayi, Taiwan. A pitaya (/ p ɪ ˈ t aɪ. ə /) or pitahaya (/ ˌ p ɪ t ə ˈ h aɪ. ə /) is the fruit of several cactus species indigenous to the region of southern Mexico and along the Pacific coasts of Guatemala, Costa Rica, and El Salvador.
Among the breads popular in Middle Eastern countries are "pocket" pita bread in the Levant and Egypt, and the flat tannur bread in Iraq. The oldest known kind of bread, found by archaeologists in the Syrian Desert (modern-day southern Syria and northern Jordan), dates back 14,000 years. It was a sort of unleavened flatbread made with several ...
The Pita Pinta is compact and of medium weight; cocks weigh about 4–4.5 kg, hens about 2.5–3 kg. [8] The comb is single with 5 to 7 points, smaller in hens than in cocks. The earlobes are always red, and the eyes orange. The skin is yellow, and the beak and legs yellow with black spots.
Ćevapi – Bosnian kebabs: small grilled minced meat links made of lamb and beef mix; served with onions, kajmak, ajvar and Bosnian pita bread (somun) Pljeskavica – a patty dish; Begova Čorba (Bey's Stew) – a popular Bosnian soup made of meat and vegetables; Punjena paprika – bell peppers stuffed with minced meat and rice cooked in a stew
An accomplished painter and baker on account of working in his family's bakery his whole life (Suzanne Collins named the character Peeta because "Pita" is a kind of bread) [citation needed], Peeta also excels at hand-to-hand combat, [9] camouflage, [10] handling knives, [11] and starting fires. [12] Peeta also has a remarkable talent for ...
Pita Pit is a quick-service restaurant franchise serving pita sandwiches with fresh vegetables, grilled meat and sauces. [2] Worldwide, it has two separate owners. Its franchising rights for the United States and its Territories are owned by Pita Pit USA 4.0, Inc., [3] headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. [3]
The rusty-naped pitta was once placed in the genus Pitta but is now in Hydrornis.. The first pitta to be described scientifically was the Indian pitta, which was described and illustrated by George Edwards in 1764. [4]