Foods that start with P
125 foods, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 10 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.
- 29 Plankton
- 56 Too Clever
- 30 Schooler
- 6 Rare
- 4 Deep Cut
- 0 One in a Krillion
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- Peach sauce
- For Chinese dishes: peach preserves and chutney.
- Poilu
- Thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game.
- Pin bone
- Part of the sirloin between the flat bone and the porterhouse.
- Prune whip
- Dessert made of prune puree and whipped cream.
- Porcupine ball
- Meat patties rolled in rice and simmered in a tomato sauce.
- Plum duff
- A stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron.
All 125 foods that start with P
Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.
Showing all 125. Tap a name to copy it.
| Name | What it is | Group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| also Pizza pie | Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 4.1M |
| Small kernels of corn exploded by heat. | Pasta, rice & grains | Plankton | 673K | |
| A dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 450K | |
| also Battercake, Flannel cake, Flannel-cake | A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle. | Sweets & desserts | Plankton | 301K |
| Vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar. | Sauces & condiments | Plankton | 301K | |
| Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 246K | |
| Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top. | Breads & pastries | Plankton | 246K | |
| Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin. | Meat & poultry | Plankton | 246K | |
| also Piroshki, Pirozhki | Small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 201K |
| A thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water. | Pasta, rice & grains | Plankton | 201K | |
| also Ice lolly, Lollipop | Ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick. | Sweets & desserts | Plankton | 201K |
| Glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot. | Breads & pastries | Plankton | 201K | |
| A salad having any of various pastas as the base. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 165K | |
| also Spaghetti sauce | Any of numerous sauces for spaghetti or other kinds of pasta. | Sauces & condiments | Plankton | 165K |
| Any of various baked foods made of dough or batter. | Breads & pastries | Plankton | 165K | |
| A dessert consisting of a meringue base or cup filled with fruit and whipped cream. | Sweets & desserts | Plankton | 165K | |
| A spread made from ground peanuts. | Sauces & condiments | Plankton | 165K | |
| also Blowfish, Sea squab, Puffer | Delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver. | Fish & seafood | Plankton | 165K |
| Highly seasoned cut of smoked beef. | Meat & poultry | Plankton | 135K | |
| Any of numerous fishes of America and Europe. | Fish & seafood | Plankton | 135K | |
| A sauce typically served with pasta. | Sauces & condiments | Plankton | 135K | |
| also Dropped egg | Egg cooked in gently boiling water. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 135K |
| Cut of beef suitable for simmering in liquid in a closed pot. | Meat & poultry | Plankton | 135K | |
| Liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned. | Sauces & condiments | Plankton | 110K | |
| A pork and beef sausage (or a thin slice of this sausage). | Meat & poultry | Plankton | 110K | |
| Side of fresh pork. | Meat & poultry | Plankton | 110K | |
| Chop cut from a hog. | Meat & poultry | Plankton | 110K | |
| Any of various salads having chopped potatoes as the base. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 110K | |
| Pie made of mashed pumpkin and milk and eggs and sugar. | Breads & pastries | Plankton | 110K | |
| Small meat pie or turnover. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 91K | |
| also Peppermint candy | A candy flavored with peppermint oil. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 91K |
| also Pollack | Lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 91K |
| Soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 91K | |
| Cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 91K | |
| also Conserves | Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 91K |
| Layers of ice cream and syrup and whipped cream. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 74K | |
| A thick soup made of dried peas (usually made into a puree). | Soups & stews | Too Clever | 74K | |
| Pie made of pecans and sugar and corn syrup and butter and eggs. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 74K | |
| Pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends. | Pasta, rice & grains | Too Clever | 74K | |
| Tomato and cheese pizza with pepperoni. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 74K | |
| Small (individual) frosted and ornamented cake. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 74K | |
| also Pocket bread | Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 74K |
| Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 74K | |
| Pork loin muscle. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 74K | |
| also Porterhouse | Large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 74K |
| Rich loaf cake made of a pound each of butter and sugar and flour. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 74K | |
| also Shrimp | Any of various edible decapod crustaceans. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 74K |
| Hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese. | Cheese & dairy | Too Clever | 61K | |
| Meat from a loin of pork. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 61K | |
| also Saratoga chip | A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat. | Sandwiches & snacks | Too Clever | 61K |
| A small hollow pastry that is typically filled with cream and covered with chocolate. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 61K | |
| Any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 61K | |
| also Black bread | Bread made of coarse rye flour. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 61K |
| also Pie shell | Pastry used to hold pie fillings. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 50K |
| Small pie filled with minced seasoned pork. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 50K | |
| also Latke | Made of grated potato and egg with a little flour. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 50K |
| Brittle containing peanuts. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 41K | |
| also Pemican | Lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 41K |
| Strips of steak sauteed with green peppers and onions. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 41K | |
| also Steak au poivre, Pepper steak | Steak covered with crushed peppercorns pan-broiled and served with brandy-and-butter sauce. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 41K |
| A patty flavored with peppermint. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 41K | |
| Flesh of pompano. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 41K | |
| Light hollow muffin made of a puff batter (individual Yorkshire pudding) baked in a deep muffin cup. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 41K | |
| also Penuche, Penoche, Panoche | Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 33K |
| also Pigs' knuckles | Feet or knuckles of hogs used as food. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 33K |
| Deep-dish meat and vegetable pie or a meat stew with dumplings. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 33K | |
| also Poivrade | For venison: brown sauce with sauteed vegetables and trimmings and marinade and plenty of pepper. | Sauces & condiments | Too Clever | 27K |
| also Roast pork | Cut of pork suitable for roasting. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 27K |
| also Potato peel, Potato peelings | Crisp fried potato peeling. | Sandwiches & snacks | Too Clever | 27K |
| Yeast-raised dinner roll made by folding a disk of dough before baking. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 22K | |
| Relish of chopped pickled cucumbers and green peppers and onion. | Sauces & condiments | Too Clever | 22K | |
| Flesh of young or small pike. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 22K | |
| Herring preserved in a pickling liquid (usually brine or vinegar). | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 22K | |
| also Pilaff, Pilau, Pilaw | Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 22K |
| Popcorn combined with a thick sugar or molasses or caramel syrup and formed into balls. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 22K | |
| Ice cream flavored with fresh peaches. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 18K | |
| Barley ground into small round pellets. | Pasta, rice & grains | Too Clever | 18K | |
| also Philadelphia pepper pot | A soup made with vegetables and tripe and seasoned with peppercorns. | Soups & stews | Too Clever | 18K |
| also Christmas pudding | A rich steamed or boiled pudding that resembles cake. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 18K |
| Dried beans cooked with pork and tomato sauce. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 18K | |
| For Chinese dishes: plum preserves and chutney. | Sauces & condiments | Too Clever | 15K | |
| Sausage containing pork. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 15K | |
| also Scup | Lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 12K |
| Puffy rice kernels. | Pasta, rice & grains | Too Clever | 12K | |
| Flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 12K | |
| Any of numerous small food fishes. | Fish & seafood | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| Ice cream and peaches with a liqueur. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| Relish of chopped (usually sweet) pickles. | Sauces & condiments | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| also Sardine | Small fatty fish usually canned. | Fish & seafood | Schooler | 9.9K |
| Traditional French stew of vegetables and beef. | Soups & stews | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| also Potage | Thick (often creamy) soup. | Soups & stews | Schooler | 8.1K |
| also Chicken, Volaille | The flesh of a chicken used for food. | Meat & poultry | Schooler | 8.1K |
| Bar of peanuts in taffy. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 6.6K | |
| Flesh of a pheasant. | Meat & poultry | Schooler | est. | |
| also Dry mustard | A substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic. | Sauces & condiments | Schooler | 6.6K |
| also Cough drop, Pastil | A medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 5.4K |
| also Hardtack, Pilot biscuit, Sea biscuit | Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread. | Breads & pastries | Schooler | 5.4K |
| Allemande sauce with chopped parsley. | Sauces & condiments | Schooler | 5.4K | |
| also Picnic shoulder | Shoulder of a hog usually smoked. | Meat & poultry | Schooler | 4.4K |
| Flesh of large European flatfish. | Fish & seafood | Schooler | 4.4K | |
| also Pot liquor | The liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked. | Soups & stews | Schooler | 4.4K |
| also Processed cheese | Made by blending several lots of cheese. | Cheese & dairy | Schooler | 4.4K |
| A pudding made with strained split peas mixed with egg. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| A dish of roast pheasant served in a manner characteristic of expensive restaurants. | Dishes & other foods | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| Puffy wheat berries. | Pasta, rice & grains | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| also German pancake | Puffy mildly sweet lemon-flavored egg mixture sprinkled with confectioners' sugar and served with jam or a wine or fruit sauce. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 2.4K |
| Meat from a domestic hog or pig. | Meat & poultry | Schooler | 2.4K | |
| Deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust. | Breads & pastries | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| also Foie gras | A pate made from goose liver (marinated in Cognac) and truffles. | Sauces & condiments | Schooler | 1.6K |
| Small frankfurters wrapped in biscuit dough and baked. | Dishes & other foods | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| Another name for Bologna sausage. | Meat & poultry | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| Pinwheel-shaped rolls spread with cinnamon and sugar and filled with e.g. jam before baking. | Breads & pastries | Schooler | 1.3K | |
| also Cottage cheese, Farm cheese, Farmer's cheese | Mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk. | Cheese & dairy | Schooler | 1.3K |
| A stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 1K | |
| Moist cake containing prunes that have been made into a puree. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 1K | |
| For Chinese dishes: peach preserves and chutney. | Sauces & condiments | Rare | 880 | |
| also Purloo, Chicken purloo | Thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game. | Soups & stews | Rare | 880 |
| also Hungarian sauce | Veloute sauce with sauteed chopped onion and paprika and cream. | Sauces & condiments | Rare | 590 |
| Part of the sirloin between the flat bone and the porterhouse. | Meat & poultry | Rare | 590 | |
| Dessert made of prune puree and whipped cream. | Sweets & desserts | Rare | 480 | |
| Meat patties rolled in rice and simmered in a tomato sauce. | Dishes & other foods | Rare | 140 | |
| Hominy prepared by milling to pellets of medium size. | Pasta, rice & grains | Deep Cut | 30 | |
| Butter blended with mashed pimento. | Sauces & condiments | Deep Cut | 20 | |
| Made with sauerkraut and caraway seeds and served with sour cream. | Soups & stews | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| Made of lamb or pork. | Soups & stews | Deep Cut | 10 |
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Questions about foods that start with P
How many foods start with P?
RareList lists 125 foods that start with P. 29 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 10 are in the Rare tier or rarer.
What are common foods that start with P?
The most searched foods starting with P are Pizza, Popcorn, Pasta, Pancake and Pickle.
What is a rare food that starts with P?
Porkholt is one of the rarest. Made of lamb or pork. It gets about 10 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Peach sauce, Poilu and Pin bone.
How does RareList decide what counts as rare?
Each name is ranked by its average monthly Google searches in the United States. Fewer searches means fewer people are likely to think of it, which is what matters in games that reward unique answers. See how we rank for the details.