Words that start with P

Pickling is a way of preserving food. The most common vegetables pickled today are cucumbers, olives and onions. Pickling is a way of preserving food by storing it in acid, either directly by using vinegar or by fermenting food in salty water to make lactic acid. Herbs like garlic and mustard are often added to pickles both for flavour and to help keep germs at bay.

A pie is a type of food that has a layer of pastry on the outside and some kind of filling on the inside. Sweet pies usually have sweet pastry too. Pies can be sweet or savoury, and be made from fruit or meat. A pie that doesn't have a lid is called a tart.

A piece is a part of something larger, like a piece of pie or a piece of wood.

A pier is a walkway/a> that leads from the shore of a beach out over open water.

A piercing is a hole made through some part of your body, with a piece of jewelry worn in the hole. The most common part of the body that people get pierced is their ears.