1.0Glossaryhttps://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossaryGlossaryhttps://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/author/adminglossary/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Yhe7F1fO8E"><a href="https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/pita/">Pita</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/pita/embed/#?secret=Yhe7F1fO8E" width="600" height="338" title="“Pita” — Glossary" data-secret="Yhe7F1fO8E" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Pita.jpg800920The importance of a given food to a culture can sometimes be gauged by its name. The whimsically named trifle, for example, is a delicious but ultimately trivial dessert. The flat, round bread known as pita, on the other hand, is a food staple in many Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures, as is suggested by the origin of its name: it derives from the Greek word peptos, simply meaning something cooked. The source of peptone was the Greek verb peptein, which not only meant to cook but also to digest; this word inspired the name Pepsi-Cola, a soft drink originally marketed, at the beginning of the twentieth century, as an aid to digestion. (Pepsi-Cola has nothing to do with Pensacola, a city in Florida whose name derives from a Choctaw phrase meaning long-haired people.)The pita, a diminutive Middle Eastern bread, exhibits a distinctive structure. Despite its yeast-based composition, the pita assumes a flattened and circular form. Notably, it encompasses a unique "pocket" feature, serving as a vessel for delectable fillings.