{"id":40823,"date":"2020-09-14T07:53:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T07:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=40823"},"modified":"2023-05-14T06:31:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T06:31:10","slug":"pita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pita\/","title":{"rendered":"Pita"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The 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.)<\/p>\n

\n

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.<\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-p"],"yoast_head":"\nPita - Definition of Pita<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 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.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pita\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pita - Definition of Pita\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 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.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pita\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-14T07:53:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-14T06:31:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pita.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pita\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pita\/\",\"name\":\"Pita - Definition of Pita\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-14T07:53:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-14T06:31:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\"},\"description\":\"The 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.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pita\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pita\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pita\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pita\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"description\":\"Difinitions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pita - Definition of Pita","description":"The 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.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pita\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pita - Definition of Pita","og_description":"The 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.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pita\/","og_site_name":"Glossary","article_published_time":"2020-09-14T07:53:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-14T06:31:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":920,"url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pita.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Glossary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glossary","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pita\/","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pita\/","name":"Pita - Definition of Pita","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-09-14T07:53:17+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-14T06:31:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5"},"description":"The 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.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pita\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pita\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pita\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pita"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/","name":"Glossary","description":"Difinitions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5","name":"Glossary","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40823"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224040,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40823\/revisions\/224040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}