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BRITISH - AMERICAN COOKING TERMS

BRITISH TERM = AMERICAN TERM

afters = dessert
Aubergine = Eggplant
bacon = Canadian bacon or ham
Baking tray = Cookie sheet
bangers = sausages
Baps, A "bap" = a whole hamburger bun (both top and bottom), roll
Beetroot = Beets
Bicarbonate of soda = Baking soda
Biscuits = Cookies
bitter = beer
Bilberry = Blueberry
Biscuit mixture = Cookie dough
Black cherries = Bing cherries
Boiled sweets = Hard candy
brew = cup of tea
Broad Beans = Fava beans
brown sauce = Steak sauce
Bun = Cupcake
Bun Tin = Cupcake pan
candy floss = cotton candy
Capsicum = Bell peppers
Carolina rice = Short grain rice
Castor sugar = Superfine granulated sugar, or sugar blended twice
Chicken cube, beef cube = Bouillon cube
Chicory = Belgian endive
chipolata = small sausage, Cocktail sausages
chips = French fries
chocolate drops = chocolate chips
Chocolate strands, Chocolate vermicelli = Chocolate sprinkles
Cling film = Plastic wrap
Collops = Meatballs
Cooking thermometer = Candy thermometer
Cornflour = Cornstarch
Cos lettuce = Romaine lettuce
Courgette = Zucchini
crisps = potato chips
Crumpet = Similar to an English muffin
Crystallised fruits = Candied fruits
cuppa = cup of tea
Curly endive = Chicory
dark cooking chocolate = semi-sweet chocolate
Demerara sugar = Light brown sugar
Dessicated coconut = Flaked coconut
Digestive biscuits = Graham crackers
Double cream = Heavy cream or whipping cream
English round lettuce = Bibb lettuce
Essence = Extract
fairy cake = cupcake (Australian English: patty cake or cup cake)
Fish Fingers = fish sticks
fizzy drink = carbonated drinks
Forcemeat = Stuffing mixture
French beans = Green beans
Gammon = Ham
Ginger nut = Ginger snap
gobstopper = jawbreaker
golden caster sugar = unrefined caster sugar (slightly golden hue due to a bit of molasses used in processing)
Golden syrup = Light Karo Syrup
Greaseproof paper = Waxed paper, Wax paper
Ground nut = Peanut
Ground nut oil = Peanut oil
Haricot beans = Navy beans
ice lolly = popsicle
Icing sugar or 10 k sugar = Confectioners' sugar or powdered sugar
Italian 00 flour = pasta flour
Jam = Jelly
Jelly = Jell-O, gelatin
jacket potato = baked potato
kippers = smoked herring
Lean bacon = Canadian bacon
Liver sausage = Liverwurst
Lyle's Golden Syrup = Light Karo Syrup
Mangetout = snow/sugar peas
Marrow = Large zucchini
mash = mashed potatoes
Mince = Ground beef
Minced meat = Ground meat
Mixed spice = Pumpkin pie spice
Morello cherries = sour cherries
Muscovado sugar = Raw, unrefined sugar
muesli = granola
Orange pepper = Bell pepper
Patna rice = Long grain rice
Pastry case = Pie shell
Pawpaw = Papaya
Pig's trotter = Pig's foot
pips = seeds
Plain flour = All-purpose flour
Polony = Bologna sausage
Porridge = Oatmeal, cooked
Prawns = Shrimp
Rasher, Bacon Rashers = Canadian bacon or ham
Red pepper = Bell pepper
rocket = arugula
scone = Baking powder biscuit, sweet or savory
Semolina = Cream of wheat
Single cream = Light cream, half and half
Soft brown sugar = Brown sugar
Spring onions = Green onions
SR Flour = Self Raising Flour
Stoned = Seeded
Streaky bacon = Bacon
Strong flour = Bread flour
Sultanas = seedless white raisins, golden raisins
Swede = Rutabaga, turnip
Sweetcorn = Corn
Sweet pepper = Pimiento
Sweets = Candy
Swiss roll = Jelly roll
Tin = Can
Tinned = Canned
Treacle = Molasses
Toffee = Taffy
tomato puree = tomato paste
tomato sauce = tomato ketchup
Vegetable fat = Crisco
Vegetable marrow = Yellow squash
Water biscuits = Crackers, matzos
Wholemeal flour = Whole wheat flour
Yellow pepper = Bell pepper
MsgID: 0312587
Shared by: R. Barton - Sacramento, CA
Board: International Recipes at Recipelink.com
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