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BRITISH & U.S. COOKING TERMS
Most culinary terms in the English-speaking world can cross national borders without creating havoc in the kitchen. Nevertheless, there are differences in cookery term usage - the British biscuit is a cookie to an American, but an American biscuit is an Australian/British scone!
| US Terms |
British Terms |
| all-purpose flour |
plain flour |
| baking sheet |
baking tray |
| baking soda |
bicarbonate of soda |
| beet |
beetroot |
| biscuit |
scone |
blueberry |
bilberry |
bouillon cube; granules; base |
stock cubes |
bread flour |
strong flour |
cake; baking pan |
cake tin |
candied fruit |
glacé fruits |
cantaloupe |
rockmelon |
catsup, ketchup |
tomato sauce, ketchup |
celery rib |
celery stick |
chops |
cutlets or chops |
cilantro |
coriander, fresh |
cookies |
biscuits |
cornmeal |
maize flour |
confectioners'/powdered sugar |
icing sugar |
cornstarch |
cornflour |
cream, heavy |
double cream |
cream, light; half-and-half |
single cream |
dessert |
pudding |
dish towel |
tea towel |
eggplant |
aubergine |
extract (vanilla, etc.) |
essence |
farina |
semolina |
fat from roasted meat |
dripping |
fatback |
pork fat |
fava beans |
broad beans |
flank steak |
skirt steak |
French-fried potatoes |
chips |
graham crackers |
digestive biscuits |
ground meats |
minced meats |
green beans |
French beans |
green onion (spring) |
salad onion, spring onion |
ham |
ham or gammon |
hard-cooked eggs |
hard-boiled eggs |
heaping spoonful |
heaped spoonful |
jumbo shrimp |
king prawns |
large cut of meat w/bone; roast |
joint |
light corn syrup |
golden syrup; glucose |
meat turnover |
Cornish pasty |
meatballs |
collops, meatballs |
molasses |
treacle |
papaya |
papaw; pawpaw, papaya |
peanut |
ground nut |
pie crust |
pastry, most commonly shortcrust pastry |
pig's foot |
pig's trotter |
pit |
stone; seed; pip |
plastic wrap |
cling film |
pork shoulder roast |
hand of pork |
potato chips |
crisps |
raisins; seedless; golden |
sultanas |
raw shrimp |
green shrimp |
rice flour |
ground rice |
round steak; stewing beef |
chuck steak |
sausage |
bangers |
scallions; green onions |
spring or salad onions |
seeded |
stoned |
seeds |
pips |
shortening, vegetable |
a solid white vegetable fat |
shredded coconut |
desiccated coconut |
shrimp |
prawns |
(to) shuck |
(to) hull |
sirloin |
rump steak; Scotch fillet |
skillet |
frying pan |
slice (of bacon) |
rasher (of bacon) |
smoked haddock |
finnan haddie |
sole |
bream |
spatula |
fish slice |
stew beef |
gravy beef |
stewing chicken |
boiling chicken; fowl |
strain; strainer |
sieve |
(to) strain |
(to) sift |
stuffing mixture for meat or fish |
forcemeat |
sugar; granulated; superfine |
castor sugar |
sweet or bell peppers |
capsicums, bell peppers, salad peppers |
Swiss chard |
silver beet, chard |
Swiss Cheese |
Emmethale |
tenderloin |
fillet (of meat) |
tuna |
tunny |
vanilla bean |
vanilla pod |
variety meats (liver; kidney;etc) |
offal |
wax paper |
greaseproof paper |
zucchini |
courgette |
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