| U.S.
Terms |
British
Terms |
| all-purpose
flour |
plain
flour |
| baking
sheet |
baking
tray |
| baking
soda |
bicarbonate
of soda |
| beef
cut from the rump |
silverside |
| beet |
beetroot |
| biscuit |
scone |
| blueberry |
bilberry |
| bouillon
cube; granules; base |
stock
cubes |
| bread
flour |
strong
flour |
| cake
pan |
cake
tin |
| candied
fruit |
glacé
fruits |
| cantaloupe |
rockmelon |
| catsup,
ketchup |
tomato
sauce |
| celery
rib |
celery
stick |
| chops |
cutlets |
| cilantro |
coriander,
fresh |
| cookies |
biscuits |
| cornmeal |
maize
flour |
| confectioners'/powdered
sugar |
icing
sugar |
| cornstarch |
cornflour |
| cream,
heavy |
double
cream |
| cream,
light or half-and-half |
single
cream |
| deep
baking dish |
pie
dish |
| 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 |
wheatmeal
or digestive biscuits |
| ground
meats |
minced
meats |
| green
beans |
French
beans |
| green
onion (spring) |
salad
onion |
| halibut |
jewfish |
| ham |
ham
or sometimes 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 |
glucose
syrup |
| meat
turnover |
Cornish
pasty |
| meatballs |
collops |
| molasses |
treacle |
| papaya |
papaw;
pawpaw |
| peanut |
ground
nut |
| pie
crust |
pastry |
| pig's
foot |
pig's
trotter |
| pine
nuts |
pine
kernels |
| 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 |
rasher |
| 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 |
| sweet
sherry |
sack |
| Swiss
chard |
silver
beet |
| Swiss
Cheese |
Emmethaler |
| tenderloin |
fillet
(of meat) |
| tomato
catsup; ketchup |
tomato
sauce |
| tuna |
tunny |
| vanilla
bean |
vanilla
pod |
| variety
meats (liver; kidney;etc) |
offal |
| wax
paper |
greaseproof
paper |
| zucchini |
courgette |
| zucchini-like
squash |
marrow |
