Australian, 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 terms. For instance, the Australian and British biscuit is a cookie to Americans, but the American biscuit is a scone to Australians and the British!
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U.S.
Terms
|
Australian
& British Terms
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| 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; baking 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; 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 |
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 |
| molasses |
treacle |
| papaya |
papaw;
pawpaw |
| peanut |
ground
nut |
| pie
crust |
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 |
rasher |
| smoked haddock |
finnan haddie |
| sole |
bream |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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