UK/USA

Food Equivalents

UK	USA
aubergine	eggplant
baking tray	baking sheet
bangers	sausages
beetroot	beet
bicarbonate of soda	baking soda
biscuits	cookies
broad beans	fava beans
cake tin	cake/ baking pan
capsicums	sweet or bell peppers
castor sugar	Sugar, superfine
celery stick	celery rib
chips	French-fried potatoes
chuck steak	round steak/stewing beef
coriander, fresh	cilantro
cornflour	cornstarch
courgette	zucchini
crisps	potato chips
desiccated coconut	Unsweetened desiccated/ shredded coconut
digestive biscuits/	graham crackers
double cream	cream, heavy
dripping	fat from roasted meat
essence	extract (vanilla, etc.)
fish slice	spatula
forcemeat	stuffing mix for meat or fish
frying pan	skillet
gammon	ham
glacé fruits	candied fruit
golden syrup	light molasses
Greaseproof/Parchment paper	wax paper
hand of pork	pork shoulder roast
hard-boiled eggs	hard-cooked eggs
heaped spoonful	heaping spoonful
hull	shuck
icing sugar	confectioners'/powdered sugar
joint	large cut of meat to roast
ketchup/tomato sauce	catsup
king prawns	jumbo shrimp
Margarine/Butter/Lard	shortening
minced meats	ground meats
offal	variety meats (liver, kidney etc)
paw paw	papaya
pig's trotter	pig's foot
plain flour	all-purpose flour
pork fat	fatback
prawns	shrimp
rasher	slice
semolina	farina
sieve	strain; strainer
sift	strain
silverside	beef cut from the rump
single cream	cream, light, half-and-half
skirt steak	flank steak
spring or salad onions	scallions, green onions
stock cubes	bouillon cube
strong flour	bread flour
sultanas	raisins/ seedless, golden
tomato Ketchup	tomato catsup
treacle	dark molasses
vanilla pod	vanilla bean

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