Food - Common Terms

April 16, 2007 |

British Term ——–	American Term
Aubergine	Eggplant
Baking sheet	Baking tray
Bicarbonate of soda	Baking soda
Broad beans	Fava beans
Cheese biscuits	Crackers
Cornflour	Cornstarch
Coriander	Cilantro
Courgette	Zucchini
Caster sugar	Superfine sugar
Demerara sugar	Turbinado sugar
Digestive biscuits	Graham crackers
Double cream	Heavy cream
Fish slice	Pancake turner
Greaseproof paper	Wax paper
Grill	broiler
Hazelnuts	Filberts
Icing sugar	Confectioners’ sugar
Knock back	Punch down
Mixed spice	Apple pie spice
Plain flour	All-purpose flour
Plain chocolate	Semi-sweet chocolate
Polenta	Fine cornmeal
Prawn	Jumbo shrimp
Prove	Last rising before bread is baked
Red pepper	Red bell pepper
Saute pan	Frying pan or skillet
Scones	Biscuits
Scone cutter	Plain biscuit cutter about
	7.5 cm 13 in in diameter
Self-raising flour	Use 4 oz (1 cup) cake flour plus
	2 teaspoons baking powder
Single cream	Light cream
Silicon paper	Baking parchment
Spring onions	Green onions/scallions
Stock	broth
Strong flour	Bread flour
Tap	faucet
Tin	pan
Unsalted butter	Sweet butter
Wholemeal flour	Wholewheat flour