INTERNATIONAL COOKING TERMS
| UK and most of world | Â Â Â USA |
| Aubergine | Â Â Â Eggplant |
| Baking tray | Â Â Â Baking sheet |
| Bangers | Â Â Â Sausages |
| Beetroot | Â Â Â Beet |
| Bicarbonate of soda | Â Â Â Baking soda |
| Biscuits | Â Â Â Cookies |
| Broad beans | Â Â Â Fava beans |
| Cake tin | Â Â Â Cake/ baking pan |
| Capsicums | Â Â Â Sweet or bell peppers |
| Castor sugar | Â Â Â Sugar, superfine |
| Celery stick | Â Â Â Celery rib |
| Chips | Â Â Â French-fried potatoes |
| Chuck steak | Â Â Â Round steak/stewing beef |
| Coriander | Â Â Â fresh Cilantro |
| Cornflour | Â Â Â Cornstarch |
| Courgette | Â Â Â Zucchini |
| Crisps | Â Â Â Potato chips |
| Desiccated coconut | Â Â Â Unsweetened desiccated/ shredded coconut |
| Digestive biscuits | Â Â Â Graham crackers |
| Double cream | Â Â Â Cream, heavy |
| Dripping | Â Â Â Fat from roasted meat |
| Essence | Â Â Â Extract (vanilla, etc.) |
| Fish slice | Â Â Â Spatula |
| Forcemeat | Â Â Â Stuffing mix for meat or fish |
| Frying pan | Â Â Â Skillet |
| Gammon | Â Â Â Ham |
| Glacé fruits | Â Â Â Candied fruit |
| Golden syrup | Â Â Â Light molasses |
| Greaseproof/Parchment paper | Â Â Â Wax paper |
| Hand of pork | Â Â Â Pork shoulder roast |
| Hard-boiled eggs | Â Â Â Hard-cooked eggs |
| Heaped spoonful | Â Â Â Heaping spoonful |
| Hull | Â Â Â Shuck |
| Icing sugar | Â Â Â Confectioners'/powdered sugar |
| Joint | Â Â Â Large cut of meat to roast |
| Ketchup/tomato sauce | Â Â Â Catsup |
| King prawns | Â Â Â Jumbo shrimp |
| Margarine/Butter/Lard | Â Â Â Shortening |
| Minced meats | Â Â Â Ground meats |
| Offal | Â Â Â Variety meats (liver, kidney etc) |
| Paw paw | Â Â Â Papaya |
| Pig’s trotter |    Pig’s foot |
| Plain flour | Â Â Â All-purpose flour |
| Pork fat | Â Â Â Fatback |
| Prawns | Â Â Â Shrimp |
| Rasher | Â Â Â Slice |
| Semolina | Â Â Â Farina |
| Sieve | Â Â Â Strain; strainer |
| Sift | Â Â Â Strain |
| Single cream | Â Â Â Cream, light, half-and-half |
| Spring or salad onions | Â Â Â Scallions, green onions |
| Stock cubes | Â Â Â Bouillon cube |
| Strong flour | Â Â Â Bread flour |
| Sultanas Raisins | Â Â Â seedless, golden |
| Treacle | Â Â Â Dark molasses |
| Vanilla pod | Â Â Â Vanilla bean |
In case you are unsure about what type of beef to buy, here are two diagrams that may help...
BRITISH BEEF CUTS
AMERICAN BEEF CUTS
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