INTERNATIONAL COOKING TERMS
| UK and most of world | 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 |
| Single cream | Cream, light, half-and-half |
| Spring or salad onions | Scallions, green onions |
| Stock cubes | Bouillon cube |
| Strong flour | Bread flour |
| Sultanas Raisins | seedless, golden |
| Treacle | Dark molasses |
| Vanilla pod | 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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