Different names for foods - UK/US
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refuseresist
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Hello.
I have been noticing the different names for foods in the UK and US. I reckon there should be a list. Feel free to add. Can be other countries as well. IT'LL BE FUN
Arugula = Rocket
Candy = Sweets
Cookies = Biscuits
Zucchini = Courgette
I have been noticing the different names for foods in the UK and US. I reckon there should be a list. Feel free to add. Can be other countries as well. IT'LL BE FUN
Arugula = Rocket
Candy = Sweets
Cookies = Biscuits
Zucchini = Courgette
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Just found another one
CIDER = Sparkling Apple Juice0 -
Beets = Beetroot
Romaine = Cos
Endive = Chickory
Eggplant = Aubergine0 -
Yay someones joined in!
Cotton Candy = Candy Floss
Chips = Crisps
Fries = Chips
Cilantro= Coriander0 -
Bubble and squeak = ???0
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Ground Beef = Mince?0
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Fruit and Veg = Fresh Prowdooce0
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Juice-Squash0
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Rutabaga = Swede
All Purpose Flour = Plain Flour
Powdered sugar = Icing sugar1 -
What Americans call Graham Crackers are Digestive Biscuits. (Or at least close enough that I use Digestive Biscuits in recipes for graham cracker crust.)
In South Asia the "English" names are capsicum (for the U.S. green pepper), brinjal (for eggplant), lady's finger (for okra) ...0 -
Sometimes Bell Pepper = Green/ Red Pepper0
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Oh, and some web sites say the American 'biscuit' is like the British scone, nope.... nothing like a scone! It is something usually eaten with breakfast, not with cream and jam, and is more kind of a bread without the cake type crumblyness that scones have.0
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They have scones in Murica. I seen it on the telly0
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gum = chewing gum/ bubble gum0
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Jelly - Jam
Jello - Jelly0 -
sriracha = sweet chilli sauce?0
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Yea we have scones in the US, not always good ones though lol0
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Maybe Midwestern rather than typically american, but:
Minced beef (uk) = hamburger
Hamburger (uk) = hamburger
Let's call the whole thing off!0 -
onefortyone wrote: »Maybe Midwestern rather than typically american, but:
Minced beef (uk) = hamburger
Hamburger (uk) = hamburger
Let's call the whole thing off!
W What!0 -
skim milk = skimmed milk
soda = fizzy drink/ pop0
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