Different names for foods - UK/US

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  • xX_PhoenixRising_Xx
    xX_PhoenixRising_Xx Posts: 623 Member
    kristydi wrote: »
    Paracetamol? I came across that one reading a short story and, based on context clue,s I think it's a pain killer like Tylenol or Advil.
    And don't you Brits call Band-Aids plasters?

    ETA oh wait, you asked about food. Ignore me.

    You are right, Paracetamol is a painkiller. I'm from New Zealand and we use more British names than American. I live in Australia though and there are even different names for foods here than there are in New Zealand.

  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,924 Member
    Beer = Lager
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    ViolaLeeBlueberry wrote: »
    What Americans call Graham Crackers are Digestive Biscuits. (Or at least close enough that I use Digestive Biscuits in recipes for graham cracker crust.)

    what is a "crust" ?

  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,924 Member
    yarwell wrote: »
    ViolaLeeBlueberry wrote: »
    What Americans call Graham Crackers are Digestive Biscuits. (Or at least close enough that I use Digestive Biscuits in recipes for graham cracker crust.)

    what is a "crust" ?

    The pastry like base for a cheese cake. It's essentially crushed up graham crackers bound with butter.

  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Hamburger (US) = Beefburger (UK) as there's no ham in it.

    Restaurant (US) = Burger joint (UK)

    Ground beef (US) = Beef mince or minced beef (UK)

    Total Carbohydrate (US) = no UK equivalent.
  • ktekc
    ktekc Posts: 879 Member
    Fuzzipeg wrote: »
    Cider is actually alcoholic, not a simple sparkling apple juice.

    Here cider is not alcoholic unless you let it sit awile and then its Hard Cider. Us kids grew up drinking apple cider. Looked foward to going to the apple orchard in the fall for it and apple picking.
  • onefortyone
    onefortyone Posts: 531 Member
    Also yorkshire puddings = popovers? Though not sure if they're 100% equivalent.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    yarwell wrote: »
    Hamburger (US) = Beefburger (UK) as there's no ham in it.
    Has nothing to do with ham.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    acpgee wrote: »
    Beer = Lager

    Unless it's an ale. Or a barleywine. Or a sour. Or a gruit.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,089 Member
    Fuzzipeg wrote: »
    Cider is actually alcoholic, not a simple sparkling apple juice.
    In my part of the country (which has a lot of orchards), the alcoholic cider is often called hard cider (for clarity), and in the fall you can buy fresh pressed, unpasteurized cider, which is not alcoholic.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,089 Member
    acpgee wrote: »
    yarwell wrote: »
    ViolaLeeBlueberry wrote: »
    What Americans call Graham Crackers are Digestive Biscuits. (Or at least close enough that I use Digestive Biscuits in recipes for graham cracker crust.)

    what is a "crust" ?

    The pastry like base for a cheese cake. It's essentially crushed up graham crackers bound with butter.

    It's also used in other desserts -- it's "crust" as in "pie crust," but it's a short cut because all you do is crush the crackers (or you can buy crushed crackers in the baking section of U.S. grocery stories) and mix it up with melted butter, and obviously the taste and texture is very different from traditional pie crust. I have several bar cookie recipes in which you melt the butter in the oven and sprinkle the cracker crumbs in and press them down. Easy as pie -- or "easier than pie"! Similar recipes use crushed chocolate cookies, like the cookie layers of Oreos.


  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,089 Member
    What do you call a hot dog/frankfurter/wiener/tube steak/red hot in the U.K.?
  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
    refuseresist wrote: »
    Just found another one

    CIDER = Sparkling Apple Juice

    Are you having a laugh with this one?
  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
    Also, 'herbs'. You call them erbs, we call them herbs, because there's a flippin' H in it.
  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
    edited October 2014
    acpgee wrote: »
    Beer = Lager

    Not strictly true. Lager is a type of beer (the most common e.g. Budweiser), although the haters will say that it isnt because it is made from chemicals where as real ale is brewed with more natural ingredients.
  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
    Boccellin wrote: »
    Juice-Squash

    Incorrect. Squash is a concentrated flavoured liquid that you dilute with water to taste. Juice is just juice.
  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    What do you call a hot dog/frankfurter/wiener/tube steak/red hot in the U.K.?

    A hot dog
  • DeadsAndDoritos
    DeadsAndDoritos Posts: 267 Member
    xX_PhoenixRising_Xx wrote: »
    kristydi wrote: »
    Paracetamol? I came across that one reading a short story and, based on context clue,s I think it's a pain killer like Tylenol or Advil.
    And don't you Brits call Band-Aids plasters?

    ETA oh wait, you asked about food. Ignore me.

    You are right, Paracetamol is a painkiller. I'm from New Zealand and we use more British names than American. I live in Australia though and there are even different names for foods here than there are in New Zealand.

    Tylenol is a brand of paracetamol
    Advil is a brand of ibuprofen

    Brits use the drug name whilst Americans use the brand name.

    Brits call band-aids plasters, or sometimes we use the brand name Elastoplast.

    Another one: q-tips are cotton buds.


  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    americans dont have crumpets... :disappointed:
  • JenniDaisy
    JenniDaisy Posts: 526 Member
    yarwell wrote: »
    Restaurant (US) = Burger joint (UK)

    I've never heard any English person call anything a 'joint' unless it was a cut of roast meat
  • DeadsAndDoritos
    DeadsAndDoritos Posts: 267 Member
    edited October 2014
    JenniDaisy wrote: »
    yarwell wrote: »
    Restaurant (US) = Burger joint (UK)

    I've never heard any English person call anything a 'joint' unless it was a cut of roast meat

    Agreed! Actually I can think of another type of 'joint' but it is not a restaurant.

  • TJP_
    TJP_ Posts: 49 Member
    Scallions = Spring Onions
  • Local_Atlantis
    Local_Atlantis Posts: 262 Member
    UK - USA
    Pork shoulder - Pork butt
    Streaky bacon - Bacon
    Ice lolly / Lolly ice - Popsicle
    Prawns - Shrimp
  • han0192
    han0192 Posts: 1 Member
    Cilantro = Coriander
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    USA:chips-UK:crisps
    USA:fries- UK: chips
    USA:pudding- UK: custard
    UK: pudding(savory)- USA: HELL NO!
  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
    JenniDaisy wrote: »
    yarwell wrote: »
    Restaurant (US) = Burger joint (UK)

    I've never heard any English person call anything a 'joint' unless it was a cut of roast meat

    You would here it occasionally over time. It is used by some in a slightly negative tone. Hence 'burger joint', as some people think burgers are a bit cheap.
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,711 Member
    HeidiCooksSupper wrote: »
    Beets = Beetroot
    Romaine = Cos
    Endive = Chickory
    Eggplant = Aubergine


    Endive and Chicory are not the same......
  • DeadsAndDoritos
    DeadsAndDoritos Posts: 267 Member
    Cheese toastie = Grilled cheese sandwich
  • Milverton99
    Milverton99 Posts: 8
    Tritip - Sirloin
  • myrtille87
    myrtille87 Posts: 122 Member
    US: steel cut oats / UK: pinhead oats
    US: frosting / UK: icing
    US: can (for tomatoes, beans etc.) / UK: tin (cans are what fizzy drinks come in)
    US: applesauce ??? I am not quite sure what this is as it seems to be something people eat on its own and add into recipes. UK: apple sauce - made from Bramley apples, served with roast pork and that's pretty much it.

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