Different names for foods - UK/US

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  • trinatrina1984
    trinatrina1984 Posts: 1,018 Member
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    2dare2dream wrote: »
    i cant think of anymore but now ive got that damn tune in my head.... oh yes you know which one.
    "You say either and I say either,
    You say neither and I say neither
    Either, either neither, neither
    Let's call the whole thing off.

    You like potato and I like potahto
    You like tomato and I like tomahto
    Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto.
    Let's call the whole thing off

    Pretty sure no one says potahto, either side of the pond.
  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
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    In the UK the extra large portion of almost anything, say chips or coke, is classed as a small or regular in the US.....
  • 60sPanda
    60sPanda Posts: 303 Member
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    Apart from the usual chips/crisps/fries/sizing/biscuits thing, I always tell friends who are US visiting that if they see bacon on a menu its usually rock-hard crispy streaky bacon. If they see Canadian Bacon then that's the UK back bacon rasher equivalent. Also agree on the plastic cheese thing. Kraft has a lot to answer for. First they destroy our cheese and now our chocolate (cadbury's).
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,651 Member
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    yarwell wrote: »
    Heavy Whipping Cream (US) = Whipping cream (UK)

    Double cream (UK) = no equivalent ? (>=48% fat)

    Double cream (UK) = Whipping cream (US)
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
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    acpgee wrote: »

    Double cream (UK) = Whipping cream (US)

    not really, a quarter less fat in Heavy Whipping Cream (US) than in Double cream (UK)
  • JasmineSoper
    JasmineSoper Posts: 12 Member
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    Jelly (US) Jam (UK)
    I always thought peanut butter jelly sandwiches sounded horrible!
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,951 Member
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    JasmineSoper wrote: »
    Jelly (US) Jam (UK)
    I always thought peanut butter jelly sandwiches sounded horrible!

    Well, Jelly and Jam are two different specific things.

    Jelly: it's a congealed spread made from sweetened fruit juice.
    Jam: it's a congealed spread made from sweetened and crushed fruit

    @karenjanine Tuxedos are Oreos, just the generic name for two cracker style cookies around a filling.

    So a cookie in the uk is a chocolate chip cookie?
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    Because if that's the case, that's all I need.
  • WhoWasGivenToFly
    WhoWasGivenToFly Posts: 64 Member
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    yarwell wrote: »
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    Hunh? Every time I've ever seen pigs in a blanket, they were an appetizer of mini hot dogs that had been cooked in some kind of flaky pastry that was wrapped around them

    That sounds like a Sausage Roll (UK).

    Pigs in blankets (UK) = sausages wrapped in bacon.

    Sausages (UK) = Links (US) ? (if not a tubular thing it would be called "sausage meat" in the UK)

    stuffed cabbage: cabbage leaves stuffed with ground beef and rice and cooked in a tomato sauce, I have heard some in my area also call these pigs in a blanket. I have also heard those mini hot dogs wrapped in pastry called pigs in a blanket. 6 of 1, half dozen of the other :#
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,951 Member
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    Growing up, pigs in a blanket was breakfast sausage wrapped in a pancake.

    Here: http://blog.misselisabeths.com/storage/PIGS IN BLANKET.JPG
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,488 Member
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    TavistockToad wrote: »
    americans dont have crumpets... :disappointed:

    I'm in Seattle - there's a crumpet shop down the street from me. They're delicious. And they sell them in the grocery store too but they aren't as good as the fresh ones from the shop.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,488 Member
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    DawnieB1977 wrote: »
    shaumom wrote: »
    UK-US


    I thought root beer was like our ginger beer? I've never tried it in the US though.


    I've had ginger beer in the US and it is a lighter color soda. Rootbeer is a darker soda. They're a little similar I guess, but not the same. I can't find Ginger beer in my area though so I haven't had it in a very long time.
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
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    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    americans dont have crumpets... :disappointed:

    I'm in Seattle - there's a crumpet shop down the street from me. They're delicious. And they sell them in the grocery store too but they aren't as good as the fresh ones from the shop.
    Canadians do. I toast them and melt butter and put real maple syrup on them.
    Those holes soak up the delicious sweet salty goodness. :)
  • lintino
    lintino Posts: 526 Member
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    FredDoyle wrote: »
    dbmata wrote: »
    is treacle a specific type of syrup, or just a generic for syrup?

    It's usually golden cane sugar syrup. I think black treacle is like molasses.

    Thank you. I have wondered for years what Treacle was!!!!

  • lintino
    lintino Posts: 526 Member
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    cw106 wrote: »
    yarwell wrote: »
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    Then what do Brits call the pastry that forms both the base and top of a "double-crust pie," as it is called in U.S.?

    "Pastry"
    Pastie.most famous version of is the cornish pastie.
    We have the most yummy pasties in the upper peninsula of Michigan!!!
  • lintino
    lintino Posts: 526 Member
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    I thought root beer was like our ginger beer? I've never tried it in the US though.

    Ginger beer is also know as Ginger Ale in some parts of the US.





  • lintino
    lintino Posts: 526 Member
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    Pastie (US) = Nipple cover for exotic dancers. What's the British word for that? B)

    The correct spelling for this is pasty!!!

  • lintino
    lintino Posts: 526 Member
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    dammitjanet0161 wrote: »
    UK: Dairy Milk, Cadbury's Roses, Twix, Kitkats etc = normal everyday chocolate that is considered cheap and definitely not posh high end chocolate.

    US: the same brands of UK chocolate are considered gourmet high end chocolate with prices to match. At least it was in a shop I once visited in Carmel, where a box of Roses was about $20 and Twixes were about $5 each, which I found hilarious. Or maybe that's just Carmel...

    That's just Carmel!!!

  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,014 Member
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    dbmata wrote: »
    JasmineSoper wrote: »
    Jelly (US) Jam (UK)
    I always thought peanut butter jelly sandwiches sounded horrible!

    Well, Jelly and Jam are two different specific things.

    Jelly: it's a congealed spread made from sweetened fruit juice.
    Jam: it's a congealed spread made from sweetened and crushed fruit

    .

    No - in Australia (and UK?) jelly is not a spread - it is a gelatine dessert thing - what you call jello, I think.

    Nobody spreads jelly on sandwiches here .

  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,488 Member
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    paperpudding wrote: »
    dbmata wrote: »
    JasmineSoper wrote: »
    Jelly (US) Jam (UK)
    I always thought peanut butter jelly sandwiches sounded horrible!

    Well, Jelly and Jam are two different specific things.

    Jelly: it's a congealed spread made from sweetened fruit juice.
    Jam: it's a congealed spread made from sweetened and crushed fruit

    .

    No - in Australia (and UK?) jelly is not a spread - it is a gelatine dessert thing - what you call jello, I think.

    Nobody spreads jelly on sandwiches here .

    In the US they are different things. We have them both.

    But yep - your jelly is our jello I believe.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 9,986 Member
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    lintino wrote: »
    dammitjanet0161 wrote: »
    UK: Dairy Milk, Cadbury's Roses, Twix, Kitkats etc = normal everyday chocolate that is considered cheap and definitely not posh high end chocolate.

    US: the same brands of UK chocolate are considered gourmet high end chocolate with prices to match. At least it was in a shop I once visited in Carmel, where a box of Roses was about $20 and Twixes were about $5 each, which I found hilarious. Or maybe that's just Carmel...

    That's just Carmel!!!

    Carmel and hotel mini-bars :D

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