Different names for foods - UK/US

refuseresist
refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
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
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  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
    edited October 2014
    Just found another one

    CIDER = Sparkling Apple Juice
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,836 Member
    Beets = Beetroot
    Romaine = Cos
    Endive = Chickory
    Eggplant = Aubergine
  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
    edited October 2014
    Yay someones joined in!

    Cotton Candy = Candy Floss
    Chips = Crisps
    Fries = Chips
    Cilantro= Coriander
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,272 Member
    Bubble and squeak = ???
  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
    Ground Beef = Mince?
  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
    FredDoyle wrote: »
    Bubble and squeak = ???
    I think they call it bubble and squeak. Or Hash
  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
    Fruit and Veg = Fresh Prowdooce
  • Boccellin
    Boccellin Posts: 137 Member
    Juice-Squash
  • Fit_Happens_2021
    Fit_Happens_2021 Posts: 303 Member
    edited October 2014
    Rutabaga = Swede
    All Purpose Flour = Plain Flour
    Powdered sugar = Icing sugar
  • ViolaLeeBlueberry
    ViolaLeeBlueberry Posts: 182 Member
    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) ...
  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
    Sometimes Bell Pepper = Green/ Red Pepper
  • Fit_Happens_2021
    Fit_Happens_2021 Posts: 303 Member
    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.
  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
    They have scones in Murica. I seen it on the telly
  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
    gum = chewing gum/ bubble gum
  • calx77
    calx77 Posts: 31 Member
    Jelly - Jam
    Jello - Jelly
  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
    sriracha = sweet chilli sauce?
  • Fit_Happens_2021
    Fit_Happens_2021 Posts: 303 Member
    Yea we have scones in the US, not always good ones though lol
  • onefortyone
    onefortyone Posts: 531 Member
    Maybe Midwestern rather than typically american, but:

    Minced beef (uk) = hamburger
    Hamburger (uk) = hamburger

    Let's call the whole thing off! :neutral_face:
  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
    onefortyone wrote: »
    Maybe Midwestern rather than typically american, but:

    Minced beef (uk) = hamburger
    Hamburger (uk) = hamburger

    Let's call the whole thing off! :neutral_face:

    W What!
  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
    edited October 2014
    skim milk = skimmed milk
    soda = fizzy drink/ pop
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,420 Member
    Cold cuts = Processed meat
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,420 Member
    Baloney = Mortadella
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,420 Member
    Oatmeal = Porridge
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    acpgee wrote: »
    Baloney = Mortadella

    Baloney is not the same as Mortadella, though they look similar.
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,272 Member
    Dessert = Pudding
  • acheben
    acheben Posts: 476 Member
    refuseresist wrote: »
    sriracha = sweet chilli sauce?
    Nope! Sriracha is a lot spicier and less sweet than Sweet Chili Sauce. In the US, both are usually sold in the same section of the store though.
  • ViolaLeeBlueberry
    ViolaLeeBlueberry Posts: 182 Member
    refuseresist wrote: »
    skim milk = skimmed milk
    soda = fizzy drink/ pop

    That's regional in the US. It's pop in some areas, soda in others, and in some places it's coke generically for all soft drinks ...
  • Fuzzipeg
    Fuzzipeg Posts: 2,305 Member
    Cider is actually alcoholic, not a simple sparkling apple juice.
  • kristydi
    kristydi Posts: 781 Member
    edited October 2014
    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.
  • AlliSteff
    AlliSteff Posts: 211 Member

    onefortyone wrote: »
    Maybe Midwestern rather than typically american, but:

    Minced beef (uk) = hamburger
    Hamburger (uk) = hamburger

    Let's call the whole thing off! :neutral_face:

    I think that is regional. In NY, we usually ground beef for what my Mother in Law from Louisiana would call hamburger.

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