Different names for foods - UK/US

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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,704 Member
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    Cold cuts = Processed meat
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,704 Member
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    Baloney = Mortadella
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,704 Member
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    Oatmeal = Porridge
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
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    acpgee wrote: »
    Baloney = Mortadella

    Baloney is not the same as Mortadella, though they look similar.
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
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    Dessert = Pudding
  • acheben
    acheben Posts: 476 Member
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    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
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    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: 2,300 Member
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    Cider is actually alcoholic, not a simple sparkling apple juice.
  • kristydi
    kristydi Posts: 781 Member
    edited October 2014
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    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
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    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.

  • xX_PhoenixRising_Xx
    xX_PhoenixRising_Xx Posts: 623 Member
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    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: 7,704 Member
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    Beer = Lager
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
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    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: 7,704 Member
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Also yorkshire puddings = popovers? Though not sure if they're 100% equivalent.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
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    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
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    acpgee wrote: »
    Beer = Lager

    Unless it's an ale. Or a barleywine. Or a sour. Or a gruit.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,009 Member
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    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.

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