Different names for foods - UK/US
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Beckilovespizza wrote: »I went to Michigan once and had 'biscuits' for breakfast they were like English muffins (also just known as muffins here in the UK). I was totally expecting Rich Tea biccies or equivalent.
Either (1) they were out of biscuits and just substituted an English muffin without telling you, or (2) they made really bad biscuits (but even in Michigan, which I don't think qualifies as the biscuit capital of the U.S., a bad biscuit should be readily distinguishable from an English muffin -- it has a lot more fat in it, so the texture is very different --a biscuit is closer to a croissant than to an English muffin), or (3) your unfortunate foreign palate lacks the ability to distinguish between a (U.S.) biscuit and a (U.S.) English muffin -- rather like a non-native English speaker whose native tongue doesn't have the same set of phonemes as English, so they have lost the ability they were born with to hear and pronounce "r" and "l" or "b" and "v" as different sounds. If the latter is the case, I weep for you. A (U.S.) biscuit can be a sublime thing, all flaky and tender, still warm from oven, not really needing butter but able to dance with the butter to greater gustatory heights than either could achieve on its own. Sigh.
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Cheese (uk) = processed plastic (US)0
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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.
Tylenol is just a brand name for the painkiller paracetamol, and Advil is a brand name for the painkiller ibuprofen.
And Band-aids are another brand name for what we call plasters.
I guess here in the UK where we have an NHS we are used to a lot of generic drugs as opposed to the expensive branded ones!
But yeah, back to food...
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »Beckilovespizza wrote: »I went to Michigan once and had 'biscuits' for breakfast they were like English muffins (also just known as muffins here in the UK). I was totally expecting Rich Tea biccies or equivalent.
Either (1) they were out of biscuits and just substituted an English muffin without telling you, or (2) they made really bad biscuits (but even in Michigan, which I don't think qualifies as the biscuit capital of the U.S., a bad biscuit should be readily distinguishable from an English muffin -- it has a lot more fat in it, so the texture is very different --a biscuit is closer to a croissant than to an English muffin), or (3) your unfortunate foreign palate lacks the ability to distinguish between a (U.S.) biscuit and a (U.S.) English muffin -- rather like a non-native English speaker whose native tongue doesn't have the same set of phonemes as English, so they have lost the ability they were born with to hear and pronounce "r" and "l" or "b" and "v" as different sounds. If the latter is the case, I weep for you. A (U.S.) biscuit can be a sublime thing, all flaky and tender, still warm from oven, not really needing butter but able to dance with the butter to greater gustatory heights than either could achieve on its own. Sigh.
Maybe our British palates can't tell the difference between a US "biscuit" and a so-called "English" muffin, but I think Beckilovespizza was trying to make the point that a "biscuit" in the UK is actually what Americans would call a cookie. That would be weird for breakfast. (Then again, in the US, maybe not).0 -
plumsparkle 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.
ignoring is mean
yes, paracetamol is a pain killer, and we call band aids plasters.
i have often wondered what Americans call cider, (alcoholic apple based drink) because what you call cider doesn't seem to be alcoholic as far as i can tell.
and cold cuts sounds so much tastier than our processed meat.
oh thought of one
linseed (uk) flaxseed (us)
I always thought there was a difference between US "cider" (non-alcoholic) and "hard cider" (alcoholic). But maybe I'm wrong.
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JenniDaisy wrote: »
or a somewhat illegal cigarette. Pretty common term TBH.
http://www.theburgerjoint.co.uk/
http://www.burgerjoint.co.uk/
Google is your friend ;-)
Because americanisation as a marketing ploy totally counts.0 -
Doughnut (UK) = Barack Obama (US)0
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variety meats (US) offal (UK)0
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Small fries (US) = XXL extra large fries (UK)0
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Pastie.most famous version of is the cornish pastie.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"
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »What do you call a hot dog/frankfurter/wiener/tube steak/red hot in the U.K.?
we call them sausages! It's only a hot dog if it has a bun.
I've been wondering what "turkey sausage" or "chicken sausage" is? I assume it's processed turkey/chicken meat in a skin. I don't think we get it here, well, not in NI anyway.
I've learnt a lot from this thread!0 -
UK-US
herbal infusion - herbal tea - this is for those that solely for drinking
tisane - still called herbal tea - this is for those that are supposed to be medicinal
Oh, and to add to the fun apple cider issue, in the USA, we also have something called Apple Jack - where you take alcoholic (hard) apple cider and cool it to freezing, skimming of the ice that forms and therefore raising the alcohol content.
Rootbeer (a soda) is an American thing that you don't really find in the UK - most UK folks I know who tried it when they came to American thought it tasted like cough syrup.
Most common chocolate in the UK: cadbury
Most common chocolate in the US: Hershey's0 -
JenniDaisy wrote: »JenniDaisy wrote: »
or a somewhat illegal cigarette. Pretty common term TBH.
http://www.theburgerjoint.co.uk/
http://www.burgerjoint.co.uk/
Google is your friend ;-)
Because americanisation as a marketing ploy totally counts.
I am with you. Really don't understand this one. I could find places in the UK called "Diner" as well, doesn't make it a UK term.
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"REVEALED the best burger joint in Wales as voted by YOU" http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/revealed-best-burger-joint-wales-7691244
"Capital’s trendy burger joint set for Leeds launch" http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/capital-s-trendy-burger-joint-set-for-leeds-launch-1-6619532
Seems to be used by others :-)0 -
not to mention the different names for foods within the US
pop/soda/coke
hoagies/sub/grinder
gravy/sauce
stuffed cabbage/pigs in a blanket
and Tylenol is a brand name for acetometaphin
I digress.....0 -
bubble and squeak = sausage and mash
scouse = stew made with with fortified port mixed veg and meat etc
hotpot = meat n potato pie with no pastry base
bounty bar = mound bar
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hotpot is a pie ? Not in Lancashire http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/9099/lancashire-hotpot
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Sausage!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In bubble and squeek???????????????0
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UK-US
herbal infusion - herbal tea - this is for those that solely for drinking
tisane - still called herbal tea - this is for those that are supposed to be medicinal
Oh, and to add to the fun apple cider issue, in the USA, we also have something called Apple Jack - where you take alcoholic (hard) apple cider and cool it to freezing, skimming of the ice that forms and therefore raising the alcohol content.
Rootbeer (a soda) is an American thing that you don't really find in the UK - most UK folks I know who tried it when they came to American thought it tasted like cough syrup.
Most common chocolate in the UK: cadbury
Most common chocolate in the US: Hershey's
I thought root beer was like our ginger beer? I've never tried it in the US though.
Jacket potato (UK) = baked potato (US)
I always used to wonder what a biscuit was in the US! When I read a book and they'd have biscuits and gravy. I thought it would be a bit weird pouring gravy over a custard cream! I think gravy is different too, more creamy in the US?
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