Cooking Terms

A guide to British & American Cooking Terms

British Cooking Term	American Cooking Term
Apple Crumble	Apple Crisp.
Aubergine	Eggplant.
Back Bacon	Canadian bacon, ham.
Streaky Bacon	American bacon.
Bangers	Sausages
Baps, Rolls, Cobs	Soft Round Bread Rolls
Beetroot	Beet
Biscuits	Cookies, Crackers
Candy Floss	Cotton Candy
Caster Sugar	Superfine Granulated Sugar
Chilli	Chilli Pepper
Chips	French Fries
Cling Film	Plastic wrap
Cornflour/ Maize Flour	Corn Starch
courgette	Zucchini
Crisps	Potato Chips
Dark Treacle	Molasses
Demerara Sugar	Brown Sugar
Digestive Biscuits	Graham Crackers, Gram Crackers
Double Cream	Heavy Cream
Fairy Cakes	Cupcakes
French Beans	Green Beans
Fried Eggs	Eggs Over-Easy, Sunny Side Up
Fruit Preserves (Jam etc.)	Fruit Jam
Gammon	Ham
Greaseproof Paper	Wax Paper
Groundnut Oil	Peanut Oil
Haricot Beans	Navy Beans
Icing Sugar	Confectioners Sugar
Jacket Potato	Baked Potato
Jelly	Jello
Meat Joint (Roast)	Roast (on the bone)
Marrow	Squash
Minced	Ground
Mixed Spice	Pie spice mix, Pie spice (Dessert)
Morello Cherries	Sour Cherries
Muesli	Granola
Muslin	Cheese Cloth
Offal	Variety of meats inc. brain, liver, heart etc.
Pastry Case	Pie Shell
Pigs Trotters	Pigs Feet
Pips	Seeds
Plain Flour	All Purpose Flour
Pudding	Dessert
Rapeseed Oil	Canola Oil
Runner Beans	Kentucky Beans
Sack	Sherry
Seal	Sear
Single Cream	Half & Half
Strong Flour	Bread Flour
Soya	Soy
Sultanas	Golden Raisins
Stoned	seaded
Tomato Puree	Tomato Paste
Wholemeal	Whole-wheat