AUSTRALIAN, BRITISH & U.S. COOKING TERMS
Most culinary terms in the English-speaking world can cross national borders without creating havoc in the kitchen. Nevertheless, there are differences in cookery term usage - the Australian/British biscuit is a cookie to an American, but an American biscuit is an Australian/British scone!
| U.S. Terms |
Australian/British Terms |
| all-purpose flour |
plain flour |
| baking sheet |
baking tray |
| baking soda |
bicarbonate of soda |
| beef cut from the rump |
silverside |
| beet |
beetroot |
| biscuit |
scone |
| blueberry |
bilberry |
| bouillon cube; granules; base |
stock cubes |
| bread flour |
strong flour |
| cake; baking pan |
cake tin |
| candied fruit |
glacé fruits |
| cantaloupe |
rockmelon |
| catsup, ketchup |
tomato sauce |
| celery rib |
celery stick |
| chops |
cutlets |
| cilantro |
coriander, fresh |
| cookies |
biscuits |
| cornmeal |
maize flour |
| confectioners'/powdered sugar |
icing sugar |
| cornstarch |
cornflour |
| cream, heavy |
double cream |
| cream, light; half-and-half |
single cream |
| dessert |
pudding |
| dish towel |
tea towel |
| eggplant |
aubergine |
| extract (vanilla, etc.) |
essence |
| farina |
semolina |
| fat from roasted meat |
dripping |
| fatback |
pork fat |
| fava beans |
broad beans |
| flank steak |
skirt steak |
| French-fried potatoes |
chips |
| graham crackers |
wheatmeal or digestive biscuits |
| ground meats |
minced meats |
| green beans |
French beans |
| green onion (spring) |
salad onion |
| halibut |
jewfish |
| ham |
ham or sometimes gammon |
| hard-cooked eggs |
hard-boiled eggs |
| heaping spoonful |
heaped spoonful |
| jumbo shrimp |
king prawns |
| large cut of meat w/bone; roast |
joint |
| light corn syrup |
glucose syrup |
| meat turnover |
Cornish pasty |
| molasses |
treacle |
| papaya |
papaw; pawpaw |
| peanut |
ground nut |
| pie crust |
pastry |
| pig's foot |
pig's trotter |
| pit |
stone; seed; pip |
| plastic wrap |
cling film |
| pork shoulder roast |
hand of pork |
| potato chips |
crisps |
| raisins; seedless; golden |
sultanas |
| raw shrimp |
green shrimp |
| rice flour |
ground rice |
| round steak; stewing beef |
chuck steak |
| sausage |
bangers |
| scallions; green onions |
spring or salad onions |
| seeded |
stoned |
| seeds |
pips |
| shortening, vegetable |
a solid white vegetable fat |
| shredded coconut |
desiccated coconut |
| shrimp |
prawns |
| (to) shuck |
(to) hull |
| sirloin |
rump steak; Scotch fillet |
| skillet |
frying pan |
| slice |
rasher |
| smoked haddock |
finnan haddie |
| sole |
bream |
| spatula |
fish slice |
| stew beef |
gravy beef |
| stewing chicken |
boiling chicken; fowl |
| strain; strainer |
sieve |
| (to) strain |
(to) sift |
| stuffing mixture for meat or fish |
forcemeat |
| sugar; granulated; superfine |
castor sugar |
| sweet or bell peppers |
capsicums |
| Swiss chard |
silver beet |
| Swiss Cheese |
Emmethaler |
| tenderloin |
fillet (of meat) |
| tomato catsup; ketchup |
tomato sauce |
| tuna |
tunny |
| vanilla bean |
vanilla pod |
| variety meats (liver; kidney;etc) |
offal |
| wax paper |
greaseproof paper |
| zucchini |
courgette |