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Index
Food Translations: "What
is Cornstarch?" UK-USA-AUS
From
Virginia Wiedemann:
This list is not intended to cover every possible ingredient in any recipe that
you
 might
find "somewhere". It was originally supplied by a web site visitor in Australia
and has been added to by other web site visitors. Some people in all three
countries will have different names for various items due to regional customs.
Some items are not available in other countries, and in those cases the list contains
the closest thing that is available. Although not complete or exhaustive,
hopefully these lists will be helpful to you. Please feel free to
add to this list. Click here for instant
metric-American conversions.
| AUSTRALIAN |
UK |
USA |
| bacon rasher |
rasher
of bacon |
bacon slice |
| beetroot |
beetroot |
beets |
| plain flour |
plain flour |
all-purpose
flour |
| bicarbonate
of soda |
bicarbonate
of soda |
baking
soda |
| biscuits |
biscuits |
cookies |
| Gravox |
Bisto |
brown gravy
mix |
| braising
steak |
braising
steak |
chuck steak |
| calamari |
squid |
squid or
calamari |
| capsicum |
pepper |
bell or
sweet pepper |
| caster
sugar |
caster
sugar |
super fine
sugar |
| cornflour |
cornflour |
corn starch |
| crystalised
or glacefruit |
crystalised
fruit |
candied
fruit |
| desiccated
coconut |
desiccated
coconut |
shredded
coconut |
| dry biscuits |
biscuits
for cheese |
crackers |
| eggplant |
aubergine |
eggplant |
| essence |
essence |
extract |
| filo pastry |
filo pastry |
filo (or
phyllo) dough |
| glace cherry |
glace cherry |
candied
cherries |
| greaseproof
paper |
greaseproof
paper |
parchment
(baking) paper |
| grill |
grill |
broil |
| griller |
griller |
broiler |
| nonpareils |
hundreds
& thousands |
sprinkles |
| icing sugar |
icing sugar |
confectioners
sugar |
| jelly |
jelly |
Jello or
gelatin |
| lamington
tin |
deep baking
tray |
13" x 9"
pan |
| Marie biscuits |
Rich Tea
biscuits |
plain vanilla
cookies |
| patty tin |
patty tin |
miniature
muffin pans |
| pawpaw |
pawpaw |
papaya
or pawpaw |
| plastic
wrap |
cling film |
plastic
wrap |
| prawn |
prawn or
shrimp |
shrimp |
| punnet |
punnet |
basket
for 10 oz. fruit |
| raw sugar |
raw sugar |
raw or
unrefined sugar |
| rock melon |
cantaloupe |
cantaloupe
or muskmelon |
| sandwich
tin |
sandwich
tin |
layer cake
pan |
| spring
onion |
spring
onion |
scallion
or green onion |
| slab tin |
deep baking
tray |
13" x 9"
pan |
| snow pea |
mangetout |
pea pods
or snow peas |
| sultanas |
sultanas |
white or
golden raisins |
| swede |
swede |
rutabaga |
| swiss roll
tin |
swiss roll
tin |
jelly roll
pan |
| tomato
puree |
tomato
puree |
tomato
sauce |
| tomato
sauce |
tomato
ketchup |
ketchup |
| topside
mince |
minced
beef |
lean ground
beef |
| unsalted
butter |
unsalted
butter |
unsalted
or sweet butter |
| water biscuits |
water biscuits |
water crackers |
| wholemeal
flour |
wholemeal
flour |
whole wheat
flour |
| yoghurt |
natural
yoghurt |
unflavored
yoghurt |
| zucchini |
courgette |
zucchini |
| silverbeet |
Swiss chard |
Swiss chard |
| ring tin |
fluted
cake tin |
bundt pan |
| scone |
scone or
bread roll |
biscuit |
| treacle |
treacle |
molasses |
|
Demerara sugar* |
Demerara sugar* |
dark raw sugar* |
| golden
syrup |
golden
syrup |
corn syrup |
| ?* |
granulated
sugar* |
sugar* |
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* There seems to be more confusion
about terminology for sugar than any other single item.
When Americans buy "sugar" it is processed, granulated sugar.
Raw sugar is referred to as either "raw" or "Demarara" sugar in American
recipes. There is also American "brown sugar", which is
processed -- soft and crumbly -- and comes in light or dark.
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