Glossary Of Cooking Terms
British to American
Do you know how important a glossary of cooking terms is going to be if you want to translate British recipes into American terms? If you don't, and you're getting ready to try a UK recipe.... you're soon going to find out! To save you time, effort and frustration, we've put together a list of some of the most common cookery terms used in the UK, and given you their US 'translation'. If you don't know what a 'rasher' is, have never heard of Caster Sugar or Icing Sugar, and wouldn't know a Courgette if you fell over one - then you're going to need this guide.
Glossary Of Cooking Terms - ingredients
| British | American | | Aubergine | Eggplant | | 'Bangers' | Sausages | | Bap | Soft, white bun. Similar to burger bun | | Biscuits | Cookies | | Broad Beans | Fava or Lima Beans | | Caster Sugar | Similar to Superfine sugar | | Chickpeas | Garbanzo Beans | | Chips | French Fries | | Cornflour | Similar to Cornstarch | | Cooking Apples | Tart, green apples | | Courgettes | Zucchini | | Crisps | Potato Chips | | Dessicated Coconut | Shredded Coconut | | Digestive Biscuits | Similar to Graham Crackers | | Double Cream | Heavy Cream | | Fish Fingers | Fish Sticks | | Flaked Almonds | Slivered Almonds | | Gammon Steaks | Ham Steaks | | Golden Syrup | Similar to Light Corn Syrup | | Icing Sugar | Confectioners or Powdered Sugar | | Icing | Frosting | | Jam | Preserves or Jelly | | Jelly | Jello | | Jacket Potato | Baked Potato | | Lard | Clarified Pork Fat | | Mince | Ground Beef | | Mincemeat | Sweet pie filling, made with dried fruit/peel | | Plain Flour | All-Purpose Flour | | Prawns | Shrimp | | Rasher of Bacon | Slice of Bacon | | Porridge Oats | Oatmeal | | Orange Rind | Orange Peel | | Single Cream | Light Cream | | Sultana | Similar to yellow raisin, different grape | | Swede | Rutabaga or Yellow Turnip | | Treacle | Molasses | | Wholemeal | Wholewheat |
Glossary Of Cooking Terms - Cookware & Utensils
| British | American | | Baking Foil or Tinfoil | Aluminum Foil | | To 'Bake Blind' | Bake an empty pastry shell, weighted down with dried beans | | Baking Sheet or Tray | Cookie Sheet | | Cake Tin | Baking Tin | | Cling-film | Plastic Wrap | | Cocktail Sticks | Toothpicks | | The 'Cooker' | The Stovetop | | Fish Slice | Spatula | | Grated | Shredded | | Greaseproof Paper | Waxed Paper | | Kitchen Paper | Paper Towel | | Muslin | Cheesecloth | | Tea Towel | Kitchen Towel (Cloth) |
Now you've studied our Glossary of Cookery Terms (and perhaps it would be a good idea to Bookmark this page now!), you might also want to check out our page of Cooking Measurements Conversions - and maybe Bookmark that one too. THEN you'll be all set to try out some of the great Scottish Recipes we've got waiting for you. Good Luck.
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