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I’ll start with the UK to US terms. This covers most of what we’ve identified so far, with a few additional entries to be added once they’re fully confirmed.
| In the UK | In the USA |
| Afters | Dessert |
| Apple crumble | Apple crisp |
| Aubergine | Eggplant |
| Back bacon | Similar to Canadian bacon |
| Bain marie | Double boiler |
| Bake | Casserole |
| Bake blind | Bake a pastry case empty, by covering with wax paper and weighing down with beans |
| Bangers | Sausage |
| Bangers and mash | Sausages and mashed potatoes |
| Bap | Roll |
| Bap | Small bread roll |
| Bap | Hamburger bun |
| Baron of beef | Two sirloins in one roast |
| Beef dripping | The fat that comes off beef whilst it is being roasted |
| Beef stock cube | Bouillon cube |
| Beetroot | Beet |
| Bicarbonate of soda | Baking soda |
| Bilberry | Similar to blueberry |
| Bill (at restaurant) | Check |
| Biscuit (savoury) | Cracker |
| Biscuit (sweet) | Cookie |
| Biscuit mixture | Cookie dough |
| Bitter | Dark ale made with hops |
| Black cherries | Bing cherries |
| Black coffee | Coffee without |
| Black pudding | Blood sausage |
| Black treacle | Molasses |
| Black turtle beans | Black beans |
| Blancmange | Vanilla pudding |
| Boiled sweet | Hard candy |
| Boiling chicken | Stewing chicken |
| Bread and butter pudding | Bread pudding |
| Brew | Cup of tea |
| Brill | Similar to turbot |
| Brisket | Similar to chuck steak but not equivalent |
| Broad bean | Fava bean |
| Brown bread | Wholemeal bread |
| Brown sauce | Spicy, tangy brown coloured sauce |
| Brown stock | Beef stock |
| Bubble and squeak | Potato and cabbage/sprouts |
| Bully beef | Corned beef |
| Butter bean | Lima bean |
| Butter beans | Great northern beans |
| Butty | Sandwich |
| Cake mixture | Cake batter |
| Candyfloss | Cotton candy |
| Capsicum | Bell peppers |
| Caster sugar | Superfine sugar |
| Channel island milk | Milk that’s almost as thick as light cream |
| Chicken stock cube | Bouillon cube |
| Chickpea | Garbanzo |
| Chickpea flour | Gram flour |
| Chicory | Endive |
| Chili | Chili pepper |
| Chip butty | Bread roll containing French fries |
| Chipolata | Small pork sausage |
| Chips | French fries |
| Chocolate drops | Chocolate chips |
| Chocolate vermicelli | Chocolate sprinkles |
| Chump chop | A type of lamb chop |
| Cider | Hard cider |
| Claret | Bordeaux |
| Clingfilm | Plastic wrap |
| Clingfilm | Saran wrap |
| Coal fish | Black cod |
| Cocoa powder | Unsweetened cocoa |
| Coffee sugar | Sugar in large brightly-coloured crystals |
| Collop | Slice of meat |
| Conserves | Preserves |
| Cooley | Black cod |
| Cordial | Fruit drink concentrate |
| Coriander leaves | Cilantro |
| Coriander seeds | Coriander |
| Corn | Almost any grain |
| Corned beef | Canned pressed ham (see salt beef) |
| Cornflour | Cornstarch |
| Cornish cream | Clotted cream |
| Cornish pasty | Meat turnover |
| Cos lettuce | Romaine |
| Courgette | Zucchini |
| Crayfish | Crawfish |
| Crisps | Potato chips |
| Crumpet | Something a bit like an English muffin (English muffins do not exist in England) |
| Crystallised fruits | Candied fruits |
| Cuppa | Cup of tea |
| Curly endive | Chicory |
| Custard | A dessert made of milk and egg yolks with a touch of vanilla |
| Custard powder | Instant custard sauce powder |
| Cutlery | Flatware or silverware |
| Cutlet | Chop |
| Demerara sugar | (Light) brown cane sugar |
| Desiccated coconut | Shredded coconut |
| Devonshire cream | A particular type of clotted cream |
| Digestive biscuits | Less sweet than graham crackers |
| Dinner | Lunch or evening meal |
| Doner kebab | Gyro |
| Double cream | Heavy cream |
| Doughnut | Jelly doughnut |
| Dripping | Fat from roasted meat |
| Dumpling mix | Package biscuit mix |
| Eggy bread (fried) | French toast |
| Elevenses | Mid-morning snack at 11am |
| Endive | Chicory |
| Essence | Extract |
| Faggot | Meatball |
| Fairy cake | Cupcake |
| Fillet steak | Tenderloin steak |
| Filo pastry | Filo dough |
| Filo pastry | Phyllo dough |
| Fish fingers | Fish sticks |
| Fizzy drink | Carbonated drink |
| Flan | Open top pie |
| Forcemeat | Stuffing mixture |
| French bean | Green bean |
| French beans | String beans |
| Fresh vegetables | Raw vegetables |
| Fresh yeast | Compressed yeast |
| Freshly made apple juice | Fresh cider |
| Fried egg lightly on both sides | Over easy |
| Fried egg on both sides | Over |
| Fried egg on one side only | Sunny side up |
| Fry up | Breakfast of fried eggs, sausage, bread and bacon |
| Gammon | Large, thick piece of ham |
| Garibaldi | Hard rectangular currant cookie |
| Gelatine | Gelatin |
| Gherkin | Pickle |
| Ginger nut | Ginger snap |
| Glace cherries | Candied cherries |
| Glace fruits | Candied fruits |
| Gobstopper | Jawbreaker |
| Golden syrup | Similar to corn syrup (not the same flavour) |
| Gratin | Casserole |
| Greaseproof paper | Wax paper |
| Green pepper | Bell pepper |
| Grill | Broil/broiler |
| Ground nut | Peanut |
| Ground nut oil | Peanut oil |
| Grub | Food |
| Gut (fish) | Clean (fish) |
| Haggis | Scottish dish made from sheep or calf offal |
| Haricot beans | Navy beans |
| High tea | Evening meal, dinner |
| Hundreds and thousands | Sprinkles |
| Ice lolly | Popsicle |
| Iceberg lettuce | Head lettuce |
| Icing | Frosting |
| Icing sugar | Powdered sugar |
| Icing sugar | Confectioner’s sugar |
| Jacket potato | Baked potato |
| Jaggery | Piloncillo, panela or panocha |
| Jam | Jelly |
| Jelly | Jell-O® |
| Jelly | Gelatin |
| Joint | Beef roast / roast beef |
| Kipper | Smoked herring |
| Lean bacon | Canadian bacon |
| Liquidizer | Blender |
| Liver sausage | Liverwurst |
| Main course | Entrée |
| Maize | Corn |
| Mange-tout | Snow pea |
| Marmite | Similar to Vegemite |
| Marrow | Squash |
| Marrow | Gourd |
| Marrow | Zucchini |
| Mince | Ground beef |
| Mince pie | Small sweet Christmas pie made with mincemeat |
| Minced meat | Ground beef |
| Minced meat | Hamburger meat |
| Mincemeat | Sweet dried fruit pie filling (rarely contains meat) |
| Mixed spice | British baking spice blend |
| Monkey nuts | Unshelled peanuts |
| Muesli | Granola |
| Muslin | Cheesecloth |
| Natural yoghurt | Unflavoured yoghurt |
| Neat (as in alcohol) | Straight up drink |
| Nosh | Food |
| Nut cutlet | Savoury nut and vegetable cake |
| Oatcakes (Scottish) | Oatmeal cookie |
| Oatcakes (Staffordshire) | Oatmeal pancakes (ish) |
| Offal | Variety meats |
| Offal | Organ meats such as liver, kidneys, tongue and tripe |
| Off-licence | Liquor store |
| Oxford sauce | Cumberland sauce |
| Pastry case | Pie case |
| Pastry flour | Cake flour |
| Paw paw | Papaya |
| Peckish | Hungry |
| Peppers | Bell peppers |
| Perry | Hard pear cider |
| Pickled cucumber | Dill pickle |
| Pie | Meat pie or fruit pie |
| Pig’s trotter | Pig’s foot |
| Pine kernels | Pine nuts |
| Pips | Seeds |
| Pitted | Seeded |
| Plain chocolate | Semi-sweet chocolate |
| Plain flour | All-purpose flour |
| Plonk | Cheap wine, usually red |
| Plum duff | Plum pudding |
| Polony | Bologna sausage |
| Porridge | Cooked oatmeal |
| Pot noodle | Cup of noodles |
| Prawn | Small shrimp |
| Profiterole | Cream puff |
| Pudding | Dessert |
| Raising agent | Leavening agent |
| Rasher | Slice of bacon |
| Red grapes | Black raisins |
| Red pepper | Bell pepper |
| Ring doughnut | Doughnut |
| Rocket | Arugula |
| Root ginger | Ginger root |
| Rump steak | Sirloin |
| Runner beans | Green beans |
| Rusks | Unsweetened zwieback |
| Sack | Sweet sherry |
| Salad cream | Mayonnaise and vinegar dressing |
| Salt beef | Corned beef |
| Sarnie | Sandwich |
| Scallion | Green onion |
| Scone | Between a biscuit and a muffin |
| Scotch | Whisky |
| Scotch egg | Boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat and breadcrumbs |
| Scrummy | Delicious |
| Self-raising flour | Self-rising flour |
| Semolina | Cream of wheat |
| Serviette | Napkin |
| Shandy | Beer with lemonade |
| Sherbet | Powdered candy |
| Sherbet fruit | Sugared fruit candies |
| Silverside | Top round |
| Single cream | Half and half |
| Single cream | Light cream |
| Sirloin | Porterhouse steak |
| Smoked salmon | Lox |
| Soft brown sugar | Light brown sugar |
| Soldiers | Finger-sized toast for dipping eggs |
| Sorbet | Sherbet |
| Soured cream | Cultured sour cream |
| Spanish onion | Bermuda onion |
| Spirit | Liquor |
| Sponge finger | Ladyfinger |
| Spotted dick | Suet pudding with raisins |
| Spring onion | Scallion |
| Spring onion | Green onion |
| Squash | Fruit drink concentrate |
| Squash | Juice drink |
| Starter | Appetizer |
| Stewing steak | Beef chuck |
| Stock cube | Bouillon cube |
| Stone | Pit |
| Stoned | Seeded |
| Stoned | Drunk |
| Streak bacon | Strips of bacon |
| Strong flour | Bread flour |
| Sugar crystals | Coffee sugar |
| Sultanas | Seedless white raisins |
| Sultanas | Golden raisins |
| Supper | Evening meal |
| Swede | Rutabaga |
| Swede | Turnip |
| Swede | Yellow turnip |
| Sweet | Dessert |
| Sweetcorn | Whole kernel corn |
| Sweets | Candy |
| Sweetshop | Candy store |
| Swiss roll | Jelly roll |
| Take-away | Take out |
| Tart | Pie |
| Tart | Open sweet pie |
| Tatty | Potato |
| Tatty scone | Potato cake |
| Tea | Evening meal |
| Tea-break | Tea-based coffee break |
| Tin foil | Aluminium foil |
| Tinned | Canned |
| Tipple | Small alcoholic drink |
| Toad in the hole | Yorkshire pudding with sausages |
| Toffee | Taffy |
| Tomato sauce | Ketchup |
| Topside beef | Top round |
| Treacle | Molasses |
| Tuck in | Eat, dig in |
| Tunny | Tuna |
| Vegetable fat | Shortening |
| Water biscuits | Crackers |
| Water biscuits | Matzos |
| Whipping cream | Between light and heavy cream |
| Whisk | Beat |
| Whisk | Whip |
| Whiskey | Irish or American whiskey |
| Whisky | Scots whisky |
| White coffee | Coffee with milk |
| White stock | Chicken stock |
| White stock | Fish stock |
| Whitebait | Small silvery fish, deep-fried whole |
| Wholemeal | Whole wheat |
| Wholemeal | Graham |
| Yorkshire pudding | Savoury baked batter of milk, eggs and flour |
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