National Starch Food Innovation

Cooking Measures and Conversion Calculator

British and U.S. Cooking Terms
British	U.S.
aubergine	eggplant
baking tray	baking sheet
bangers	sausage
beetroot	beet
bicarbonate of soda	baking soda
biscuit	cracker or cookie
broad bean	fava bean
cake tin	cake/baking pan
capsicums	sweet or bell peppers
caster sugar	superfine granulated
chips	french-fried potatoes
cling film	plastic wrap
corn flour	corn starch
cornish pasty	meat turnover
courgette	zucchini
cream, double	heavy cream
cream, single	light cream
crisps	potato chips
dripping	fat from roasted meat
finnan haddock	smoked haddock
fish slice	spatula
flour, maize	cornmeal
flour, strong	bread flour; hard-wheat flour
french bean	green bean
gammon	ham
golden syrup	substitute light corn syrup
groundnut	peanut
heaped spoonful	heaping spoonful
icing sugar	confectioners' sugar
joint	large cut of meat with bone; roast
marrow	zucchini-like squash
mince (n.)	ground meat
offal	variety meats (liver, heart, kidney)
oxford sauce	cumberland sauce
pie dish	deep baking dish
pig's trotter	pig's foot
pine kernels	pine nuts
pips	seeds
pudding	dessert
shandy	beer with lemonade
silverside	beefcut from the rump
stoned	seeded
sultanas	golden raisins
treacle	molasses