English to American translation:	American to English translation: (below)
UK pint is 20 fluid ounces	US pint is 16 fluid ounces
UK flud ounce is onlyl slightly different to	US fluid ouncemost of the difference is pints
8 fluid ounces	1 cup
aubergine : eggplant bake blind : bake a pastry case empty, by covering with wax paper and weighing down with beans bap : hamburger bun beetroot : beet biscuit : cookie or cracker (sweet biscuit or savoury biscuit) boiled sweet : hard candy brill: avoid it - it's a fish broad bean : fava bean brown bread : wholemeal bread brown stock : stock, vegetable OXO cubes, vegetable stock, marmite candy floss : cotton candy caster sugar : finely granulated sugar -not as powdery as confectioner's chicory : endive chips : french fries chocolate vermicelli : chocolate sprinkles cider : hard cider cling film : Saran wrap coffee sugar : sugar in large crystals coriander leaves : cilantro corn : almost any grain (see maize and sweet corn) corn flour : cornstarch cos lettuce : romaine courgette : zucchini crisps : potato chips crumpet : something a bit like an English muffin - Crumpets are also an old fashioned slang name for a toy boy or an affair custard : custard sauce, or sometimes baked custard Demerara sugar : light brown cane sugar Devonshire cream : a particular type of clotted cream Although most cream is described as "single", "double" or "whipping" It turns out that the UK brand of cream alternative called "Elmlea" isn't vegan: it has buttermilk in it which is a dairy product digestive biscuits : something like Graham crackers double cream : heavy cream doughnut : jelly doughnut endive : chicory faggot : meatball Faggot is slightly used to mean a gay man, but less so than in the USA fairy cake : cupcake Likewise French beans : string beans ginger nut : ginger snap golden syrup or treacle : something like corn syrup greaseproof paper : wax paper, obviously green pepper : bell pepper icing : frosting icing sugar : powdered (confectioner's) sugar jacket potato : baked potato in skin jam: preserve jelly: jello maize : corn marmite: yeast extract marrow : squash that looks like a giant zucchini mince - a way of buying meat that is like TVP or Sosmix made from water mincemeat : mince pie filling - dried fruit, peel, brandy, etc Sold as a cheap ingredient in jam jars This is vegetarian and probably vegan mixed spice : a mixture of allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, coriander and cloves offal: down-market butcher's products Unlikely to be found by a veggie search site engine, but possible perry : hard cider made from pears instead of apples plum duff : plum pudding, apparently,although most people call it Christmas pudding porridge : cooked oatmeal prawn: avoid - it's dead shrimps ring doughnut : doughnut in a ring shape, as opposed to a jam doughnut which is a doughy bun with sweet jam in it rump steak : avoid - it's sirloin meat silverside : top round single cream : light cream sirloin : avoid - it's meat sherbet : powdered candy sponge finger : ladyfinger squash : juice drink Usually the sort that's sugar and colouring, to dilute sugar crystals : see coffee sugar sultana : white raisin sweet corn : whole-kernel corn swede : yellow turnip tart : pie, prostitute or someone who is promiscuous There us usually no moral judgment against toffee : taffy treacle or golden syrup - sweet light brown translucent molasses The darker, more bitter kind (if it is still made) is called molasses or black treacle whipping cream : between light & heavy cream wholemeal: whole wheat type degrees Fahrenheit °F +tab: type degree Centigrade (celsius) °C +tab:	allspice : ground permento beet : beetroot bell pepper : green pepper chocolate sprinkles : chocolate vermicelli chicory : endive chips: crisps cookie: sweet biscuit cilantro : coriander leaves confectioner's sugar : icing sugar cooked oatmeal : porridge corn : maize or sweetcorn cornstarch : corn flour corn syrup : sometimes used when making sweets, this is a thinner version of the english treacle - light or dark cotton candy: candy floss cracker: savoury or cheese biscuit cupcake: cupcake or fairy cake custard sauce : custard English muffin : crumpet endive : chicory eggplant: aubergine fava bean : broad bean french fries : chips frosting : icing ginger snap : ginger nut graham crackers : digestive biscuits grain : corn hard candy: boiled sweet hard cider : cider (cider can also mean apple juice in the USA) hard pear cider : perry heavy cream (vegan) : double Elmlea jello : jelly juice drink : squash ladyfinger : sponge finger mince: hamburger meat pie filling (sweet, dried fruit): mincemeat This is not meat plum pudding / christmas pudding : plum duff potato chips : crisps powdered candy - sherbet preserve : jam romaine : cos lettuce Saran wrap : cling film single cream : light cream sirloin - a type of meat - beef string beans ; french beans, runner beans stock, vegetable OXO, vegetable stock, marmite: brown stock sugar in large crystals : coffee sugar sugar, light brown cane: Demarara sugar tart : pie, prostitute or someone who is promiscuous There us usually no moral judgment against toretos: chips, potato chips molasses : seems to be a generic name for black and light brown treacle taffy : toffee yellow turnip : swede white raisin - sultana whole-kernel corn : sweet corn whole wheat : wholemeal zucchini : courgette zuchinni, largest : marrow

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