English/American recipe translator

Taken from: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mbishop/engfood.html

• aubergine : eggplant
• back bacon : similar to Canadian bacon
• bake blind : bake a pastry case empty, by covering with wax paper and weighing down with beans
• baron of beef : two sirloins in one roast
• bap : hamburger bun
• beetroot : beet
• biscuit : cookie or cracker (sweet biscuit or savoury biscuit)
• boiled sweet : hard candy
• brill : something like a small turbot
• broad bean : fava bean
• brown bread : wholemeal bread
• brown stock : beef stock
• bully beef : corned beef
• candyfloss : cotton candy
• caster sugar : finely granulated sugar (not as powdery as confectioner's sugar)
• Channel Island milk : milk that's almost as thick as light cream
• chicory : endive
• chipolata : small pork sausage
• chips : french fries
• chocolate vermicelli : chocolate sprinkles
• chump chop : a type of lamb chop
• cider : hard cider
• clingfilm : Saran wrap
• coal fish / coley : black cod
• coffee sugar : sugar in large brightly-coloured crystals
• coriander leaves : cilantro
• corn : almost any grain (see maize and sweetcorn)
• corned beef : canned pressed ham (see salt beef)
• cornflour : cornstarch
• cos lettuce : romaine
• courgette : zucchini
• crisps : potato chips
• crumpet : something a bit like an English muffin ("English muffins" do not exist in England)
• custard : custard sauce, or sometimes baked custard
• cutlet : chop
• demerara sugar : light brown cane sugar
• Devonshire cream : a particular type of clotted cream
• digestive biscuits : something like Graham crackers
• double cream : heavy cream
• doughnut : jelly doughnut
• endive : chicory
• faggot : meatball
• fairy cake : cupcake
• fillet steak : tenderloin steak
• fish fingers : fish sticks
• French beans : string beans
• gammon : large, thick, round piece of ham
• garibaldi : hard rectangular currant cookie
• ginger nut : ginger snap
• golden syrup : something like corn syrup
• greaseproof paper : wax paper
• green pepper : bell pepper
• icing : frosting
• icing sugar : powdered (confectioner's) sugar
• jacket potato : baked potato
• liquor : (in some contexts, notably in eel-and-pie shops) parsley sauce
• liver sausage : liverwurst
• maize : corn
• marrow : squash that looks like a giant zucchini
• mince : ground beef / hamburger
• mincemeat : mince pie filling (dried fruit, peel, brandy, etc; very occasionally contains meat)
• mixed spice : a mixture of allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, coriander and cloves
• offal : liver, kidneys, tongue, tripe and any other animal organs
• perry : hard cider made from pears instead of apples
• plum duff : plum pudding
• polony : bologna
• porridge : cooked oatmeal
• prawn : small shrimp
• ring doughnut : doughnut
• rump steak : sirloin
• salt beef : corned beef
• silverside : top round
• single cream : light cream
• sirloin : porterhouse steak
• sherbet : powdered candy
• sponge finger : ladyfinger
• squash : juice drink
• sugar crystals : see coffee sugar
• sultana : white raisin
• sweetcorn : whole-kernel corn
• swede : yellow turnip
• tart : pie
• toffee : taffy
• treacle : similar to molasses
• whipping cream : halfway between light and heavy cream
• whitebait : small silvery fish, usually deep-fried whole
• white stock : chicken or fish stock