Britsh and American Equivilents


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Some common British ingredient terminology translated into the equivalent American term.

British Term American Term
single cream light cream
double cream whipping cream
Lyle's Golden Syrup Light Karo Syrup
treacle molasses
castor sugar superfine granulated sugar
demerara sugar dark brown sugar
mixed spice substitute pumpkin pie spice
dark cooking chocolate semi-sweet chocolate
digestive biscuits graham crackers
plain flour all-purpose flour
strong flour bread flour
sultanas seedless light raisins
Morello cherries pie cherries
tomato puree tomato paste
courgette zucchini
aubergine eggplant
haricot beans navy beans
swedes turnips
gammon ham
streaky bacon American bacon
bacon ham or Canadian Bacon

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