Foreign Food Items and Their U.S. Equivalents

[Jane]

Foreign Food Items and Their U.S. Equivalents
Icing sugar -- powdered sugar, confectioner' s sugar
Caster Sugar -- Superfine sugar
Demerara -- light brown sugar
Muscovado -- raw unrefind sugar
Cornflour -- Cornstarch
Sultanas -- White raisins
Single Cream -- Light cream
Double Cream -- Heavy Cream
Bicarbonate of soda -- Baking Soda
Digestive Biscuits -- Graham crackers
Biscuit -- Cookie or cracker
Minced meat -- Ground meat
Aubergine -- Eggplant
Beetroot -- Beet
Courgette -- zucchini
Swede -- Rutabaga
Mangetout -- snow/sugar peas
1 ounce Chocolate -- 1 square
2/3 ounce Bakers yeast -- 1 cake
3 teaspoons Dried yeast -- 1 cake

[Needlepoint142]

Thanks !

[KawaiiGiggle]

would anyone know what the "american" equivalent for quark cheese is? i never even heard of it before..

[rtebalt]

Great list! Thanks!!!

[patycapereira]

well some of them I recognise...LOL...if someone knows about other substitutions, but the other way around, it would be great. I mean, there are lots of things in your recipes, that we don't have here in Portugal, such as sourcream, and buttermilk.


Pat in Portugal

[Archenstone]

I've learned that Sriracha Sauce is much like Tobasco sauce but less vinegar and more garlic.