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An American was chatting with an Australian on the Internet, when she mentioned she had to stop to make her hungry son a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (also called P B & J). The very confused Australian said she had never heard of a "dessert" sandwich. It took a while for the equally confused American to discover that jelly to Australians is the same as Jello (gelatin) to Americans. In other words, the Australian wanted to know why her friend would want to eat a Jello and peanut butter sandwich.

The cultural differences in food can be quite entertaining. However, when you're trying to use a recipe from another country, it's nice to know what they're talking about. You'll find below some of the most common cooking conversions used.

Australian
bicarbonate of soda
biscuits
scones
chillies
chocolate, cooking
cocoa
copha
conserve
corn flour
cream, whipping
cream, single
desiccated coconut
essence
vanilla essence
flour, plain
flour, self raising
flour, whole meal
gelatine or Airplane jelly
stock cubes
hundreds and thousands
sugar, caster
sugar, icing
syrup, golden
tomato sauce
treacle
zest, lemon, etc
Rice Bubbles

beetroot
capsicum
chickpeas
onion, Spanish
onion, spring
rock melon
shallots
sultanas
paw paw

Balmain bug
banger
minced beef
minced meat
prawns
skirt steak
king prawns

baking tray
oven slide
cake cooler
cake tin
ring tin
Swiss roll tin
Lamington tin
greaseproof paper
patty cups
tea towel
griller (separate from oven)

American
baking soda
cookies
biscuits
chilli pepper
chocolate, baking
cocoa powder
vegetable shortening
jelly
cornstarch
cream, heavy
cream, half and half
shredded coconut
extract
vanilla extract
flour, all-purpose
flour, self-rising
flour, whole wheat
gelatine or Jello
bullion cubes
sprinkles (nearest equivalent)
sugar, granulated (but finer)
sugar, confectioners
syrup, corn
ketchup or catsup
molasses
zest or rind, lemon, etc
Rice Crispies

round beets
bell pepper
garbanzos
onion, purple / red
scallions
cantaloupe
scallions, green onions
raisins, golden
papaya

small, sweet crayfish
link sausage
ground beef
ground meat
shrimp
flank steak
jumbo shrimp

cookie sheet
cookie sheet
wire rack
baking pan
tube pan
jelly roll pan
13" x 9" x 2" pan
wax paper
paper cupcake holders
dish towel
broiler (inside oven)

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