Common food references and their other food names and method term equivalents in cooking and baking.
Food Names and Method Term Equivalents
| aubergine | eggplant |
| bacon rasher | bacon slice |
| baking paper | parchment paper or silicon paper |
| basic pastry | shortcrust pastry |
| baking trays | cookie sheets |
| beetroot | beets |
| benne seeds | sesame seeds |
| black eyed peas | black eyed beans |
| broad beans | fava beans |
| cannellini beans | white kidney beans |
| capsicum | bell pepper or sweet pepper |
| caster sugar | superfine sugar |
| celeriac | celery root |
| chick peas | garbanzo beans |
| conserve | jam |
| coriander | cilantro or Chinese parsley |
| cornflower | cornstarch |
| courgettes | zucchini |
| cream, light or single cream | cream |
| cream, thickened | heavy cream |
| desiccated coconut | shredded coconut |
| dry biscuits | crackers |
| dry egg whites | firmly beaten egg whites |
| essence | extract |
| farina | semolina |
| fillet (meat) | tenderloin |
| glace cherry | candied cherries |
| grill | broil |
| gumbo or ladies fingers | okra |
| icing sugar | confectioners sugar |
| mince (meat) | ground (meat) |
| dream topping | cool whip |
| Marie biscuits or Rich Tea biscuits | plain vanilla cookies |
| Morello cherries | sour cherries |
| Mortadella | Baloney |
| patty tin | miniature muffin pan |
| pine kernals | pine nuts or pignoli |
| prawns | jump shrimp |
| rapeseed oil | canola oil |
| ring tin | bundt pan |
| rock melon | cantaloupe |
| rocket | rocquette or arugula |
| salt beef | corned beef |
| scallopini | pattypan squash |
| silverbeet | Swiss chard |
| spring onions | green onions or scallions |
| sugar snap peas | snow peas |
| sultanas | white or golden raisins (seedless) |
| sweet butter | unsalted butter |
| swede | rutabaga |
| swiss roll tin | jelly roll pan |
| tassie pans or tassie cups | muffin pan or muffin cups |
| treacle | molasses |
| white stock | chicken or fish stock |
| wholemeal flour | whole wheat flour |
