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