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American-English Recipe Translator


Weights and Measures

 

1 US pint = 16 fl oz         1 UK pint = 20 fl oz
1 tblsp ½ fl oz
1 cup 8 fl oz / ½  US pint
2 cups 16 fl oz / 1 pint
4 cups 1 quart / 2  pints
4 quarts 1 gallon / 8 US pints
1 tsp 5 mls
1 tblsp 15 mls
1 cup 240 mls
1 quart 1 litre
1 ounce 28 grams
1 pound 454 grams
3 tsp 1 tblsp
4 tblsp ¼ cup
5⅓ tblsp ⅓ cup
8 tblsp ½ cup
10⅔ tblsp ⅔ cup
12 tblsp ¾ cup
16 tblsp 1 cup

Translations:

 

American English
baked potato jacket potato
beet beetroot
beef stock brown stock
bologna polony
bully beef corned beef
Canadian bacon back bacon
chocolate sprinkles chocolate vermicelli
chop cutlet
cilantro coriander leaves
cooked oatmeal porridge
cookie biscuit
corn maize
cornstarch corn flour
corn syrup golden syrup 
corned beef salt beef
cotton candy candy floss
cupcake fairy cake
doughnut ring doughnut 
eggplant aubergine
endive chicory
English muffin crumpet
fava bean broad bean
fish sticks fish fingers
French fries chips
frosting icing
ginger snap ginger nut
Graham crackers digestive biscuits
green bell pepper green pepper
ground beef / hamburger mince
hamburger bun bap
hard candy boiled sweet
hard cider cider
heavy cream double cream
jelly doughnut doughnut
juice drink squash
ladyfinger sponge finger
light brown cane sugar demerara sugar
light cream single cream
liverwurst liver sausage
meatball faggot
mince pie filling mincemeat
molasses treacle
pie tart
porterhouse steak sirloin
potato chips crisps
powdered candy sherbet 
powdered (confectioner's) sugar icing sugar
romaine lettuce cos lettuce
Saran wrap Cling film
sirloin rump steak
small shrimp prawn
string beans French beans
taffy toffee
tenderloin steak fillet steak
top round silverside
wax paper greaseproof paper
white raisin sultana
white stock chicken or fish stock
whole kernel corn sweet corn
whole meal bread brown bread
yellow turnip swede 
zucchini courgette

If you can think of any more that should be in this list, or if there is something in one of my recipes and you don't know what it is, e-mail me and I will try to find out a translation or an alternative for you.E-mail me!

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