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Default American vs British cooking vocabulary



"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 11 May 2014 13:13:59 +0100, Yellow > wrote:
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>>Dunno about other parts of the UK, but bully beef is WW2 speak and we
>>just call it Corned Beef.
>>
>>The self-raising flour one is wrong too - no added salt! It's just flour
>>and raising agent.
>>
>>And essence isn't extract.
>>
>>Ale is beer, strong or otherwise.
>>
>>Caster Sugar isn't granulated sugar, it's finer.
>>
>>We don't tend to use "scallion" but Spring Onion instead.
>>
>>We sift flour, with a sieve - we don't sieve it.
>>
>>All in all, it's a pretty shit list.....

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> I never looked to see if it was on the list, but:
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> Crumbed - breaded... I assume I got that right


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