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| United States | Canada | UK | Australia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dairy, eggs & meat | |||
| whole milk | homogenized or 3% milk | full fat or whole milk | full-cream milk |
| skim, fat free, or nonfat milk | skimmed milk, skim milk | skimmed milk | skim milk |
| 2% milk | 2% milk | semi-skimmed milk | light milk |
| large egg | large egg | medium egg | large egg |
| ground meat or chopped (usually beef) | ground or minced meat | mince or minced meat | mince |
| Produce/vegetables | |||
| green onion or scallion | green onion | spring onion (scallion in some areas) | spring onion |
| cilantro | cilantro or coriander | coriander | coriander |
| cantaloupe | cantaloupe | cantaloupe | or rockmelon |
| zucchini | zucchini | courgette | zucchini |
| squash | squash | marrow or squash — marrow specifically refers to a large, green elongated squash with white flesh | squash |
| eggplant | eggplant | aubergine | eggplant |
| garbanzo or chickpea | chickpea | chickpea | chickpea |
| navy beans | haricots | haricot beans | haricot beans |
| chard | chard | silverbeet or chard | silverbeet |
| bell peppers or green/red/yellow peppers | green peppers or bell peppers | peppers, or green peppers (or red/yellow/orange peppers) | capsicum |
| chili peppers, hot peppers, chiles or by individual name (jalapeño, e.g.) | chillis | chillis | |
| Prepared foods | |||
| pickle | pickle (gherkin refers specifically to a "dwarf" pickle) | gherkin | gherkin |
| bouillon or stock cube | stock cube | stock cube | stock cube |
| French fries or fries, or steak fries (for thicker versions), also "fish and chips" | French fries, fries, or chips, depending on region, also "fish and chips" | chips or French fries (Used in food establishments) | chips |
| chips or potato chips | chips or potato chips | crisps | potato chips |
| apple crisp or apple crumble | apple crisp or apple crumble | apple crumble | apple crumble |
| ketchup or catsup | ketchup | tomato ketchup or tomato sauce or red sauce | tomato sauce |
| Baking and baked goods | |||
| bread flour | bread flour | strong flour | bread flour |
| all-purpose flour | all-purpose flour | plain flour | plain flour |
| self-rising flour | self-rising flour | self-raising flour | self-raising flour |
| cornstarch or corn starch | cornstarch | corn flour | cornflour |
| golden raisins | sultana raisins | sultanas | sultanas |
| corn syrup or KaroR syrup | corn syrup | corn syrup | corn syrup |
| molasses | molasses | molasses - treacle describes a lighter molasses | molasses |
| powdered sugar or confectioner's sugar | icing sugar or confectionery sugar | icing sugar | icing sugar |
| superfine sugar | caster/castor sugar | caster sugar | |
| bread pudding | Bread and butter pudding | no equivalent | |
| Steamed sponge pudding | Sponge pudding (when made with currants, raisins or sultanas it is called Spotted dick) | no equivalent | |
| Drinks | |||
| lemonade | lemonade | traditional, cloudy or still lemonade (NB traditional/cloudy lemonade can also be fizzy); lemon squash | lemon squash |
| soda, pop, soda pop, cola, coke, or soft drink | pop | soft drink (although this refers to any non-alcoholic drink or fruit juice), fizzy drink, fizzy pop, pop or juice (Scotland) | soft drink |
| lemon-lime soda/pop, or a brand name (e.g. Sprite) | lemon or lemon-lime drink | lemonade | lemonade |
| fruit drink concentrate | fruit concentrate | squash or cordial | cordial |
| apple juice or cider | apple juice or cider | apple juice | sparkling apple juice |
| hard cider | cider or hard cider | cider | cider |
| vermouth | martini | vermouth | vermouth |
| Sweets | |||
| dessert | dessert | dessert or pudding (in addition to the use describing pudding) | dessert |
| Jell-o, Jello, jello or gelatin | Jell-o, Jello, jello or gelatin | jelly | jelly |
| cookie | cookie (unless referring to tea biscuits, for example) | biscuit; also cookie, which refers to large soft "American-style" biscuits | biscuit |
| biscuit | biscuit | scone | scone |
| digestive cookie | digestive cookie | digestive or digestive biscuit | digestive biscuit |
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