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Most culinary terms in the English speaking world can cross national borders without creating havoc in the kitchen. However local usage can produce some confusions. Just as Americans ride in elevators and walk on sideways, Australian take lifts and walk on footpath or pavements. So there are also some differences in cookery usage. The following list includes names of ingredients and cookery terms for both Australians and Americans. |
| Australian | American | Australian | American | |
| absorbent paper | paper towels | jewfish | halibut | |
| almond essence | almond extract | John Dory | Porgy, scup | |
| baking powder | double-acting baking powder | king prawns | jumbo shrimps, scampi | |
| baking tray | baking sheet | kitchen paper | paper towels | |
| bicarbonate of soda | baking soda | mince / minced (meat) | ground | |
| belly pork | fresh pork side | okra | gumbo, ladies' fingers | |
| biscuits | cookies | papaw, pawpaw | papaya | |
| boiling chicken / fowl | stewing chicken | pastry | pie crust | |
| bonito | skipjack, bone jack, horse mackerel | peperoni | preserved sweet peppers | |
| bream | sole | pinch (of salt) | dash | |
| cake tin | cake / baking pan | plain flour | all-purpose flour | |
| capsicums | sweet or bell peppers | pork fat | fat back | |
| caster sugar | fine granulated sugar | prawns | shrimps | |
| celery stick | celery rib | rasher (of bacon) | slice | |
| chicory | Belgian witloof | rock melon | cantaloupe | |
| choko | chayote, christophenes | rose essence | rose extract | |
| chuck steak | round steak, stewing steak | rump steak | sirloin | |
| chump (lamb) | leg steak | Scotch fillet | sirloin | |
| cornflour | cornstarch | semolina | farina | |
| crumpets | British crumpets | (to) shell | (to) shuck, hull | |
| curly endive | chicory | shin (of meat) | shank | |
| cutlets | chops | sieve | strain / strainer | |
| desiccated coconut | shredded coconut | (to) sift | (to) strain | |
| essence | extract | silver beet | Swiss chard | |
| eggplant | eggplant, aubergine | skirt steak | flank steak | |
| fillet (of meat) | tenderloin | snapper, schnapper | sea bass | |
| frying pan | skillet | snow peas | sugar peas | |
| grace (fruits) | candied | spring onions | scallions, green onions | |
| gravy beef | stew beef | stock cubes | bouillon cubes | |
| greaseproof paper | wax paper | stone, seed, pip | pit | |
| green prawns | raw shrimps | sultanas | seedless raisins | |
| grill / griller | broil / broiler | tailor | blue fish, snapping mackerel | |
| groper | salmon | tea towels | dish towel, glass cloth | |
| ground rice | rice flour | tomato sauce | tomato catsup | |
| hard-boiled egg | hard-cooked egg | vanilla pod | vanilla bean | |
| icing sugar | confectioners' sugar | (to) whisk | (to) whip, beat |