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Old Fri, May-24-02, 23:28
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Wink LC Language Differences

It will be useful to have a special thread about LC words that people find confusing either side of the ocean. This first post is a summary of all the posts that follow.

LINKS :
Converter - cups, weights etc where you can key in the type of food e.g. flour, veg etc. and it converts it to cups, weights or whatever you want.

A - Z Hindi to English Indian Food Reference Guide & Glossary, alphabetical! A joy to my persnickety heart Indian Spice Guide

Check out THIS Canadian University (that would be McGill, in Montreal) document giving detailed info on International terms:
International terms/measures and even finer detail re dairy products!

Weights & Measures Imperial/US/Metric (UK) Liquids A useful Imperial to 'American' (and volume to mass/weight, etc.) conversions page, perfect for us Commonwealth and/or 'Colonial' types... as well as you 'Mother Country' types... Weights & Measures Conversions & Translations

WORDS MENTIONED IN THIS THREAD IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER :

UK = ................ America .......... ~ India

Aubergine = Eggplant ~ Wainga (Waigan)
Corriander = Cilantro ~ Hara Dhania/Taazi Dhania
Courgette = Zucchini ~
Double Cream = Heavy Cream (see Summary post on page 2)
Fenugreek Seeds = Fenugreek..? ~ Methi Daana
No equiv = Half & Half (see Summary post on page 2)
Linseeds/oil = Flax seeds/Flax oil
Mangetout = Snowpeas ~ Matar
Swede = Rutabaga


Take care.

{Part of the original post - which I have amended } For those of you who are baffled by how one measures half and three quarter cups, you get complete sets of measuring cups that give you these measures across the pond. We don't have things like that here. I found that no two sets of measuring sets would give you exactly the same amount. Take care. }

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