American culinary terms
#1
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American culinary terms
Hello there ,
Well i have been brushing up on my '' idiots guide'' to the U.S books .
And i am steeling myself for the horrors of a american proffessional kitchen
And i cant get my head around the '' one cup of '' flour/ eggs/milk/ breadcrumbs whatever.
How many ounces/grams is ''one cup of ''
What the hell is Cilantro is it Coriander ?
Is suet called suet or something different
Does Custard powder exist ?
Any help on U.S culinary terms would be appreciated
John
Well i have been brushing up on my '' idiots guide'' to the U.S books .
And i am steeling myself for the horrors of a american proffessional kitchen
And i cant get my head around the '' one cup of '' flour/ eggs/milk/ breadcrumbs whatever.
How many ounces/grams is ''one cup of ''
What the hell is Cilantro is it Coriander ?
Is suet called suet or something different
Does Custard powder exist ?
Any help on U.S culinary terms would be appreciated
John
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Location: Eugene, OR
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Re: American culinary terms
Conversions: http://www.nutribase.com/convert.shtml . Some will help, some will not. Use measuring cups in various sizes (1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 etc) for dry items like flour and sugar and a measuring cup with a spout and gradations on the side for liquids. I've never been asked for "a cup of eggs" and I have lived in the US for a long time.
Cilantro: Google suggests http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriander which says "The leaves are variously referred to as coriander leaves, Chinese parsley, cilantro (in America, from the Spanish for the plant)."
The only suet I know of is the stuff you put in bird feeders. http://www.ochef.com/657.htm suggests substituting solid vegetable shortening for this rare cooking ingredient.
Custard powder as you know it doesn't exist to my knowledge. Try buying it from UK-food websites in the US or (at the risk of getting flamed by brits) try Jell-o vanilla pudding powder, which may be the closest you'll get.
Cilantro: Google suggests http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriander which says "The leaves are variously referred to as coriander leaves, Chinese parsley, cilantro (in America, from the Spanish for the plant)."
The only suet I know of is the stuff you put in bird feeders. http://www.ochef.com/657.htm suggests substituting solid vegetable shortening for this rare cooking ingredient.
Custard powder as you know it doesn't exist to my knowledge. Try buying it from UK-food websites in the US or (at the risk of getting flamed by brits) try Jell-o vanilla pudding powder, which may be the closest you'll get.
Last edited by avanutria; Dec 1st 2010 at 11:35 am.
#3
Re: American culinary terms
Hello there ,
Well i have been brushing up on my '' idiots guide'' to the U.S books .
And i am steeling myself for the horrors of a american proffessional kitchen
And i cant get my head around the '' one cup of '' flour/ eggs/milk/ breadcrumbs whatever.
How many ounces/grams is ''one cup of ''
What the hell is Cilantro is it Coriander ?
Is suet called suet or something different
Does Custard powder exist ?
Any help on U.S culinary terms would be appreciated
John
Well i have been brushing up on my '' idiots guide'' to the U.S books .
And i am steeling myself for the horrors of a american proffessional kitchen
And i cant get my head around the '' one cup of '' flour/ eggs/milk/ breadcrumbs whatever.
How many ounces/grams is ''one cup of ''
What the hell is Cilantro is it Coriander ?
Is suet called suet or something different
Does Custard powder exist ?
Any help on U.S culinary terms would be appreciated
John
Cilantro = Coriander
Suet is minced beef fat, I've not seen it for sale here (except for stupid money in the Brit stores and then for some reason its low fat stuff.) Find a friendly butcher.
Custard powder is a brit thing, but if your working in a professional kitchen cant you make your own? If not Ethnic aisles in most supermarkets sell Birds Custard Powder.
As with most things here google is your friend, there's a recipe thread in the lounge maybe there's lots of answers in there too, good luck, its a nightmare at first, but you soon get used to it.
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Re: American culinary terms
Not culinary, but a cautionary tale - putting something "in the bin" means it should go in a storage locker, not in the trash. Luckily I realised my mistake in time
#5
Re: American culinary terms
One cup = 8oz. liquid or solids (as far as I can tell) nothing I've measured has gone wrong.
Cilantro = Coriander
Suet is minced beef fat, I've not seen it for sale here (except for stupid money in the Brit stores and then for some reason its low fat stuff.) Find a friendly butcher.
Custard powder is a brit thing, but if your working in a professional kitchen cant you make your own? If not Ethnic aisles in most supermarkets sell Birds Custard Powder.
As with most things here google is your friend, there's a recipe thread in the lounge maybe there's lots of answers in there too, good luck, its a nightmare at first, but you soon get used to it.
Cilantro = Coriander
Suet is minced beef fat, I've not seen it for sale here (except for stupid money in the Brit stores and then for some reason its low fat stuff.) Find a friendly butcher.
Custard powder is a brit thing, but if your working in a professional kitchen cant you make your own? If not Ethnic aisles in most supermarkets sell Birds Custard Powder.
As with most things here google is your friend, there's a recipe thread in the lounge maybe there's lots of answers in there too, good luck, its a nightmare at first, but you soon get used to it.
Birds custard is atrocious, make a real egg custard.
#7
Re: American culinary terms
Sadly not the case.
A cup of flour for instance is between 4 and 6 ounces depending on the type of flour and how/if you sift it, humidity etc.
A cup of rice can be just as tricky, coming in between 5 and 7 depending on what kind of rice it is.
The list goes on. My advice, by some scales and use a website such as Allrecipes.com to do the conversions.
A cup of flour for instance is between 4 and 6 ounces depending on the type of flour and how/if you sift it, humidity etc.
A cup of rice can be just as tricky, coming in between 5 and 7 depending on what kind of rice it is.
The list goes on. My advice, by some scales and use a website such as Allrecipes.com to do the conversions.
#8
Re: American culinary terms
Beat me to it. But don't knock all the yank recipe, not all of them call for 'One pack of cake mix' or '3 liters of Velveta'
#9
Re: American culinary terms
Sadly not the case.
A cup of flour for instance is between 4 and 6 ounces depending on the type of flour and how/if you sift it, humidity etc.
A cup of rice can be just as tricky, coming in between 5 and 7 depending on what kind of rice it is.
The list goes on. My advice, by some scales and use a website such as Allrecipes.com to do the conversions.
A cup of flour for instance is between 4 and 6 ounces depending on the type of flour and how/if you sift it, humidity etc.
A cup of rice can be just as tricky, coming in between 5 and 7 depending on what kind of rice it is.
The list goes on. My advice, by some scales and use a website such as Allrecipes.com to do the conversions.
#10
Re: American culinary terms
Before I went back to mixing by hand I'd stand over the bread mixer and add a little more flour or water until the dough felt right, which if you're making bread is good to know. Especially if you're guesstimating
#11
Re: American culinary terms
Parents and sister were all chefs its how I've grown up, I really didnt know about the volume liquid thing (mind it sounds a bit too much lice science to me, I was off school the day they did science, ask me one on treacle sponge! )
#12
Re: American culinary terms
i just weigh if i need ounces - i brought my english scales with me.
Watch out for pint measurements - an English pint is 20fl ounces.
An American pint is 16 fl ounces or 2 cups.
suet - can get from a real butchers (i have gotten it in a packet at the butchers dept in the supermarket - but i had to ask. I grated off what i needed nd froze the rest for later. Nowadays - I just get relatives to bring me atora suet over when i can or buy in emergencies from Amazon.
Watch out for pint measurements - an English pint is 20fl ounces.
An American pint is 16 fl ounces or 2 cups.
suet - can get from a real butchers (i have gotten it in a packet at the butchers dept in the supermarket - but i had to ask. I grated off what i needed nd froze the rest for later. Nowadays - I just get relatives to bring me atora suet over when i can or buy in emergencies from Amazon.
#13
Re: American culinary terms
Hello there ,
Well i have been brushing up on my '' idiots guide'' to the U.S books .
And i am steeling myself for the horrors of a american proffessional kitchen
And i cant get my head around the '' one cup of '' flour/ eggs/milk/ breadcrumbs whatever.
How many ounces/grams is ''one cup of ''
What the hell is Cilantro is it Coriander ?
Is suet called suet or something different
Does Custard powder exist ?
Any help on U.S culinary terms would be appreciated
John
Well i have been brushing up on my '' idiots guide'' to the U.S books .
And i am steeling myself for the horrors of a american proffessional kitchen
And i cant get my head around the '' one cup of '' flour/ eggs/milk/ breadcrumbs whatever.
How many ounces/grams is ''one cup of ''
What the hell is Cilantro is it Coriander ?
Is suet called suet or something different
Does Custard powder exist ?
Any help on U.S culinary terms would be appreciated
John