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Share Your Food Adventure  The US and the UK: Divided by a
Common (Culinary) Language  Caitlin McGrath Apr 25, 2009 07:17
PM  In the "One more tea rant" thread on the General Topics
board, Paulustrius floated the idea of a thread with this title
to address food and cooking-related vocabulary/language
differences in our respective transatlantic versions of English.
(It'd be interesting to note the differences in other English-
speaking countries, as well. I know not all Commonwealth nations
use the British conventions, and that Anglophone Canada, for
instance, uses most of the same terminology the US does.)  So
here are a few for starters.  From the tea thread:  US French
press vs. UK cafétiere  A few more:  zucchini vs. courgette
eggplant vs. aubergine  bell pepper vs. capsicum  snow pea vs.
mangetout  arugula vs. rocket  romaine vs. cos  cilantro (or
fresh coriander or Chinese parsley) vs. coriander (for the leaf)
dark chocolate vs. plain choc