17 British Food Words I REFUSE to Say

[@micheleosullivan4430]

This cracked me up! Also an American and have lived in England for nearly eleven years. My British husband and I have these fun arguments all the time. lol, It's All in good fun, we don't actually fight. This video had me chuckling like crazy!

[@trevormillar1576]

You say "twinkie", we say, "AAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"

[@trevormillar1576]

There was a trad jazz tune, " It Must Be Jelly Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That".

[@trevormillar1576]

You say ,"President Donald Trump", We say, "Help! Police! Escaped looney!"

[@trevormillar1576]

Sour Cream is cream past its sell by date. Soured Cream us Cream with lemon juice in it.

[@micheleosullivan4430]

@@trevormillar1576 🤣

[@bes4497]

In my 28 years I have never heard a Brit call a bell pepper a "capsicum". That's an Australian thing. We just call them "peppers".

[@Krrle4250]

Yeah and because we say peppers (not bell peppers) then we use chilli to distuish the hot ones from regular peppers

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@Krrle4250 was about to say that. There is also the pepper pepper. Capsicum is just the biological name for the entire group. Including those that might be called, pepper, paprika, chili, pepperoni and a couple other names.

[@NaThingSerious]

Exactly

[@MrJacobThrall]

Been calling it capsicum all my 45 years, because that's what my mum calls it. And no, she's not Aussie, she's Scouse. I know it's unusual, but it's by no means unheard of.

[@DMC-octu]

Eh. Occasionally crops up here in my experience. Like, more than "bell pepper" or seeing prices with a comma decimal divider (like on the continent) but still far less frequently than "peppers".

[@brightspark19]

Born and bred in the U.K. and no one has ever said ‘grill’ for BBQ. We just call it a BBQ. We don’t have a lot of grape flavoured things because we have very very strict rules about artificial flavourings. The grape flavour you have in things is extremely artificial. Also blackcurrants are a lot more readily available and are a stronger flavour. It’s ‘knife, fork and spoon’ I’ve never heard anyone say ‘soft baton’ ever We don’t call them Capsicums, you’re confusing us with Australians. It’s just peppers here. And we do say jalapeño etc We don’t call cakes a ‘sandwich cake’. We occasionally call Victoria sponge a Victoria sandwich but we don’t refer to them as sandwich cakes. When we order an ice cream from the ice cream van an ‘ice cream’ means a Mr Whippy. Or as you would say - soft serve. Anything else we would name the item or brand name

[@vikkispence]

Also, we don't say "b'TAHN", we say "BAT'n" for baton (and I've never heard bread called that either)

[@timempson2146]

@@vikkispence The pronunciation of baton had me in stitches + I have never heard baton used in relation to any sort of bread product. The naming and variety of these is probably a video in it's own right. Bap's, barmcakes, buns just to start the ball rolling. But baton - NEVER.

[@rextitan]

Disagree on sandwich cake. It is definitely a thing they get called and i like it that way. Filling is sandwiched between two cakes. Everything else though, i'd agree with you.

[@RaefonB]

Same here - never heard 'soft baton' or 'sandwich cake' before (only Victoria sandwich). Re: Mr Whippy - we'd probably say a '99' (I know it's outdated 'cos they probably cost two or three quid now lol) but yeah, if someone just said ice-cream for the ice-cream van, that's the one I'd assume they meant.

[@angel102ify]

also concorde grapes are pretty much only grown in the US.

[@fairyscience]

I’ve never heard anyone call a barbecue a grill. We have two different words - barbecue for outside and grill for inside. No confusion 😁

[@princess_mj4396]

In my experience we also use separate verbs as I have always refered to anything being cooked on a barbecue as being barbecued

[@robertdowell6066]

​@@princess_mj4396yh!!! I was shouting bbqing loma

[@MeppyMan]

Barbie.

[@herrbonk3635]

Why would it be confusion? In other languages than English, grilling is grilling regargdless of where it happens.

[@LadyLocket]

When the original oven-style grills were introduced they had an actual metal grill that heated up to cook with, hence the term putting something under the grill. Also, broiling is not used in British/Euro English language recipe books, I've only seen it in American recipes so it's not a widespread word we are choosing to ignore.

[@sophielane5919]

I'm British and I've never heard a single person utter the words "soured cream", "soft baton" or "capsicum" in my life

[@TimelordUK]

Same. What the hell is a soft baton??? Does he mean a small french stick? Or a baguette?

[@dropview7013]

Agreed, nobody says them words here in the uk apart from those pretentious tv chefs 🤭

[@CDan72]

I think he meant submarine roll

[@beccasalt8960]

Soured cream is pretty standard. You've probably never enjoyed baking cakes and desserts otherwise you'd definitely know it 😂

[@sophielane5919]

@@beccasalt8960 I know what it is, I just meant I've always heard it called sour cream, not soured haha

[@scatterkeir]

UK person here, I think I've only ever heard parmesan pronounced 'parmezan', never with a soft s. Being quite old one thing the bugs me about 'takeaway' now is that I'm often using it in reference to something I'm having delivered, which makes me uncomfortable. I don't recall ever hearing 'soured cream', just 'sour cream'.

[@verzrc2772]

As an English person, I’ve never said capsicum, soft baton, sandwich cake, grill (meaning bbq), or soured cream. But it’s interesting learning words used in different dialects lol

[@kathleenanne7868]

Eggplants are also called brinjals...

[@singleplantparent]

Yeah same for Scotland, though I feel a lot of these are just how they’re called on labels in supermarkets sometimes but no one actually says them

[@sandraalston7863]

Victoria Sandwich is an old-school expression for two sponges sandwiched together with jam and maybe cream. Some caster sugar sprinkled on top. (England, UK) Queen Victoria used to enjoy this, hence the name.

[@93Meggles]

Yer I grew up in the UK. We called a capsicum ( what I call it now in Australia) a pepper. Yer the other words we didn't use where I grew up. My dad grew up in London and I don't think used these words. I'll have to ask him.

[@goopguy548]

I have no idea what soured cream is, just sour cream, I mean it's on the container

[@jenniferbeckett6248]

As a Brit I would never use the word Capsicum. I would just use the word Pepper.

[@audience2]

I've never heard of the word capsicum.

[@simonthewhale]

@@audience2 Yeah. Pepper or sweet pepper. The other ones are chilli peppers (but jalapeños are called "jalapeños")

[@modgal]

Aussies use the word capsicum

[@simonthewhale]

@@modgal time for a new series comparing Australian and British English maybe...

[@alexgarrett4673]

Yeah Evan must be confusing us with the Aussies. Capsicum is an Aussie-ism and we think they're just as weird for it.

[@sangfroidian5451]

Capsicum is the Australian name, Bell Peppers is the American name and in UK they're called Red, Green or Yellow Peppers, collectively sweet peppers. Research failure there I think. Hot peppers are called Chilli peppers here and are frequently abbreviated to chillies.

[@antygod]

capsicum is the botanical name

[@skakried7673]

And also I don't know who Evan knows but I love Black Pepper as do many of the people I know.

[@Blixthand]

In Sweden we call ball peppers "paprika", like English speakers do the dried spice. It always bothered me that you call them peppers, cause in my mind pepper is the black/gray stuff next to salt on the table. It wouldn't be such a problem if you didn't also call that pepper, but to have two so unrelated things called the same just messes me up. So when I spent some time in New Zealand and found out about Capsicum I adopted that immediately into my English vocabulary.

[@sangfroidian5451]

@@skakried7673 Indeed. I don't know of anyone or any restaurant in the UK for that matter that wouldn't have black pepper (as well as salt) on the table to add to a dish regardless of how much had been used in the recipe since it's such an expected spice.

[@TristanBailey]

Id call them a Green Pepper and hot ones Green Chilli or colour variation. (Only ones that look quite different I’ll give the name)

[@hutchyyy6444]

A carry out in scotland is buying a bunch of alcohol from a corner ship and going home/to a house party to drink it. Example: "are you coming to the pub tonight?" "Nah, I'm just gonna get a carry out"

[@donach9]

I was going to say the same thing, having grown up in Northern Ireland

[@lloroshastar6347]

Evan can call things whatever he wants but this video just made me want to use the British terms even more

[@sambest8905]

Evan: “why would you say Macaroni cheese it’s two separate ingredients” Also Evan: Eggplant Parmesan

[@vikkispence]

"Macaroni and cheese" sounds to me like just the two separate things - plain pasta with grated cheese on top. "Macaroni cheese" is the name of a multiple ingredient dish

[@RaefonB]

😆

[@taycrooks9803]

I am so confused by this. Is it not Eggplant Parmigiana? Like chicken Parmigiana but with eggplant ???

[@timflatus]

Sam owns this comment. Cauliflower Cheese anyone?

[@Stephen-Fox]

@@vikkispence Likewise, with the and it sounds like you're listing ingredients, rather than a combined meal.

[@sophieirwin3497]

Silverware is the fancy cutlery that your parents have when grandparents come over for Sunday lunch, and can’t be put in the dishwasher (according to my mum). Not even necessarily silver but compliments the nice plates

[@terryenby2304]

This! Silverware is often actually silver plated or otherwise very fancy cutlery to go with posh breakable plates for fancy company like Poncy grandparents, or the vicar or someone lol.

[@hypsyzygy506]

​@@terryenby2304 Just in case the King pops round.

[@swagaw3some546]

As an American it's all silverware

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

Usually EPNS, or mum's was at any rate and I don't think it could be put through a dishwasher. The EPNS would come off the very ends of the tines and they would revert to the base metal underneath, didn't affect the taste of the food but made the forks look a bit odd with a different colour at the ends of the prongs.

[@utterlee]

Nobody in the UK has ever called a BBQ a “grill”. It’s a barbecue.

[@jBread28]

Exactly, idk why he was fixating on it being called a grill

[@starrius]

@@jBread28 broil also sounds like it needs to be done in water

[@jBread28]

@@starrius definitely

[@TeriyakiTakeout]

A BBQ is what you are using a grill to make. You barbecue something on a grill. Your broil something in an oven from top down, whereas it seems in the UK that is called grilling something, which does not make sense to an American because a grill is the specific type of surface you cook food on that you tend to find on a barbecue grill. That’s what he meant.

[@dominicfate1082]

How about the grill on the front of a car or at the entrance to a ventilation shaft? The grill is the arrangement of metal bars that the food is put on to allow free flow of air as well as the draining of melted fat when the food is heated, usually from one direction, below for a BBQ and above using the kitchen appliance. To grill something means to cook it on a grill (as opposed to grilling someone, which barring a bit of casual cannibalism is something else entirely).

[@cijmo]

LOL someone from somewhere that says "tunafish" needn't talk about "sweetcorn" and someone where 'Coke' just means soft drink needn't talk about 'ice cream' and we won't talk about candy bars. (Or keeyandie bars as they're pronounced). Unless you're talking about a Payday (my favourite), they're chocolate bars.

[@pidgeotroll]

We say both candy bar and chocolate bar in the US (one just being more specific). And I don’t know which American dialect you’re hearing keeyandie in, but Brits have no room to correct our vowels when many of you say “can” and “can’t” in a bizarre way in which they don’t rhyme.

[@cijmo]

@@pidgeotroll Usually midwest, they say keynnada for Canada, too. We joke about 'can' and 'cawnt', too.

[@pidgeotroll]

@@cijmo Oh, now I get what sound you meant. Northern Midwest accent is usually considered endearing in the US, if a bit plain/polite/boring.

[@cijmo]

@@pidgeotroll Oh it's not boring. I love accents and dialects. Mostly because nobody knows their own. I'm Scottish born but have lived in Canada so ... nobody can figure out where I'm from when I talk. I just say "I was born in Scotland and have grown up in Canada but with Scottish parents....you decide."

[@kadishaprice47]

No one but southern Americans refer to "coke" as an all-inclusive term for fizzy drinks. Those of us from the northern United States find it ridiculous, honestly.

[@katrinabryce]

"Soft Baton" is something you would see on supermarket shelf labels, and maybe you would say it if you were ordering some over the phone, but in every-day language it would just be a "roll", "bap", "cob" or whatever the preferred regional word is in your specific part of the UK. I think if there was an actual genuine hoagie roll for sale here, we would call it that.

[@Zomoniac]

The hill I will die on: Skim is a verb, skimmed is an adjective. You skim milk, and then you have skimmed milk. The milk has been skimmed through the process of skimming. It’s an extension of my biggest hate, when people describe things as “chill”. It’s just wrong. Nobody would say they’re feeling “relax”, but somehow “feeling chill” is fine despite clearly being wrong. I’ll stop ranting now, sorry.

[@gdok6088]

You are correct, so no need to say sorry even though it is a terribly British to do so.

[@j.wellens5660]

In Evan land its extravagant to put the 'med' on the end of skim when talking about milk that has been skimmed, but necessary to use an unnecessary 'and' when you are talking about Macaroni Cheese!

[@adamnicholls8708]

Agreed. I think it's kinda the opposite on the sour cream though. I'm not sure I've ever noticed it being soured cream before because that sounds kinda wrong in relation to a milk production, as it's often used for when something's expired("that milk has soured"). While sour would be more just talking about it's flavour.

[@SamuraiPipotchi]

Chill in being used as a synonym for cool or calm. You wouldn't typically describe someone as feeling cooled or feeling calmed. Agree with skim vs skimmed milk though. Skim milk is just inaccurate.

[@ShirinRose]

Same with people saying they might be "bias" instead of "biased" 😖

[@darriendastar3941]

"The UK has an aversion to grapes" Has Evan never walked down the wine aisle in a supermarket?

[@HannahwithaH]

Evan: Where’s the grape jelly?! Us: Why would we make wine jam? 😂 Now I’m thinking about it, wine jam might not be a bad idea 🤔 😅

[@djcarrotking]

@@jwb52z9 I'll jam _you_ inside a jelly soon 😤

[@JoshuaHill182]

@@jwb52z9 theyre so similar though, one is just bitty and tasty and the other is just very smooth and jelly like and looks processed.

[@greggi47]

There are those mysterious references in Brit movies and novels to people visiting a person in hospital and arriving with a gift of White Grapes.

[@InaMacallan]

We never had Prohibition. We didn't have to find an alternative use for grapes.

[@iiSophman]

(from the UK here) Grill is just the one in the oven, not on the barbeque - i dont think i've ever heard it called that from a British person. But if we did, its not really two different things, its putting food on a metal grate and putting heat on one side of it... it just so happens that there is one option for above and one for below, and then you flip it to cook the other side. For cutlery, if someone asked for the silverware you would get the special posh cutlery that you use for christmas / meals with lots of people out; its a subset of cutlery. For peppers - I dont know what you mean with capsicum, never heard it called that, we just use "[red/green/yellow] peppers" for what you call bell pepper, "pepper" for ground peppercorns and "chilli [pepper]" or "jalepenos" for spicy peppers. And Ice cream? Have you not had other icecream than mr whippy? Like stuff that comes in scoops from an ice cream shop (not a van) - you are missing out if so; many more flavours and varieties there!

[@katrinatam2714]

I'm also born and raised in the UK and have also never heard of "Soft Baton", "Sandwich Cake", or "Capsicum" being used for Chilli Peppers in my life. Nor Soured cream for Sour Cream. That being said, some of your points I can take on board, however, even if its not actually an English word, I highly recommend you buy a Wok and use it in place of your Skillet. Also, what kind of shops do you go to that only has one brand of Ice cream ;-p? And as another commenter said, Ice Cream Bars are called Choc-Ices over here. Also also, I'm team Knife and Fork.

[@jujutrini8412]

I have NEVER heard a British person call bell peppers “capsicums”. They are peppers to Brits. Hot peppers are all chillies. If we are being specific then we use the correct name ie a scotch bonnet, a Birds Eye etc.

[@ib9rt]

While spending a lifetime growing up in Britain, I don't think I have ever heard the word capsicum used outside of botany. As a food item they have always been red peppers, green peppers or sweet peppers. The hot ones are chili peppers, or chilis for short. You can be specific about varieties if it matters for the dish, for example bird's eye chilis for Thai cooking, or Scotch bonnets for Caribbean cooking. Mexican food isn't a thing, so jalapeños, serranoes, habaneros or poblanos are less likely to be found or named.

[@RaefonB]

I agree with everything except jalapeños not being known - common ingredient on pizza and kebabs, so even though I live in a city that doesn't have much Mexican food, pretty much anyone recognises what a jalapeño pepper is.

[@Stephen-Fox]

​@@RaefonB Yeah - back when I was rock climbing, on my way back I'd pick up a 6" sub with jalapeños as one of the toppings I'd add to it on my way back. Or, for Evan, something legally ruled to be a sandwich cake in Ireland due to the sugar content in the bread.

[@daisugoi]

Spot on except for the last part - we don't have many Mexican fast food options (tragic) but we still cook at home too!! We do refer to a lot of spicier chilli peppers by their given names

[@conormurphy4328]

@@daisugoi why would you want the fiery cat sick that is Mexican fast food instead of just Mexican food?

[@daisugoi]

@@conormurphy4328 not all fast food is 'bad', nor is it all cheap slop or McDonaldsesque type food. Small, independent businesses exist with damn good food.

[@pangolin83]

To get skimmed milk, you skim the milk. Therefore you buy skimmed milk.

[@iancomputerscomputerrepair8944]

I'm British and I have never referred to a cake as a Sandwich cake. I do believe in the next couple of days the Government will be asking you to leave.

[@jmurray1110]

Well a Victoria sandwich would be the exception Though I think he doesn’t understand why you would use it It’s because you are sandwiching (that is being squashed on both sides) the cream and jam with the sponge layers

[@AthynVixen]

@@jmurray1110 yes but its just victoria sandwich, you never add the word cake

[@conormurphy4328]

I’ve always called it a Victoria sponge cake

[@princess_mj4396]

Actually I have always called(/ heard it called ) a chocolate version of the victoria sponge (with buttercream in the middle) a chocolate sandwich cake. Only instance I can think of though

[@fsujavi16]

He’s already a British citizen lol

[@PristinePerceptions]

Fun fact: An aubergine/eggplant is called 'Brinjal' in Indian English, and only in Indian English. Meaning, it doesn't share its etymology even with another Indian language, let alone another dialect of English. The only guesses we have about the etymology are - (1) it is a corruption of the Hindi word 'Baingan', or (2) a corruption of the word 'Aubergine' itself. Both of these possibilities are pretty wild when you consider how languages change and the number of consonants changed.

[@Spamkromite]

Nope, consider this. It might be a corruption like the Spanish word BERENJENA, which comes from the Arabic بَاذِنْجَان which roughly sounds like "badenjan". The fruit came to Spain through North Africa and India got theirs by trading with the Arabian Peninsula 👀 From Spain, with love ❤

[@billps34]

Aubergine is not an English word though. It was borrowed from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân), from باتنجان (bâtenjân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātigagama). The Indian English word brinjal seems to in fact come from Portuguese beringela - which is from the same source. - so aubergine and brinjal are ultimately cognates, from the same origin. This makes sense because Portugal also had several colonies in India.

[@billps34]

@@Spamkromite Spain didn't have colonies in India, but your neighbours Portugal did. The Portuguese word is beringela, which explains the L sound that the Spanish word lacks.

[@SquirrelNutkins]

I will not take a berating for sweetcorn being on a savoury plate from a country that serves marshmallows with their thanksgiving turkey! 😂

[@oliviawolcott8351]

that really doesn't happen as much as you think. that's more of a midwest thing. they love their casseroles.

[@LincolnDWard]

@@oliviawolcott8351 specifically a rural midwest Baby Boomer thing

[@ThomasRintoul]

In the UK it's a BBQ for the one you use outside. No one calls that a grill. The grill is the top down one in the oven (or the two metal plates George Foreman grill). Ultimately, the grill is the ridged metal plate or metal frame. Like a grill on the front of a car. That's the grill no matter where the heat is coming from. Hate to say it Evan, but you're wrong on this one. Also, who the hell in the UK doesn't say Pepper for a Bell Pepper?

[@Hydraclone]

From what I gather from other comments, capsicum is the Australian word for it. Never heard somebody not call them bell peppers either.

[@kelly1827]

In the US, especially the southern states, "barbeque"] refers to cooking meats using a low heat smoking technique over many, many hours. Cooking quickly over high, direct heat on a grill is "grilling".

[@Hydraclone]

@@kelly1827 You need to find a new hobby. Stop commenting this.

[@rosiefay7283]

I agree with most of this. But the thing on the front of a car is a grille. With an e.

[@jimstormcrow]

You have too much time on your hands.

[@adamruscoe170]

Grill is a metal framework which can be the heating element in the top grill or the metal framework you put the meat on. Broil (according to the dictionary) is just applying direct heat so could apply to a lot of cooking techniques

[@adamruscoe170]

Also, don't americans say grilled cheese for what we would call a cheese toastie. Last I checked you're not chucking your sarnies on the barbie

[@Persimontree]

@@adamruscoe170 "cheese toastie" lmfao

[@TristanBailey]

Exactly they often put a grilled cheese most often in a pan or skillet to cook. Without a grill!

[@Stephen-Fox]

@@Persimontree Yes. A specific type of toastie. Delicious.

[@musical3lottie]

I disagree about the heating element, the reason it's called grill is because of the latter you mentioned - you traditionally put the food on a metal grill so the fat can drip through. That then evolved to mean cooking in a shallow, open oven with the element above even if the food is not actually on a grill :)

[@VillaFanDan92]

The only time I've ever heard anyone say "Fork 'n' knife" is when you're a kid and you're triyng to get away with swearing in front of your parents.

[@theskintexpat-themightygreegor]

I'm with you about the grill/broil thing. I used to live in New Zealand, and this one drove me nuts until I got my head around it. It took me a while, but I weaned myself off of "silverware" though. By the way, I also have found that I use the British pronunciation of "can't", and that was a conscious decision, and I stand by it. It just prevents so much misunderstanding.

[@Spamkromite]

The same way I don't say "parrillear", I'll not use the word "grill" to name the action of "broiling/roasting" 🤣

[@ronswanson7371]

@@SpamkromiteI won’t use*

[@contemporiser]

Interesting twist about sandwich cake.... in Sweden they have something called smörgåstårta which is a straight translation of sandwich cake, and it literally is a full blown cake made of sandwich ingredients.

[@francesrobertson1170]

In the UK type of sponge cake is known as a Victoria sponge which is a sandwich cake but you'd never refer to a sandwich cake if you were buying cake in a shop or a bakers, we tend to call them sponges.

[@richardspurr4676]

It's funny watching someone be 100% wrong for 17 minutes!

[@rolmops883]

He is a sick, sick man when it comes to cutlery for sure, but I tentatively agree with his take on grill vs broil, and though it pains me to say it, skillet does have a nice ring to it. I'd be prepared to adopt skillet once our American cousins *finally* learn how to pronounce aluminium properly.

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

@@rolmops883 Isn't a skillet a long cast iron [or cast aluminium nowadays] plate that would cover two hotplates/gas hobs, was smooth on one side and ribbed on the other, and used for cooking meats or drop scones. You could have it hotter at one end than the other so you could use one end to sear the meat/sausages etc and then move it down to cook. I think it was a replacement for the long plate you used to get on the old Rayburns [brilliant they were] which could be used on the modern electric or gas ovens. I used to use a couple over an open fire as well for cooking on [re-enactment, made cooking lunch for everyone much easier and was part of the display as well]. Much much larger than the frying pan that they call a skillet in the US. We have one now, we use it on the gas hob and it came from Lidl.

[@billps34]

@@MayYourGodGoWithYou that's a griddle.

[@ldshadowlady]

This is so American of you Evan 😂

[@evan]

Everyone is a mix of slang! I use some northern slang too ya know… like uh… skew-whiff and… Mardy!

[@rayaqueen9657]

​@@evanskew-whiff isn't northern, it's generic. Perhaps a bit old school

[@-chirpchirp-]

oh my fuckin ggod i am shook my sisters used to watch you when we were younger and they were addicted (i thought you were pretty cool too)

[@malcolmrowe9003]

​@@rayaqueen9657I think the first time I encountered the word skew-whiff (or its derivative "squiffy") was in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. IIRC, one of the main characters was working as a builder and a female customer kept calling him over to complain that a wall was skew-whiff or squiffy. As you might imagine, it was a pretext for something else.

[@andyr.6126]

Some of these things are how supermarkets label things but no one would ever say like Baton and Capsicum.

[@MikeRees]

good luck finding capsicum in a supermarket

[@conormurphy4328]

CapsiWHAT

[@gurrrn1102]

The supermarket labelling thing rears its head when you go to the bakery section to get a pack of short dated bread rolls with the printed label on. I’ve lived in 4 or 5 different places in the uk, none of which call them baps, but the supermarket decided that bap is the nationwide term for them 😰

[@SallyLovejoy]

@@gurrrn1102 I call them baps. I'm from Lincolnshire.

[@gurrrn1102]

@@jwb52z9 they’re always short dated, I know it’s cos they’re supposed to be fresh bakery products or whatever but come on

[@lordprotector3367]

Americans do tend to drop the past participle in phrases such as skimmed milk (I'd never heard of 'skim milk' before today). They also say things like 'box sets' (which is a set of boxes) instead of the grammatically correct 'boxed set'.

[@hildachurl]

Something I find really cute about Popsicles and Ice Lollies is that they are the same exact words! Lollypop and icicle makes an Ice-lolly and a Popsicle!

[@giddycadet]

i never noticed that! that's cute lol

[@BrianRonald]

Sweetcorn is to differentiate it from the non-maize corns (wheat seets, oat seeds, barley seeds etc).

[@giddycadet]

the WHAT

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

And also because sweetcorn is bred for human consumption and is much sweeter to the taste than the maize grown for animal feed.

[@Agarricus]

For all the complaints about two words for one item, and then not using sweetcorn to differentiate here. Very mixed signals

[@GGysar]

@@giddycadet Corn originally just meant "the most common grain in the area", the grain Americans call corn is called maize, so in China rice is "corn" in America it's maize, in Southern Europe it might be wheat and in the north it could be rye. Of course that's the historical meaning and in a globalized world it doesn't really matter anymore what grows where, but there you go.

[@osric1730]

No. Its to differentiate it from maize, which is corn but not sweet. In the US, and Australia surprisingly, wheat can be called corn, but not in the UK where barley wheat or oats would never be referred to as corn. So the only reason in the UK to differentiate between sweetcorn and another type of corn is to differentiate between it and maize, since its the only other crop referred to as corn.

[@Fairysnuff91]

As a Brit, I wouldn’t say “grill” when talking about barbecue ever. I’d always use “barbecue” as the verb and noun (barbecuing burgers, putting burgers on the barbecue), and then “grill” would only be if I was using the oven.

[@LincolnDWard]

Interesting! For us (at least here in Colorado): the grill = the open flame with a grate over it the barbecue = the party at which you and your friends eat the things you cooked on the grill to grill = to cook on a grill to barbecue = to slow-cook something on a grill with a lot of sauce (e.g. brisket instead of just burgers)

[@karenlp5867]

I’m British and brand new to cookery. A little while ago I came across a recipe where I was advised to use canola oil. I went to the supermarket and they had all different types of oil, but I couldn’t find canola oil. Now I know why. It didn’t occur to me that I was looking at an American recipe and we might have a different name for it here. Thanks for enlightening me.

[@MarmiteTheDog]

Didn't the stupid archaic measurements give it away?

[@Yetaxa]

@@MarmiteTheDog considering that the UK uses many of those measurements still, I doubt it.

[@MarmiteTheDog]

​@@YetaxaOnly by old people

[@carlwalker7560]

Hogies. I lived in NJ between 1975 and 1978, specifically in Middletown, Redbank, and Seabright. There they were called a "sub", short for submarine sandwich. I still miss the fact that you can't get a good "Sub" here in the UK, even from Subways - theirs are a pale imitation of the real thing! Also, US grape juice and grape jelly, are specifically made using Concord grapes, which have a strong flavour which is unlike any other grape. You can get "Welch's" grape juice in British supermarkets, which is made with the concord grape, but not the jelly(jam). PBJ sandwiches just aren't the same without using Grape jelly 🙂

[@amazingpurplegirl0903]

I've never called it soured cream. If I do need it in a recipe, I look for sour cream. It's macaroni cheese because it's in a cheese sauce, otherwise it sounds like they're separate. Same with cauliflower cheese

[@RaefonB]

And 'eggplant parmesan'...a little inconsistency there from Evan. 😉

[@j.wellens5660]

in the UK sour cream would be cream that has gone off and is therefore sour, soured cream is cream that has been deliberately soured with an acid like lemon juice or vinegar.

[@marythurlow9132]

​@@jwb52z9I think you can use a verb as a noun. What about "a walk" and "to walk"? "Arun" and " to run". English is extremely flexible.

[@RaefonB]

@@jwb52z9 Sure, but Evan didn't say (and a lot of other Americans don't say) "Eggplant Parmigiana", he said eggplant parmesan. Parmesan is a noun, and I think it's the correct name for that dish unless the person is using the very specific Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese? But no biggie. :)

[@amazingpurplegirl0903]

@j.wellens5660 I'm in the UK, still don't know anyone who deliberately calls it soured cream

[@mytube001]

Swede here, and we use "grill" for both things as well. And it makes good sense, as in both cases you're cooking food using strong radiative heat, charring the surface. It's the exact same process, just in different directions. If you shine light on an object with a... torch, you wouldn't use different words for it depending on the direction the light is coming from.

[@kaiphoenix1109]

Thank you it just makes sense

[@leon46295]

So true. Its like hes never heard of a salamander grill before

[@Trebor74]

Americans would 😊

[@NikolaHoward]

I'm born and bred UK. I've NEVER called a barbeque a grill, or heard a BBQ called a grill by anyone. I'm 52. A grill is top down heat. Used to make toast, cheese on toast or to make bubbly toppings on things bubble. Occasionally to grill sausages or bacon under. (Prefer to fry these myself) We do not "broil" anything here.

[@swagaw3some546]

For us Americans when we make BBQ we'll use the grill outside, but we will use the ovens broiler to broil something.

[@oliviawolcott8351]

yeah, its us americans who call a bbq a grill. becaus Barbeque is a way of cooking slow smoking meat here. grill would be making burgers or hotdogs, while BBQ is cooking meat and smoking it for 16 hours or more until its tender and falls of the bone.

[@aprildriesslein5034]

I'm an American who lived in Zambia for a time, where they of course use British English. The first time someone said "ice lolly" to me I hadn't the slightest idea what they meant. 😅 One time, back in the US, I spaced and wrote "courgette" on a grocery list, and my poor partner went all over the oriduxe section and asked multiple employees, none of whom could solve the mystery. 😅

[@Danimaz3211996]

British English 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️ fuck my life, take British out of it you are speaking ENGLISH. The language of my country , so the fact Americans think they can correct us shows how stupid yanks are like do I have to really say uhmm " hello you are speaking my language from my country so there's no way you can correct us " 🤦🏼‍♂️ omg I've lost faith in humanity

[@GGysar]

11:45 Maybe it's because in countries that care for their people, you don't have to specify, that you don't want to buy toxic oil for cooking? Just a thought.

[@pink_nicola]

I’ve never heard a British person refer to BBQ-ing as grilling nor call bell peppers capsicum, we just call them peppers, I’ve heard the word capsicum used by Americans more than Brits if I’m honest 😂😂 I would also like to introduce you to the third ice cream type used somewhat infrequently - ‘choc-ice’ basically a magnum style ice cream without the stick (also cornettos for anything prepackaged in a cone even if it’s not that brand like with magnums)

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

Your choc-ice is called an iceberg here in Ireland and I can't for the life of me remember what we called them growing up in NZ but it was different again.

[@nathangamble125]

Calling peppers "capiscums" is most common in Australia.

[@oliviawolcott8351]

its an americanism VS a Britishism on the Grilling. grilling would be making things like hotdogs or hamburgers in the US, while BBQing would be slow smoking meat for 16 hours or more. BBQ is a whole institution here and everyone argues over what region or city makes the Best. and people will die on those hills. myself I prefer Carolina style BBQ with the mustard base. but theirs kansas city, texas, carolina style, tenessee bbq and a couple others. so that's why we make the distinction and that's why Broiling being called grilling is a mindfuck for us.

[@MrNinjaSquirrelz]

Fork and knife sounds so very, very wrong.

[@vickymc9695]

Also sounds like you're saying fooking knife...

[@SmD-ff5xd]

This is from the people that had to remove letters from words because they are too complicated. and are ruled by an obscure, near unused German temperature measurement. Don't take them too seriously haha

[@notaname8140]

I'm a Brit and have never in my life heard anyone say "soft baton"

[@prince_nox]

fella' from the midlands here, just wanted to point out something I've not seen mentioned often in the comments; whenever the word "grill" is used by anyone I know it's almost NEVER in reference to cooking method, but rather what you're cooking ON. the lines of metal bars either inside the oven (the shelves) or bought as an add on for a deep dish oven tray are called grills, and THAT is what we're talking about, thus food cooked on it has been grilled. not to be a stickler for official definitions of words, but the dictionary disagrees with your description of grilling being heat from below 😂 I distinguish between pan and skillet via the height of the sides, and many of my mates do too; pan has tall sides, skillet has low sides (almost flat). everyone I've met says "Mac & cheese", don't know anyone who says the full title lol generally speaking yes, we do call all ice cream based foods just "ice cream" when we're asking to get some, but when we get to the van/stall/shop selling it we'll name what we want. Mr. Whippy is almost ALWAYS for the kids, 'cus it's just generic sweet slop and usually cheap as hell, but when adults say "ice cream cone" we mean the proper, solid, scoop from a tub kind of ice cream, and heck nowadays that's what kids want too instead of soft serve, 'cus soft serve is, well...pretty boring in comparison 😅

[@FrIoSrHy]

I am from Australia and we call it a barbecue for what you call a grill, and a grill for what you call a broiler

[@sarasate89]

I've never, ever heard anyone from the UK refer to a BBQ as a grill. So we BBQ food outside, and if we talk about grilling anything then yes it's the thing in the top of the oven where we do cheese on toast, grilling burgers/sausages/bacon etc!

[@AngelLikesArt]

I always thought broiling was similar to boiling, I never knew it was grilling!

[@flarey9495]

i like how this is words you as an american would never say, and yet a few of them i doubt any british person would say either lmao (like ive never heard anyone pronounce parmesan like that, or the word soft baton for a sub/baguette)

[@tobynorris]

Yeah, its pronounced more like parmazan

[@TashyTilly]

@@tobynorris Exactly 😁 and we say saucepan or frying-pan but not normally just 'pan'? Or we don't at home anyway!

[@justakathings]

Soft baton is often written on the name tag for the item in shops. But I grew up calling them baguettes even tho they’re probably a disservice to actual French baguettes 😂

[@trevorstewart8]

Here's a FYI. " Cutlery" is and was made by a specialised blacksmith called a "Cutler". These guys are also the same who sharpen your knives, both domestic or battle ready. He/she is a Cutler. Hence a naval cutlass or short naval sword for fighting in tight spaces on board ship.

[@Me-ui1zy]

You prefer pepper but seem to not like when 2 words mean different things. Its quite useful being able to distinguish between say black pepper and a chilli

[@godlyemo1414]

no one would use the word grill for a bbq

[@Persimontree]

"Just Grillin and chillin"

[@EmilyCheetham]

Agreed bbq is totally different to the grill in oven. No one would say they grilled their steak outside.

[@Chris-yq6up]

It is neither a Grill or a BBQ, It Is A Braai.

[@soniquesmith6397]

@@Chris-yq6up spotted the South African 😂

[@godlyemo1414]

@@Chris-yq6up my mum is south african so yes in my household braai or bbq work

[@danlyle531]

"Takeout, it's a little bit more up my alley" Well, *takeaway* is a little bit more up my *street* 🤣

[@lucie4185]

The correct term for icecream bar is chocice. Pronounced Chock -ice

[@vikkispence]

Ice cream bar sounds like a place you go to buy ice cream (and ice lollies and choc ices!)

[@Hydraclone]

Chocice is a very specific brand. I wouldn't call a mars bar icecream a chocice. I'd just call it a mars icecream.

[@kiera4136]

that’s definitely not a common way to refer to them. anyone i have ever met has just referred to them as they are (brand name) eg a twister or a solero

[@SimonWakefieldUK]

No Choc ice isn't a specific brand, its actually what you call any non-branded block of vanilla ice-cream that doesn't have a stick

[@timflatus]

Yep Choc-ice is the general term I know in Southern England.

[@bouncingbeebles]

Milk that has had the fat skimmed off the top... is skimmed milk. What doesn't make sense about that? "Skim Milk" makes me imagine milk with the skim left on, which is the total opposite of what the product is.

[@sarasate89]

I've never heard of a soft baton and I've lived in the UK all my life! I've googled it and I think we actually call that a sub / submarine roll

[@kingsleygarrison4758]

In the UK no one says 'grill' to mean BBQ so there is no confusion

[@KateHistoryMysteries]

Who’s been telling you about “Soured Cream”? It’s still sour cream. Also, we call them peppers… Signed, a Lancastrian.

[@TheTvnutty]

Tbf if you look at a bog standard supermarket pot of soured cream that’s what’s on the label. No one says it out loud really anymore, but it’s still officially soured cream. I reckon the ‘ed’ will get dropped in another 10 yrs tho

[@j.wellens5660]

@@TheTvnutty i doubt that - sour cream implies that it is off; soured implies that it has been changed to make it taste sour

[@amos.rand_vfx]

I would say soured cream

[@vikkispence]

@@TheTvnutty it probably has to be labelled as soured cream because it's been deliberately soured rather than left to go sour. But I've never heard it called soured cream, only sour cream

[@Djdjdjskskwijsjsjsggstwusj]

where I'm from in the UK we don't really say 'grill' at all in reference to a BBQ - We'd calling it 'barbecuing' something and 'grilling' only really refers to the American 'broil'

[@OhMeadhbh]

Also... you *can* get clotted cream (craeme?) in the UK. And it's so much better than butter. Most scones I've had in the UK are essentially tasteless, but putting clotted cream and jam... *chef's kiss!* And we said "takeaway" in college. I think I might have got other people to start doing that as our family picked that up when we lived overseas. And... isn't "corn" the UK word for anything that looks like a cereal or seed? Like "Barleycorn" or "Sweetcorn" or "Sunflower Seed Corn?"

[@jameshitselberger5845]

not easy to get clotted cream in the us. however I learned to make it when i made british style scones (vs the triangle shaped sugared ones found here in coffee shops). interestingly, something similar to clotted cream is sold imported from Turkey in small cans

[@RoryIsNotACabbage]

I think you will find that "coo" is in fact the Scottish word for a cow

[@KeesBoons]

Yep, even closer to Dutch ;o).

[@eloquentlyemma]

In Scottish Gaelic “coo” (written as cù) is the word for dog. Bò is the word for cow.

[@1983simi]

like the German word 'Kuh' (also pronounced coo)

[@KeesBoons]

@@eloquentlyemma I guess I should learn Scottish Gaelic. I don't know how Bò is pronounced, but it looks a lot more like the sound a cow would make.

[@KeesBoons]

@@alicemilne1444 Thank you Alice. Very much appreciated. As a native Dutch speaker I'm well aware of the connection between our Indo-European Languages. If anything, Dutch is a mixture of influences from all around Europe and parts of Asia especially. Trading/Colonizing around the world does that to languages.

[@TheClutterbug]

I’m a Brit and I’ve never heard someone call a barbeque a grill here. It’s a barbeque which is a noun and a verb, just like grill is. You barbeque food on a barbeque, which is where the heat source is a flame under a rack where you put the food, and it’s outside. You grill food under a grill, which is where the heat source comes from the top and is typically a feature in an oven or as part of the oven/cooker unit. I have heard the word broil but only from American cooking shows. We don’t need to adopt the word broil because we already have a word for that kind of cooking. It’s grill. I’ve literally never heard the word capsicum, where have you heard this? We call bell peppers just peppers 😂 To be fair, a small baguette might be labelled baton (BAT-on) in the supermarket but no one actually calls it that, it’s just a small baguette/French bread/stick bread. Rapeseed oil specifically comes from rapeseed, but certainly where I live people would typically have vegetable or sunflower oil as their thinner cooking oil at home, and olive oil for roasting or salads. I’m from the south east, is this just regional? Ice cream just means ice cream! If you went to an ice cream van and asked for an ice cream, that’s what you’d get! I don’t know why I feel so passionately about this 😂

[@leon46295]

Also hes just using the word broil wrong. Its not about where the heat comes from. Its about what makes the heat. Fire is grilling and gas/electric cooking is broiling

[@RosLanta]

I'm not sure oil use is regional so much as just what individual families are used to and/or choices made if someone wants to be healthy or more environmentally conscious, or else wants the cheapest option. I'm British and only buy rapeseed and olive oil, never sunflower or generic vegetable

[@xorsyst1]

@@RosLanta Generic vegetable is very often 100% rapeseed.

[@threepot900]

Not got to the baton bit yet, but I know a what a Baguette is, and I do know what a Baton is. It’s about a 1/3 to a 1/2 of a baguette, (depending on supermarket chain) or just the right size for a sandwich/hotdog. It’s also the ideal size for making garlic bread for two.

[@davidrhodes5245]

Saying fork and knife is almost as bad as saying Chips n Fish 😂😂

[@notaname8140]

When I was a kid, if I said "I need a fork and knife" my mum would ALWAYS respond "it's in the fork'n drawer" lol

[@davidrhodes5245]

@@notaname8140 😂

[@conormurphy4328]

Mash and bangers

[@adamstockton3401]

coke and jack... but bacon and eggs or eggs and bacon is acceptable in either configuration

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

No because you start with the more prevalent one. You have Fish with Chips on the side. You primarily use a Fork and occasionally use a Knife.

[@vanessa-jaynehunt5825]

Loving you looking so happy - and as always food is a great divider in the language between the countries. Enjoyed this.

[@fallend4emon]

one major counter argument, you called it a broiler but you make GRILLED cheese with it, but to each their own love the content

[@lisaphares2286]

Umm, we don’t cook grilled cheese sandwiches in the broiler. You fry it in a skillet.

[@barbara184]

@@lisaphares2286 I find it strange that it's "grilled" ie. cooked using dry heat but you shallow fry "grilled cheese sandwiches". Also I am English born and bred, and we had a cast iron skillet growing up because they were very common before non-stick, Teflon coated pans became cheap and popular, probably somewhere in the 80's. I recently bought one from my local Lidl for about £15.

[@Timmeh7]

Ah yes, you're right, it's very important to include the "and" between ingredients, like macaroni and cheese, our bad. Now please tell us more about your favourite dish, eggplant and parmesan.

[@sillygoosegoose]

brit here! we don't say 'capsicum' - we call them 'peppers', often with the attached colour (i.e., 'green peppers'). as we also call chilli peppers 'peppers', if we ever need clarification, we'd call them 'bell peppers'. 'capsicum' is what they call them in australia. 'soft baton' isn't something i've ever heard, and didn't quite understand what this was meant to mean. i had to look up a hoagie, but i think we'd just call that a 'sub' in the UK. i've never really heard the term 'sandwich cake' used. i think we'd more specify the type of cake (i.e., 'victoria sponge', 'red velvet cake', 'chocolate fudge cake') rather than trying to refer to them collectively. 'ice cream' does collectively mean something cold on a stick, but you'd often find someone saying an 'ice lolly' (generally milk free and fruity flavoured). you'd only call it a magnum if it was actually a magnum or was a knock-off magnum - it'd have to be ice cream on a stick layered with chocolate. if it doesn't have a stick, it's a 'choc ice'.

[@carrot1151]

We have 2 separate words the thing you use outdoors is a Barbecue and the thing attached to the oven is the grill. The reason its called cutlery is because it is made by a cutler

[@Mindy14]

The thing is we call it a BBQ grill, the thing in the oven is called a Broiler here, not a grill.

[@hypsyzygy506]

The grill on older UK cookers was at eye level so you could keep an eye on it and make sure the cooking food didn't burn. This was where toast was made. Heat was applied from above. The grill pan is a rectangular pan with a raised metal mesh grill. The food to be cooked is placed on the mesh, and the pan collects any juices from the cooking food. The grill pan is provided as part of the cooker package and varies from model to model. More modern cookers, if they have a grill, incorporate it as part of the oven.

[@rubymaed4815]

The French words come from the Normans when William Duke of Normandy became the first king of England (it hadn’t been called “England” before him) in 1066. As he was Norman (French), he removed Anglo-Saxons from aristocracy and placed Norman in those positions therefore changing the English aristocracy to only really French speakers. Due to this, fancy words are often French because that is what they would speak but the peasants still spoke a Germanic language as the Saxons were Germanic and peasants were Anglo-Saxons. However, there is also a lot of linguistic influence from Scandinavia in the north/north-east as that area was Danelaw (under danish rule) before William invaded). It was basically a different language in danelaw and that is why many places are name how they are. “-thorpe” is a danelaw thing and that is very common place name suffix on the east coast around Yorkshire.

[@Pinza7]

Cutlery, made by a cutler, not a F'kin' knife maker. Skillet is a British word, I've heard it spoken since I was a child, in the 60's. I've never heard anyone say soured cream, nor have I seen it spelled that way. Chilli, is a shortened version of Chilli pepper, there are other types of pepper, so instead of saying pepper, which doesn't describe which type of pepper, you are talking about, we just say chilli. It's a bit like saying 'often' & not pointlessly adding the word times after it. 😉 skimmed - verb - Simple past tense and past participle of skim. So milk that has been skimmed (fat removed) is indeed skimmed milk. skim - intransitive verb - To remove floating matter from (a liquid). - To remove (floating matter) from a liquid. - To embezzle (money) by taking a small portion on each transaction. So, if you ask for skim milk, you are kind of asking for them to skim it for you, instead of asking for milk that has already been skimmed. I don't know where you live but I suspect it may be London or down south. That isn't really Britain, it's virtually another country, you're bound to get weird words down there. 😆

[@marionettekent]

5:55 If anyone says silverware my brain would just go to trophies and cups

[@almostyummymummy]

Yup. That's what I also associate that word with.

[@almostyummymummy]

Although, after thinking about it while at work today (just got home), it does bring out wonderful imagery. Big formal dinner (for example)... Bring out the finest silverware. Eating off the Community/Charity Shield. Drinking from the F.A. Cup. Using a Golden Boot and Glove for the knife/fork.

[@AdamDawes575]

So there's a word missing from "macaroni cheese", but it's fine to say "eggplant parmesan"? Which is exactly the same word pattern? I think this shows how it's entirely down to what you're used to hearing rather than any one thing being better than any other. Though it's definitely knife and fork, not fork and knife... 😂

[@AFrogInTheStars]

6:02

[@mixit2413]

yep def knife and fork or why even bother with the knife and just have a fork.

[@terryenby2304]

@@jwb52z9pretty sure there is no variety of cheese called “eggplant” either. In America do they say Fettuccini and Alfredo, or Spaghetti and Marinara? Or Fettuccini Alfredo and Spaghetti Marinara? So why say Macaroni AND Cheese (sauce), instead of Macaroni Cheese (sauce.

[@nancydenick1875]

​@@terryenby2304let's split the difference and call it cheesey macaroni.

[@GideonGleeful95]

I've never heard of soft baton. I think most brits would just call that a sub or a baguette? Idk maybe its a specific thing that just isn't very popular

[@jacquim2267]

agree, a soft baton would be called a sub

[@theseventhnight]

I've Never heard anyone use soft baton either, if they use baguette it's because they don't even know what a baguette is, the correct name is submarine roll abbreviated to "sub" incidentally, my guess is that Evan has only bought a baguette from supermarket "bake off" bakeries and has never had one made in a "scratch" bakery, the texture of both the crust and the crumb is far superior when fresh from a scratch bakery

[@baccydemon3489]

to me a soft baton sounds like what i would call a hotdog roll (but a large one)

[@Stephen-Fox]

@@theseventhnight I miss being an easy walk from a "scratch" bakery - The one I used to use here shut down in I think 2018 - owner retired and couldn't find a purchaser, so the site is... I think it's the tattoo place rather than the hair salon on that stretch. There are other "scratch" bakeries in the area, but the closest is the other side of the highstreet so instead of being perfectly positioned for grabbing some lunch along with a loaf on the way to or from the shops I have to go out of my way to get to it.

[@lolabroadhead3972]

I use the word skillet, a pan is a saucepan, a frying pan known as a pan is more of a southern British thing. Which was surprising when I moved to the North of the UK and until you mentioned it had not noticed! So thank you

[@Wabbit_Hunta]

Nope. Don't know where down south you heard that but we've never used the term pan to describe a frying pan. A frying pan is what it is. Pans would be used as a catch all for all types of pans used for cooking. Frying pans are different to skillets (heavier and tend to be cast iron, and they hold the heat far longer)

[@gynack]

lolabroadhead3972It's always a frying pan A pan to me is also a saucepan. However, I never hear anyone saying skillet. It's always called a frying pan to distinguish it from a saucepan.

[@ok-mv4ww]

Im from scotland and to me a hoagie is a kind of wrap with chips in it. Not sure if that is just a thing in my little part of scotland or a uk-wide thing but when i hear hoagie thats what i think of.

[@lynn69jackson]

Evan, the reason that America has so many grape products is that the vineyards during the prohibition era had to do something with their grapes. I call a hoagy roll a soft sub roll. I've never called it a soft baton.

[@randomness051]

No one says fork and knife Evan, no one. It's not a thing

[@foobar476]

You may be onto something with skim milk. Other savings to be made: boil potatoes, fry bread, bake beans and salt peanuts.

[@jiggyprawn]

😆

[@kayelle8005]

😂😂

[@anonymoususer2756]

I’ve also heard them say “barb wire” and “whip cream”. Americans seem to have something against past participles. Similarly I also hate the dropping of the “ing” off some noun phrases. No, you did not have a “swim lesson”. You had a swimMING lesson. That is not a “jump rope”. It’s a skipPING rope.

[@snozgobler]

My family always called ice cream coated in chocolate (like the magnum, with or without a stick) a "choc ice".

[@Hex...]

A choc ice is a specific food item of a rectangular bar of ice cream coated in chocolate, sold within paper wrappers and without sticks. I don’t think it makes sense to call any ice cream on a stick (like a magnum) a choc ice, but I can see why your family might do so.

[@Iamtheshortestcomment]

Sweetcorn is a sweeter variety to field corn, don’t go about calling our foods horrible when you make marshmallows with sweet potato and say that it tastes nice.

[@kiramabel2216]

Even… you’ve lived here for over 10 years. Have you ever heard someone call a pepper a capsicum? I heard that word for the first time last year from my Australian coworker I had no idea what she was on about 😂 we deffo call them peppers mate!

[@juliamoffatt5999]

Nobody calls bell peppers capsicums. We just call them peppers! And the hot ones chillies

[@squidshave10tentacles58]

Yep! Red/green/yellow peppers, so actually very specific.

[@pipwilson7435]

Apart from not calling something 'hot peppers', if you go to a British supermarket, we use all of the terms you say are used in the USA and not the UK. You can buy jalepenos, birds eye chillies, red chillies, green chillies, scotch bonnet, red peppers, green peppers, yellow peppers, roquito peppers, sweet pointed peppers. At a pizzeria, you will see pizzas with jalepenos on and the menu will list them as jalepenos.

[@Skeletonman980]

Uk native here. never heard of soft baton ever. though when it comes to bread roll, bap, balm cakes, bread cakes, cob, etc.. (all the same thing) it differs depending on where in the uk you live. this "hoagie roll" i think we would just use baguette or i just call it a bread roll or sub since i only really get them at subway.

[@DavidBeddard]

With "soft baton", I think the key is in the pronunciation. If you say it like /sahft ba'tahn/ then, sure, it's a little weird, but if you say /soft 'batən/ then... slightly less weird... Also, isn't it only a hoagie once it has been sliced and stuffed with fillings? Two slices of bread are not a sandwich. The only thing we have that comes close is Subway, and what they call "bread" doesn't bear thinking about, but as such I'd have said we call them "subs" rather than hoagies. Baguettes are crusty. Soft, elongated bread rolls are sold as "submarine rolls" in many supermarkets now.

[@Litpu]

When I went to the USA for the first time I avoided broiled chicken as I didn't know it meant grilled chicken and I thought broiled chicken sounded gross.

[@winterlinde5395]

We call a roast chicken a Broiler, in Germany. 😊

[@Guttlegob]

Yeah "broiled chicken" sounds discusting 😅

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

Growing up a broiler was an old chicken, past laying, and needed long and slow cooking because it would otherwise be as tough as old boots. Usually from a farm rather than a commercial chicken.

[@0ntimetaiment921]

@@winterlinde5395 Had to look that up. Never heard it being called that in (west) Germany.

[@lizhoward-k7627]

To me it sounds as if its been boiled...🥰❤️🤢🤮

[@seamstressdragon8707]

I have never heard bell peppers being called capiscums in the UK. I have heard them being called that on American cooking shows/food blogs. We normally called bell peppers by their colour red, orange, yellow or green peppers etc and then spicy peppers are called chilli peppers or chillies.

[@lovelybitofsquirrel]

I think perhaps they are called this on some supermarket packaging perhaps. Same with sandwich cakes and soft batons - in my experience these words aren't used in the spoken language (unless you're Mary Berry!). I would call these cakes and hot dog buns respectively.

[@DylanSargesson]

UK here, never heard anybody use the pronunciation of "Parmesan" you referred to. It definitely has the 'z sound not an s

[@Rekeaki]

They don’t say “Fork and knife” because in some accents it begins to sound a LOT like “F*cking knife” so its something you avoid in polite company. American accents don’t result in the same confusion (and potential offense lol ).

[@jayjay4spurs]

I would've thought grill is the thing you put it on rather than a direction like the rack you put your bread on, like you got grill of a car for the front vents, doesn't matter where the heat is coming from - top, bottom, side you put the bread on the grill on top of the oven to toast the bread

[@jasonwood8800]

Broil is actually used in older British recipes to refer to cooking over or under a very high heat in an oven. The emphasis being on cooking quickly at a high temperature as opposed to baking or roasting which generally refer to slower oven cooking methods. Grills, especially gas grills, however where not usually fitted inside the oven. Instead there would be a separate grill shelf above the cooker at around shoulder height for you to quickly grill things like sausage, bacon, toast etc.

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

I prefer the high grill as well to the ones in the oven.

[@leilasmila]

On your jelly/jam situation... I make a lot of preserves. To me, jam includes the fruit still, while I will strain a jelly through a jelly bag to produce a smooth set product. Jam is made with fleshy fruits like apple, plum, gooseberry etc, and jelly is more of an infusion of flavour. I've made hedgerow jelly with haws, rosehips, sloes and blackberries, or rosemary jelly which is just rosemary and sugar with pectin to make it se!

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

Mum would make apple and bramble jelly [strained through a muslin bag] and mint jelly as well - mint flavoured apple jelly again.

[@ryanodriscoll]

Blackcurrants are not mid. Thats just disgraceful. And sweetcorn does go well with tuna mayo. Though I do accept it has no place on a pizza. Ive never heard anyone call a bell pepper "capsicum". We just call them peppers.

[@Iamtheshortestcomment]

“Hoagie rolls” are just called baguettes, baguettes are often called “french sticks” here.

[@diarmuidkuhle8181]

I've always called them French batons just because the local co-op has them labelled as such. And 'baton' is in any case just the French word for stick

[@MimifBones]

When you're looking for your hoogie have you tried a white roll? You probably know we have baps, cobs and rolls that are all round and they are called exclusively only one in each area but a white roll is long for a hot dog and might be what you need.

[@roberthindle5146]

A bar of ice cream (covered with chocolate) is not just "ice cream". It's called a "choc ice"