| ENGLISH |
AMERICAN |
DANISH |
| plain
flour |
all purpose
flour |
mel or hvedemel |
| aubergine |
eggplant |
aubergine |
| back
bacon |
similar to
Canadian bacon |
|
| bake
blind |
bake a pastry
case empty by covering with baking paper and weighing down with
beans or rice |
|
| bicarbonate
of soda |
baking soda |
natron |
| baking
powder |
baking
powder |
bagepulver |
| bap |
hamburger bun |
flad bolle |
| beetroot |
beet |
rødbede |
| biscuit |
cookie
(sweet) |
småkage |
| cracker
(savory) |
kiks |
| boiled
sweet |
hard candy |
bolsjer |
| brill |
similar to a
small turbot |
pighvarre or fladfisk |
| broad
bean |
fava bean |
hestebønner or valskbønner |
| brown
bread |
wholemeal bread |
fuldkornsbrød or rugbrød |
| brown
stock |
beef stock |
Bouillonterning
(okse) |
| candyfloss |
cotton candy |
sukkervat or
sukkerpind |
| castor sugar |
finely
granulated sugar |
Strøsukker,
melis |
| (not
as powdery as confectioner’s sugar) |
| chicory |
endive |
endivie |
| chipolata |
small pork
sausage |
lille krydret pølse |
| chips |
French fries |
pommes frites |
| chocolate
vermicelli |
chocolate
sprinkles |
chokoladekrymmel |
| chump
chop |
type of lamb
chop |
bedekotelet |
| cider |
hard cider |
æblemost |
| cling
film |
Saran wrap |
plastfolie or
madfolie |
| coal
fish / coley |
black cod |
gråsej |
| coffee sugar |
sugar in large
crystals |
Hugget sukker |
| coriander
leaves |
cilantro |
koriander |
| corn
on the cob |
|
majs |
| cornflour |
cornstarch |
majsstivelse |
| cos
lettuce |
romaine |
bindsalat or
romersk salat |
| courgette |
zucchini |
courgette |
| crisps |
potato chips |
franske kartofler |
| crumpet |
something like
an “English muffin” (“English muffins do not exist in England) |
slags tebrød |
| custard powder |
custard
sauce or |
crème |
| baked
custard |
cremebudding |
| cutlet |
chop |
kotelet |
| Demerara
sugar |
light brown
sugar |
demerarasukker |
| Devonshire
cream |
a particular
type of clotted cream |
tyk fløde |
| digestive
biscuits |
similar to
Graham crackers |
rugmelskiks |
| double
cream |
heavy cream |
piskefløde |
| doughnut |
jelly doughnut |
berlinner |
| endive |
chicory |
endive |
| faggot |
meatball |
kødbolle or frikadelle |
| fairy
cake |
cupcake |
lille formkage |
| fillet
steak |
tenderloin
steak |
tournedos |
| flounder |
|
rødspætte |
| French
beans |
string beans |
snittebønne |
| gammon |
smoked ham |
Røget skinke |
| ginger
nut |
ginger snap |
ingefærkage |
| golden
syrup |
similar to corn
syrup |
lys sirup |
| greaseproof
paper |
wax paper |
bagepapir |
| green
pepper |
bell pepper |
peberfrugt |
| haddock |
|
kuller |
| icing |
"Frosting" - a
thick sweet spreadable icing to put on cakes or cookies |
glasur |
| icing |
"Glaze" - a
thinner icing that would be used on pastries |
|
| icing
sugar |
powdered
(confectioner’s) sugar |
flormelis |
| jacket
potato |
baked potato |
bagte kartofler |
| jam |
preserves |
marmelade or
syltetøj |
| jelly |
jello |
gelé |
| juice |
|
saft |
| king
prawns |
jumbo shrimp |
kina reje |
| maize |
corn |
majs |
| marrow |
squash that
looks like a giant zucchini |
|
| mince |
ground beef |
hakkekød or hakket kød |
| mincemeat |
mincemeat |
blanding af rosiner, æbler, sukat, nyrefedt (?) |
| mixed
spice |
pumpkin
pie spice |
blandet kydderi |
| offal |
liver, kidney,
tongue, tripe and any other animal organs |
Indmad: hjerte,nyrer, lever,tunge, brisler |
| perry |
hard cider made
from pears rather than apples |
pæremost |
| plum
duff |
plum pudding |
blomme budding |
| porridge |
cooked oatmeal |
havregrød |
| pork |
|
svinekød or flæsk |
| pork
chop |
|
svinekotelet |
| pork
loin |
|
stegeflæsk |
| potato |
|
kartofler |
| prawn |
prawn |
reje |
| puff
pastry |
|
butterdej |
| rump
steak |
sirloin |
tyksteg |
| semolina |
farina |
semulje |
| silverside |
top round |
inderlår |
| single
cream |
light cream |
kaffefløde |
| sirloin |
porterhouse steak |
tyksteg |
| sherbert |
powdered candy |
|
| sherbert |
sorbet |
sorbet is |
| shortcrust
pastry |
|
mørdej |
| sour
cream |
|
crème fraiche |
| sponge
finger |
lady finger |
Italian småkage |
| squash |
juice drink |
appelsinvand |
| sugar
crystals |
see “coffee
sugar” |
|
| sultana |
white raisin |
små rosiner or
sultana |
| sweetcorn |
whole-kernel
corn |
sukkermajs |
| sweet
potato |
|
sød kartoffel |
| swede |
yellow turnip |
kålroe or kålrabi |
| tart |
"Pie" - means that
there is a top crust covering the fruit filling |
tærte |
| tart |
"Tart" - means
there is no top crust covering the fruit filling |
|
| toffee |
taffy |
karamel |
| treacle |
similar to
molasses |
sirup or
melasse |
| wheat |
|
hvede |
| wheatgerm |
|
hvedekim |
| whipping
cream |
|
Piskefløde til (flødeskum) |
| wholemeal
(flour) |
wholewheat
flour |
groft hvedemel |
| wholemeal
(bread) |
wholewheat
bread |
fuldkornsbrød |
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HERBS &
SPICES |
|
| Allspice |
|
allehånde |
| Anise |
|
anis |
| Basil |
|
basilikum |
| Bay
leaves |
|
laurbærblad |
| Black
pepper |
|
sort peber |
| Borage |
|
borago |
| Capers |
|
kapers |
| Caraway |
|
kommen frø |
| Cardamon |
|
kardemomme |
| Cayenne
pepper |
|
cayennepeber |
| Celery
seed |
|
selleri frø |
| Chervil |
|
kørvel |
| Chili
powder |
|
spansk peber, paprika |
| Chives |
|
purløg |
| Cilantro
/ coriander |
|
koriander |
| Cinnamon |
|
kanel |
| Cloves |
|
nellike |
| Cumin |
|
spidskommen, kommen |
| Curry
powder |
|
karry |
| Dill |
|
dild |
| Fennel |
|
fennikel |
| Fenugreek |
|
bukkehorn |
| Garlic |
|
hvidløg |
| Ginger |
|
ingefær |
| Green
peppercorns |
|
grønne peberkorn |
| Horseradish |
|
peberrod |
| Lovage |
|
løvstikke |
| Mace |
|
muskatblomme |
| Marjoram |
|
merian |
| Mint |
|
mynte |
| Mustard |
|
sennep |
| Mustard
seed |
|
sennepsfrø |
| Nutmeg |
|
muskatnød |
| Oregano |
|
oregano |
| Paprika |
|
paprika |
| Parsley |
|
persille |
| Poppy
seed |
|
birkes |
| Rosemary |
|
rosmarin |
| Saffron |
|
safran |
| Sage |
|
salvie |
| Salt |
|
salt |
| Sesame
seed |
|
sesamfrø |
| Star
Anise |
|
stjerneanis |
| Tarragon |
|
estragon |
| Thyme |
|
timian |
| Turmeric |
|
gurkemeje |
| Vanilla
pod |
|
Vanillestang |
| Vanilla
sugar |
|
Vanillesukker |
| White
pepper |
|
hvid peber |
