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Post subject: UK AND AUSSIE FOOD NAMES
 Posted: Jun 03, 2005 - 04:50 AM
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Our thanks to the wonderful Lindy Butler, producer of the Australian TV show Better Homes and Gardens, Australia for taking the time to provide this information to the Aussie members of DragonTank. Lindy researched the foods list for ones that would be known by a different name in Oz. Please be sure to share this information with any Aussie dragonkeepers that you think can use it! NOTE: Sue (Hooked On Dragons) has supplied the information that these same names are used in the UK.
Hi - glad to help!! By the way, we would not use the word "GREENS" regularly, but would say LEAVES or TOPS
ARUGULA = ROCKET
BEET GREENS = beetroot tops or beetroot leaves (we don't shorten the word beetroot here as we also have silver beet so do you mean the red staining vegetable or the big green leafy vegetable?!?)
BELL PEPPER = capsicum or just pepper, comes in green, red, yellow & orange
CHICKORY = same but harder to get in smaller greengrocers
CILANTRO = Coriander (and here in supermarkets )
CLOVER = same - is a weed in lawns! Not something you can buy. 
COLLARD GREENS = Spring greens
DANDELION GREENS = dandelion leaves (so they know it's not the flower that is the important part!)
ENDIVE = either witloof or curly endive (two distinctly different looking plants but curly endive has iron as well as the Vitamin C)
ESCAROLE (serve raw, minced or sliced, good carrier for water) - a type of endive but I am not that much of a chef to have used/seen it sorry
KALE (high in calcium 0.8%) = we have cabbages here - would that be the same calcium ? - we have savoy cabbage (a type of white that's crinkly), white and red cabbage and Chinese cabbage. In the UK it is still called Kale.
MUSTARD GREENS (high in calcium 1.3%) = same but I think called mustard sprouts or mustard cress - sold in punnets where you find other sprouts displayed
ROMAINE LETTUCE (high in calcium 0.7%) = Cos lettuce
See http://www.bhg.com.au/food.nsf/Content/1EA4B9B3CE7F5F1D4A25695A00230D3E?OpenDocument
SPINACH in small amounts = English spinach (some people here call silver beet spinach as well)
TURNIP GREENS = turnip tops or leaves (we would have to ask the greengrocer because they are usually sold minus the leaves and they will be found in the bin out the back ! - of course trendy organic turnips woudl be sold with the tops on - these are sort of greens that pet owners of rabbits score when they have a relationship with the local greengrocer)
TIP LETTUCE (red and green) = probaby our coral lettuce or oak leaf lettuce
See http://www.bhg.com.au/food.nsf/Content/2F7B943E5EE9A2D6CA256983007FDBE9?OpenDocument
CHEERS
LINDY
Lindy Butler
Producer
http://www.bhg.com.au
Better Homes and Gardens Australia |
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