Being a UK cook, I tend to use the British system for weights and measures and temperatures, but I’m aware that not everyone is metrically inclined, and so here’s a translation of the key terms that may seem unfamiliar.

Food Names

• aubergine = eggplant
• chard = silver beet
• chickpeas = garbanzo beans
• courgette = zucchini
• coriander = cilantro
• cornflour = cornstarch
• haricot beans = navy beans
• minced meat = ground meat
• peppers = bell peppers
• rocket = arugula
• spring onion = scallion
• whole milk = 3 or 4% milk

Luckily, so many of the foods that create confusion are not even on the Dissident agenda so I haven’t provided a translation for chips vs crisps, self-raising vs self-rising, fries vs chips, because we’re not eating them, are we?!

Measurements

Dry

• 1 ounce = 28 grams = 2 tablespoons
• 8 ounces = 225 grams
• 1 pound = 454 grams
• 4 pecks = 1 bushel

Wet

• 1 teaspoon = 5 ml
• 1 dessertspoon = 10 ml
• 1 tablespoon = 15 ml = 14 grams = 1/2 ounce
• 1 cup = 8 fluid ounces = 1/2 pint = 237 ml
• 2 cups = 16 fluid ounces = 1 pint = 474 ml
• 4 cups = 1 quart = 2 pints = 32 fluid ounces = 964 ml

Butter

• 1 stick = 4 ounces = 112 g = half UK pack of butter
• 2 sticks = 8 ounces = 224 g  = whole UK pack of butter
• knob of butter = approx 1 teaspoon

Temperature

• 120’C = 250’F = Gas 1/2 = cool
• 150’C = 300’F = Gas 2
• 180’C = 350’F = Gas 4 = moderate
• 200’C = 400’F = Gas 6
• 220’C = 425″F = Gas 7 = hot
• 245’C = 475’F = Gas 9 = very hot