Do You Know Your Aubergines from Your Eggplants? A Glossary of Culinary British Food

If you are heading to London for the Olympics, it may help to grasp something of the different words and terms used in British Food. Do you know your aubergine from your eggplant; that tea is eaten as well and drunk; jam is jelly and jelly is gello? Confusing? Even to us it can be, the terminology switches from county to county. Here are just a few different names for the ubiquitous cup of tea.

• A cuppa
• Rosie Lee
• Cuppo the tea
• Kippertae
• Cup o' char
• A brew
• Scooby Doo
• Cup av tay
  
  Here's a handy glossary for the different words and as the names of mealtimes can also vary, a little explanation to help you along.
  • British Food Translator - A - Z of British to American
  • Mealtimes in Britain - Guide to the Names
  • Britain's Favourite Foods
  • The Difference Between High Tea and Afternoon Tea

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