I’m Libby, a home cook and recipe blogger from the Hunter Valley in Australia.
If you landed here from the United States, Great Britain, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa or elsewhere… Good day! Glad you’re here!
Here, I want to help you easily use my recipes and love them. Because you may encounter some slight differences in our ingredient names, measurements and temperatures.
I have tried to include the information in each recipe, but some older recipes may not contain this information. And it’s just good to have it as a reference anyway.
So here are the things to keep in mind when reading and using my recipes:
1. Names of ingredients and food
| If I mention… | You might instead know it as… |
| plain flour | All purpose flour |
| SR flour (self raising flour) | SR flour = raising flour |
| sugar powder | confectioners or powdered sugar |
| soda | Baking soda powder |
| Glucose syrup | Light corn syrup |
| molasses | molasses (although I’m told the molasses is slightly sweeter) |
| Stock cube | A cube of broth, grains or base |
| Thickened cream | sweet cream |
| ground beef beef | Ground beef |
| Perry Glass | Candied fruits |
| eggplant | eggplant |
| Choco | Chiota, vegetable pear, christophin or mango squash |
| Fries | Crisps or chips |
| Digestive cookies | Graham crackers |
| tomato sauce | ketchup |
| Hard-boiled egg | Hard-boiled egg |
| Squash | Squash |
| cayenne | sweet or hot pepper |
| beet root | beet |
| Rockmelon | hotel |
| celery stick | Celery rib |
| Crabs | shrimp |
| rocket | arugula |
| Pancakes | Flapjacks |
| coriander | coriander |
| Scones | Biscuits |
| Biscuits | cookies |
2. Measurements
- 1 cup = 250 ml (1 cup in the US = 237 ml)
- 1 tablespoon of butter = 20 grams
- 1 stick of butter = 8 tablespoons of butter
3. Oven temperatures: Celsius to Fahrenheit
| ° C | degrees Farenheit | |
| very slow | 120 | 250 |
| slow down | 150 | 300 |
| to provide | 180 | 350 |
| moderately hot | 200 | 400 |
| hot | 220 | 425 |
4. Kitchen equipment
Baking tray = baking pan
Frying pan = frying pan
Greaseproof paper = parchment paper
Kettle = good, probably b USA you don’t mess with electric kettles! So if I mention boiling water in a kettle, I assume you just do it in a pot on the stove?
Ready to get started with Australian recipes?
If you’re interested in digging into some great Australian recipes, things you might not have come across in your own country, then I suggest you go check out my Australian Recipe Collection.
