10+ Popular Foods That Are Different in the US

There’s nothing better than some pigs in a blanket on game day, chips on the side, and a big apple pie for dessert, eh? Now, whether you’re American or not, could decide how you just imagined all those fun foods. When it comes to all things culinary, America has always had a way with food. Even when the rest of the world has established a specific term for a delicious dish, when they’re in the States they might need to dig deeper to find the right words to order what they really want to eat.

From Great Britain to Australia, there are many food items that differ from those in the USA. Here're the main things from America’s menus that have really confused the rest of the world and we’ll present them to you right away to save you from having a food panic attack during your next trip around the world.

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TIMESTAMPS:
Pancakes 0:31
Toast 1:24
Pigs in a blanket 2:02
Bacon 2:47
Pudding 3:28
Eggs 4:19
Breadsticks 5:03
Ketchup 5:43
Chips 6:28
Cookies 7:19
Jelly 8:00
Pie 8:42
Milky Way bars 9:20

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SUMMARY:
- Before they were officially dubbed “pancakes” in America, they used to be called “Indian Cakes.” Crepes, on the other hand, have nothing to do with pancakes in terms of origin since they date back to 13th-century France.
- American “toast” is just a toasted piece of bread. But if you’ve ever had French toast, well, you know it’s a sweet delight of white bread soaked in a mixture of beaten eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon.
- If you’re in the UK, pigs in a blanket would involve wrapping hotdogs in bacon. Now here’s where it gets trippy: the equivalent of American pigs in a blanket is called a “sausage roll” in the UK.
- Bacon in the US comes from the pig’s belly and is served in thin crispy strips coated with fat. In the UK, “bacon” is from the pig’s back, and it’s less fatty, thicker, chewy, and served in round slices.
- Americans will imagine a creamy custard dessert when they think of pudding. If you were to travel to the UK, you’d get something way different. The British definition of pudding is anything that’s been boiled in something else.
- In some parts of Europe, they leave the original coating on the eggs, and that coating protects them from contamination. In other parts, they vaccinate hens to keep the eggs disease-free.
- When we ask for breadsticks in an American restaurant, we get soft pieces of doughy bread and garlic that we can dip in sauce. But if you were having lunch in an Italian restaurant and asked for breadsticks, you’d actually get the original version of “grissini” – crispy baked breadsticks that can accompany your salad or be crunched on as a snack on its own.
- Ketchup is another one of those culinary items that got lost in translation. In America, you know that familiar red paste made from tomato, vinegar, sugar, and all the accompanying spices. However, if you go to Australia and ask for ketchup on your burger, the waiter might give you a funny look and say, “You mean tomato sauce?”
- What people in the UK call “chips” are what Americans know as “French fries.” On the flipside, in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, what we call chips (the round things sold in half-empty bags), they call crisps.
- In most other English-speaking countries except for Canada, cookies are called “biscuits.” In fact, they only use the term “cookies” to describe the chocolate chip ones in particular.
- If you’re in the UK, you’re probably imagining me hopelessly trying to spread some Jell-O on my bread because for you, “jelly” is my Jell-O and my “jelly” is your jam!
- If you love American Milky Ways, wait until you try the European version! It’s also made of chocolate and nougat, of course, but it doesn’t have that layer of caramel in it.

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[BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL]

Hey there, BrightSiders, do you prefer pancakes or eggs for breakfast?

[theosavage]

I’m talking from the UK’s perspective, but this guy does not do his research

[charliescott]

As someone from the uk, a lot of this is wrong, sorry

[DT_]

When he talks about Europe, he thinks it's only the UK, but the UK is way different than most Europian countries.

I'm Dutch and the way he pronounces 'koekje' is hilarious 😂

[louisacoote]

Pudding is also a general word for dessert in the UK.

[tommorgan]

In 🇦🇺 Australia we don’t call crisps crisps we call them chips 🍟 🍟

[JRxkz]

I feel sorry for Americans because they don't have greggs like if your from the uk

[miasmith]

A pudding in the UK is usually a sweet dessert (we don't call it flan but tart) and includes all desserts. We do have black pudding and steak pudding etc. - very old traditional food.

[MyBadBro]

"Around the world" But only compare the US and the UK with each other. hmm...

[nataliebartlett]

It's called a milky way because its made by Mars. Space theme. Like Galaxy

[hli]

I’m Australian and we don’t call them crisps we still call them chips whether there fried and long or round

[tightropewalkergirl]

Who did the research for this? Actually it seems no research was done!

[MarcWeavers]

UK gets bacon from the belly as well as the back, also Chips and French Fries are 2 different things, french fries are long and thin, chips are... well any other shape/size, and i think you compared the wrong chocolate bar at the end, that looks more like our mars bar.

[DKNex]

'Eggs are eggs no Matter where you go'
😁

[ChocolateTampon]

Pigs in blankets in the UK are not bacon wrapped hotdogs. They are bacon wrapped mini chipolata sausages. Huge difference. Also, sausage rolls in the UK are sausage meat inside puff pastry. Come on guys. Lazy research. I love these type of videos but the UK versions are described incorrectly.

[cocopink]

EDIT - thanks for 120 likes guys! Most I’ve ever had 😂

OMG these “UK facts” got me cringing 😂 so many lies

[daisywilson]

I live in England we have sweet and savoury pie however a mince pie can be two different things it could be a minced beef pie or a fruit and raisin pie

[sammygirl]

Pudding in the UK can mean a specific food, like Summer Pudding, Eves Pudding or even, as you say, Black Pudding, but it is also an alternative name for dessert. What Americans call flan is to us crème caramel or some kind of set custard. What we call a flan, is a filling in an un-topped pastry or sponge case, although we would be more likely to call it a tart – fruit pie is always fruit pie.
Pie can be sweet – apple, blackberry and apple, cherry, peach etc. pie can be savoury – steak and ale, beef and onion, chicken and mushroom, vegetarian etc. and can also be a pork pie, which is a different kind of pie all together.
Biscuits – in the UK we doesn’t really have what you call biscuits, with no sugar or flavour in them. We have scones, which have sugar in them, fruit scones and cheese scones, there are other flavours; but these 3 are the main ones.
Other mistakes have been covered, I am loving watching Bright Side films just to see how much they can get wrong.

[ITALJUTE]

In the UK, we also have the one with the layer of caramel, but it is called a 'Mars Bar' and it definitely is too heavy to float in milk. Also, food hygiene standards are much higher in the UK and EU. That is why we do not have to chlorinate our chicken.

[bradistaniz]

I’m from England and I always thought that pudding is dessert.