I'm a newbie cook. I've been writing down recipes in the books at
Borders bookstore and then trying them out at home. One thing I've
had trouble with is the cooking terminology from across the pond.
It took a while to figure out that caster sugar is close to plain
granulated sugar, and I eventually found out that digestive crackers
are graham crackers.

Thinking that I was getting pretty good at deciphering Brit speak,
I nodded my head wisely when I saw a reference to using parchment
paper to bake coconut macaroons on. Obviously, I figured, they are
talking about wax paper.

After the smoke cleared out of the kitchen, I decided to rethink
that translation.

Michael