Sign up Sign in. English UK. English US. Question about English UK. The British use the same word, jam, for the two things that Americans call "jelly" and "jam". So if you have to distinguish the two, how do you call them? See a translation. Report copyright infringement. The owner of it will not be notified. Do Americans call jelly?
What is rocket called in USA? Can you eat peanut butter and jelly on a diet? Is PB and J an American thing? Is PB and J healthy? Who invented PB? Let us know in the comments section below! September 13, Prev Next. Sign up with your email Would you like to get language learning tips sent straight to your inbox? Sign up today! Top 5 things to see in London. There's also this site: cooking. All these years I've thought that "jelly" was just what Americans call British "jam".
But apparently that's not right. Should this be migrated to cooking. Cause this addresses an epicure question — Thursagen. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Wikipedia explains that the difference between jam and jelly is that jam uses whole pieces of fruit, while jelly uses the juice: Properly, the term jam refers to a product made with whole fruit, cut into pieces or crushed Improve this answer.
Understand that these, as well as marmalades, confits, etc are all "preserves". However, the term "preserves" is often used specifically to refer to what are technically "conserves" or "whole fruit jams", where the product is made simply by throwing the fruit into sugar syrup and simmering it until it has the desired texture.
So, you may see "strawberry preserves" right next to "strawberry jam"; the difference, if any, will be that the preserves will have larger, more recognizable pieces of the fruit while the jam will likely have started with crushed or pureed strawberries. KeithS, that's comfits , not confits — James Waldby - jwpat7.
Your link for comfits shows something entirely different dried food preserved in a hard sugar shell.
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