Food Substitutions From the barefoot
foodie
Substitutions are seperated by the (=) sign in most
cases
U
Ugh or Ugli Fruit = grapefruit plus sugar
V
Vanilla Extract, in baking = almond extract = peppermint or other extracts, which will alter the
flavor of the products
Veal, scallops = boned, skinned chicken breasts = turkey breast
slices
Verbena = lemon peel = lemongrass
Vermicelli See Pasta
Vidalia Onions See Onions, Sweet
Vienna sausages = frankfurters
Vinegar = lemon juice, in cooking and salads = grapefruit juice, in salads =
wine, in marinades
Vinegar, Apple Cider = champagne vinegar = malt vinegar
Vinegar, Balsamic = sherry vinegar
Vinegar, Champagne = apple cider vinegar
Vinegar, Malt = apple cider vinegar
Vinegar, Red Wine = white wine vinegar
Vinegar, Sherry = balsamic vinegar
Vinegar, White Wine = red wine vinegar
W
Walla Walla Onions See Onions, Sweet
Wasabi = hot mustard powder mixed with a little water
Water Chestnuts = jicama, raw
Watercress = sunflower sprouts See Lettuce
Wax Beans = green beans
Whiskey = bourbon
White Beans = pea beans = navy beans
White Peppercorns = black peppercorns Note: Peppercorns vary in
strength.
Wine, for marinades, 1/2 cup = 1/4 cup vinegar plus 1 tablespoon sugar plus 1/2 cup
water
Winter Squash = acorn squash = butternut squash = dumpling squash = gold nugget squash =
kabocha squash = pumpkin = table queen squash = turban squash
Worcestershire Sauce 1 teaspoon soy sauce 2 drops hot pepper sauce 1 dash lemon juice 1
pinch sugar or 1 dash molasses Combine. Makes 1 1/2 teaspoons.
Y
Yams = sweet potatoes
Yeast, Compressed, 1 cake = 2 envelopes dry yeast = 2 tablespoons powdered
yeast
Yeast, Dry, 1 envelope = 1 tablespoon powdered yeast = 1/2 cake compressed yeast,
crumbled
Yellow Finn Potatoes = 2 parts white potatoes plus 1 part yams or sweet
potatoes
Yellow or Gold Peppers = red peppers = green peppers
Yellow Squash, Crookneck or Straightneck = pattypan squash = zucchini
Yogurt, Plain = sour cream = creme fraiche = buttermilk = heavy cream = mayonnaise (in small
amounts, especially in salads or dips)
Z
Zucchini = pattypan squash = yellow crookneck squash = yellow straightneck
squash
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