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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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