If 'jelly' is 'jam' in america, then what is 'jelly'?

Question

the english use the word jam, but the americans use the word 'jelly'.
If they call jam, jelly. What do they call the jelly the english call?

Answer 1

jello



yeah, i understood the question. It's Jell-O

Answer 2

They are 2 different things: Jam has pieces of fruit in it and is usually not clear. Jelly is what you get after you strain the fruit out. It looks more like jello than jam. Hope that helps.

Answer 3

In America, we use all the terms, but not always correctly:



Jam and Preserves have bits of the fruit in it.



Jelly doesn't have any bits, it's more like the fruit was liquefied and then hardened like Jello.

Answer 4

The terms jam and jelly are used in different parts of the English speaking world in different ways.



Although both terms exist in North America, the UK and Australia; in the USA most jams are often popularly referred to as "jelly" in a generic way. Meanwhile in the UK, Canada, and Australia the two terms are more strictly differentiated, although the term jam is more popularly used in Australia and South Africa as a generic term.[14][15] To further confuse the issue, the term jelly is also used in the UK and Australia to refer to a gelatin dessert, whereas in North America the brand name Jell-O is used as a generic term for gelatin desserts and is strictly differentiated from clear fruit preserves.

Answer 5

America has jelly, jam and preserves! Jelly is like the juice of the fruit jelled, jam has some of the fruit and the preserves is made with the whole fruit! I don't know what they have in England.

Answer 6

American jelly = English jam/preserves. Here jam and preserves usually have whole fruit pieces in them, though jelly is similar and some use the terms interchangeably.

English jelly = American Jell-O, a gelatin dessert.

Answer 7

Gelatin is called "jelly" in the U.K.

Jelly is not jam. Both are made by boiling sugar and fruit juice until the mixture is thickened. However, jelly looks like gelatin, but jam is much thicker and looks like fruit preserves. If it contains strawberries, bits of whole strawberries are seen in jam.

Answer 8

In england Jam is what americans call Jelly. In England Jelly is a big wobbly liquid that you eat as a desert, it's mostly strawberry flavoured & it can be put into a trifle. :D

Answer 9

In America we have both jelly and jam. They're different products. Jam has more fruit in it, while jelly has all of the fruit pulp strained out to make it clear. Both are used on toast or on sandwiches. We also have preserves and marmalade, which have even more fruit.



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What the English call "jelly" is what we call "gelatin" or "Jell-O". "Gelatin" is the proper name and "Jell-O" is a brand name so well-known it has become synonymous with the product, just as "Kleenex" has become synonymous with "tissues".



littlepinkpantha, most of us here in America have never been to Great Britain. I had no idea what you meant by "jelly" until I read some of the answers by other British users. After that I updated my answer. Now you have me wondering, since, jam, jelly, and Jell-O are all different things here, what do you call what we call jelly? Is there no such thing over there or is it all jam to you whether it has bits of fruit or not?

Answer 10

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If 'jelly' is 'jam' in america, then what is 'jelly'?

the english use the word jam, but the americans use the word 'jelly'.

If they call jam, jelly. What do they call the jelly the english call?

Answer 11

if you have a product to put on toast that is in a solid state, like those packets of jelly from welches, it's jelly. If you have like marmalade or other things like strawberry preserves, it's jam.

Answer 12

I think jelly is a more Jell-O type thing at least that's what our home ec. teacher said



Gelatin dessert, referred to as jelly in Britain and other countries, popular brands include Jell-O, Rowntree's and Hartley's

Answer 13

I think Jelly in America is Jello

Answer 14

Jelly is the juice only of fruit which is thickened with pectin, Jam is jelly with mash pieces of fruit & preserves are large pieces of fruit in a little jelly or jam.

Answer 15

Jam is jelly or conserve

Jelly is jello

Answer 16

jelly is not jam in America



Jam has fruit pieces in it

Jelly doesn't

Answer 17

I always thought that they were two different things-- jam was thicker than jelly. My mom always bought jelly because she said jam was harder to spread. But I really don't care.

Answer 18

In jelly, the fruit comes in the form of fruit juice.

In jam, the fruit comes in the form of fruit pulp or crushed fruit (and is less stiff than jelly as a result).

In preserves, the fruit comes in the form of chunks in a syrup or a jam.

Some people call all of the above jelly or jam since it is used in the same manner.

Answer 19

Jelly isn't jam in America. There is a difference between the two.



Jelly is made from fruit juice and so has no fruit bits. Jam is made by boiling fruit and does have fruit bits.

Answer 20

We have Jam, Jelly and Preserves... I never understood the difference between any of them myself! All I know is that Grape Jelly goes the best with Peanutbutter!

Answer 21

Hello



Try Jello



Chips, Fries

Rubber, Erasure

Condom, Rubber



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Answer 22

jelly jam america jelly

Answer 23

English: Jam - American: Jelly

English: Jelly - American: Jello

Answer 24

They don't. Jelly is jelly and jam is jam. They're different things.

Answer 25

The scrapings from the inside of a Whale s anus, boiled so it liquifies and any colour disappears then it is left to cool and sold in packets as joined up little squares. It has the consistency of rubber. Flavourings are added as the cubes cool. Eating them straight from the packet works as an ejaculate enhancer meaning men *** bucketloads. Fact.

Answer 26

American Jelly

Answer 27

Jelly Uk

Answer 28

they're 2 different things, jelly is made of fruit juice only, and jam is made from the juice and bits of fruit.





WTF? Why do they keep calling our jelly "Jell-O"? HUGE DIFFERENCE!!!

Answer 29

We call ' JELLY ' ..... ' JELLO '

Answer 30

jelly is just jam, they just call it that way

Answer 31

Jell-o apparently.



Weird....

Answer 32

Is a fruit flavoured gelatine.

Answer 33

I think Jelly has more liquid....

Answer 34

I think they call it jello.

weird isn't it.



:D

Answer 35

jello

Answer 36

I think that they call cranberry jelly (like you put on turkey) jelly

Answer 37

They call it jello dont they?

Answer 38

jelly and jam are the same in my book.

Answer 39

not the same. one is made out of gelatine and the other boiled fruit. Ignore the americans

Answer 40

i think its jello or something like that

Answer 41

jello :D

Answer 42

they call it jello

Answer 43

they are different things. we have jam here to duh. ima flag this question

Answer 44

thank you for the answers, greatly appreciated!