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I always heard it as "Jell-o", not "jelly".

> 26th October 2006: Attention Americans! > > What you call "jello", we call "jelly". What you call "jelly", we call "jam".

What do Brits call jam (i.e. what American's call jelly but with chunks of fruit in it)?

i don't think american-style jelly really exists in britain. british jam and american jam are mostly the same thing, if encountered it would probably be called filtered jam or clear jam.

Preserve? Conserve? But colloquially, probably just jam. Or "jam with bits of fruit in it"

Conserve is the antiquated term the British would probably use if 'filtered jam' existed there.

Jam has small bits of fruit (usually like strawberry/raspberry seeds). US jelly does not since it's made from juice or syrup. Preserves are the kind with bigger chunks of fruit.

Usually that's also jam, but there are a few fruits where we call it jelly.

Redcurrant jelly: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/redcurrant_jelly_26005

The whole jam shelf at Tesco, including "Strawberry Seedless Jam" (shouldn't that be "Seedless strawberry jam"? The adjective order sounds wrong otherwise) and "Strawberry jam": https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/search?query=jam

"Conserve" means "add £1 to the price".

Hmm, I don't think I can get used to that.

There was a band called Green Jello that used the name for a decade until one of their songs became popular, then Kraft Foods sent them a C&D for trademark infringement and they had to change their name to Green Jelly.

Video mentioned:

https://youtu.be/Gtffv9bpB-U

They had a studio down on Vermont or something in LA and had to change the mural on the building to update the name.

There's a bagel shop in NYC that used to be called "F Line Bagels" but changed to "Line Bagels" to satisfy the transit authority. One could probably populate a small town with all the world's various proper nouns (bagel shops, bands, etc) that had to be changed after a C&D. That would be quite fun!

They're still around. I'm seeing them Thursday.

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