Curd [noun]
Definition of Curd:
flesh of plant, animal
Synonyms of Curd:
Opposite/Antonyms of Curd:
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Sentence/Example of Curd:
In the summer, I opt for homemade raspberry jam, while in the winter, I often fill them with lemon or tangerine curd.
Meringue topping shouldn’t be reserved for lemon curd fillings.
New varieties of cheese are formed by mixing vegetable substances with the curd.
The stomach of the newly killed animal contains a quantity of curd derived from the milk on which it has been fed.
In Ayrshire and Limburg, on the other hand, the curd is always left in the stomach and salted along with it.
If the milk be warmer the curd is hard and tough, if colder, it is soft and difficult to obtain free from the whey.
The time necessary for the complete fixing of the curd varies also from 15 minutes to an hour or even an hour and a half.
Another mode of improving the quality of cheese, is by the addition of cream or butter to the dried and crumbled curd.
But in some places, the practice prevails of washing the curd with hot water, after the whey has been partially separated from it.
Thus, while it is of importance that all the whey should be extracted from the curd, yet the quickest way may not be the best.