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🧀 A hard cheese 🥄 To process curds
to cheddar

to cheddar

8.4
To cut and stack the solid parts of milk to push out liquid and make cheese firmer
  • verb
  • /ˈtʃɛdər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : apilar y dar la vuelta a la cuajada
  • The cheesemaker spent hours carefully cheddaring the curds to achieve the perfect texture.

Examples

  • After cheddaring, the curds are milled and salted before pressing.

  • We need to cheddar the curds to make the cheese.

  • Proper cheddaring is essential for making traditional English cheddar cheese.

  • He cheddared the cheese last night.

  • The cheesemaker spent hours carefully cheddaring the curds to achieve the perfect texture.

  • Proper cheddaring is essential for making traditional English cheddar cheese.

  • After cheddaring, the curds are milled and salted before pressing.

Compounds

cheddar cheese
12 1.0

A hard, smooth cheese with a strong taste commonly used in cooking and sandwiches

cheddar pink
9.3

A low garden plant that lives for many years and has fragrant pink or red flowers

Surface Forms

cheddar infinitive
cheddared past
cheddared past participle
cheddaring present participle
cheddars third person singular

Etymology

Cheddaring comes from the name of that cheese and describes the special step of cutting, stacking, and turning curds to squeeze out the liquid and give the cheese a firm texture. So cheddaring is the exact process used to make Cheddar cheese.