clabber
1
9.9
Thick milk that has become a little sour and is used in baking
- noun
- /ˈklæbər/
- Archaic
:
leche cuajada
- Ten months he keeps the silver dollar wrapped in a Bull Durham sack and buried in a Clabber Girl Baking Soda can under a Judas tree.
Examples
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I keep buried in a taped-tight Clabber Girl baking soda can at the edge of my silo's concrete base.
Fiction book (1996) -
"Strain the clabber!"
Fiction book (1997) -
The woman pursed her lips and worked her nose like she was smelling clabber.
Fiction book (1997) -
For breakfast, she often used clabber to make pancakes and biscuits.
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The recipe called for a cup of clabber as a key ingredient for the cake.
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Many people enjoy adding clabber to their collard greens for extra flavor.
Synonyms
sour milk
vsclabber
4
1.8
Milk that has gone bad and smells and tastes unpleasant
is a culinary product intentionally used for baking rather than accidental spoilage
How Sour
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun clabber comes from those same old Irish and Scots words for 'curdled' milk and names the thick, sour milk itself. So when a recipe asks for clabber, it means milk that has become thick curds ready to use.