rennet
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9.2
- noun
- /ˈrɛnɪt/
- Specialized
- I named him after the food he loved so well as a baby: a dish of sweetmilk set with rennet.
- animal rennet
- microbial rennet
- vegetable rennet
Examples
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Celandines, secundines, rennet, salt attincar, salt alembrot, none disclosed its secret.
Fiction book (1991) -
This mixture has to be heated along with rennet to form a perfect curd to be pressed in a mold later on.
Blog text (4) -
Lisanne L. Rennet stated:
Academic text (1997) -
I don't eat a lot of dairy (and I always buy vegan cheese, no animal rennet) and very few eggs, but they do round out my diet for at least a few meals every week.
Blog text (31) -
To make traditional cheese, you need milk and rennet to help it coagulate.
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The recipe calls for a small amount of rennet to ensure the milk curdles properly.
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Cheese makers carefully measure rennet when preparing large batches to achieve the right texture.
Synonyms
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9.3
A substance in baby mammals' stomachs that makes milk become solid to make cheese
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9.9
A substance in the stomachs of young mammals that makes milk turn into curds for making cheese
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rennet comes from old words meaning 'to curdle' or 'to set' and names the substance used to turn milk into curds for cheese. So, rennet is easy to remember as the thing that makes milk 'curdle' into cheese.