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noun

Curd n. (Sometimes written crud)

The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distinguished from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese. "Curds and cream, the flower of country fare."

The coagulated part of any liquid.

The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower. "Broccoli should be cut while the curd, as the flowering mass is termed, is entire." "Cauliflowers should be cut for use while the head, or curd, is still close and compact."

verb

Curd v. t. (past & past part. curded; pres. part. curding) To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle. "Does it curd thy blood To say I am thy mother?"

Curd v. i. To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey

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"Curd" Quotes from Famous Books

... curds should not be too sour. Also add a green mango pepper thinly sliced, and if desired a clove of garlic, finely minced. Let stand in the curds for a couple of hours. In the meantime fry an onion and two teaspoonfuls of curry powder together. When nicely browned add the curd mixture. Cook over a slow fire until meat is tender. Cold sliced meat is very good prepared this way. In this case cook the onions thoroughly before adding the curd mixture. The meat should be cut ...

— The Khaki Kook Book - A Collection of a Hundred Cheap and Practical Recipes - Mostly from Hindustan • Mary Kennedy Core

... so soft that it is almost like curd in thickened milk, and could be very easily destroyed were it not for a protective device which Nature has employed. It seems necessary that it should be protected with the utmost care. The matter will ...

— The Meaning of Evolution • Samuel Christian Schmucker

... to you as our hair is to us, for men know how to use them more stoutly than women. Now show what you can do. We have a nice curd porridge, seasoned with thyme, and some dried lamb for breakfast. If the girl hurries, you needn't wait long. Every guest, even the least friendly, is ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... ton in, And gutters for rivers of liquid to run in. March was the month the work was begun in,— If that could be work they saw nothing but fun in; 'Twas finished in April, and long before May Everything was prepared for the curd and ...

— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. - Scribner's Illustrated • Various

... discovered the secret of the Kao-ling, of the Pe-tun-tse,—the bones and the flesh, the skeleton and the skin, of the beauteous Vase? Who first discovered the virtue of the curd-white clay? Who first prepared the ice-pure bricks of tun: the gathered-hoariness of mountains that have died for age; blanched dust of the rocky bones and the stony flesh of sun-seeking Giants that have ceased to be? Unto whom was it first ...

— Some Chinese Ghosts • Lafcadio Hearn

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