释义 |
ˈcheddaring, n. [f. Cheddar + -ing.] A process or stage in the manufacture of cheese (see quots.).
1909van Slyke & Publou Sci. & Practice of Cheese-Making iii. 32 Cheddaring the curd..is the main distinctive feature of the cheddar method of cheese-making. 1929C. H. Eckles et al. Milk & Milk Products xi. 243 In the cheddaring process the curd is piled at both sides of the vat and permitted to meet. Ibid. 244 When the cheddaring process is completed, the small particles lose their identity completely, fusing together into a practically solid mass of curd. 1951[see prec., sense a]. 1958New Scientist 29 May 62/2 Australia's Dairy Research Station has just announced that it has contrived a machine to do the ‘cheddaring’. This is the stage in which..the fibrous particles are fused into a smooth mass. 1960A. E. Bender Dict. Nutrition 28/2 After coagulation of the milk, heating of the curd and draining, the curds are piled along the floor of the vat when, in the case of Cheddar cheese, they consolidate to a rubbery sheet of curd. This stage is the Cheddaring process. |