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Fresh White Poutine Curds
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curd

  [kurd]
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–noun
1. Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
2. any substance resembling this.
3. Also called curd cheese. Chiefly Northeastern and Southern U.S. cottage cheese.
4. the edible flower heads of cauliflower, broccoli, and similar plants.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
5. to turn into curd; coagulate; congeal.
Origin:
1325–75; ME curden (v.), var. of crudden to crud, congeal; see crowd 1

Regional variation note:
3. See cottage cheese.
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Fresh White Poutine Curds
Good white cheddar for your poutine Shipped fresh or freshly frozen.
www.RockCheese.com
Fresh Squeaky Cheese Curd
Plain & Flavored Curds Made Daily! Wholesale Pricing - 800.489.9592
www.GoldenAgeCheese.com
curd   (kûrd)   
n.  

  1. The part of milk that coagulates when the milk sours or is treated with enzymes. Curd is used to make cheese.

  2. A coagulated liquid that resembles milk curd.

intr. & tr.v.   curd·ed, curd·ing, curds
To form or cause to form into curd; curdle.

[Middle English, variant of crud; probably akin to crowden, to press; see crowd1.]
curd'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

curd 
16c. metathesis of crud (1362), originally "any coagulated substance," probably from O.E. crudan "to press, drive," from PIE base *greut- "to press, coagulate," perhaps via ancestor of Gael. gruth (since cognates are unknown in other Gmc. or Romance languages). Curdle is c.1630, from crudle (1590), frequentative of crud.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: curd
Pronunciation: 'k&rd
Function: noun
: the thick casein-rich part of coagulated milk —curdy /-E/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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