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[kurd] / kɜrd /




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One of his new compositions, he said, came from a time he had remembered living on Bracken Road in Port Talbot and his mother had made him lemon curd sandwiches.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The Reserve is more substantial, with flavors of lemon curd, white flowers and toasted nuts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

To do so, the cheesemaker might stir or heat up the curd, which helps release whey and moisture.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2024

The cheesemaker's goal is to remove as much whey and moisture from the curd as they need to for their specific recipe.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2024

When he came in at noon and at night he ate well of the food which O-lan prepared for him, good rice and cabbage and bean curd, and good garlic rolled into wheat bread.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

So some producers are making more cheese for its byproduct whey, even if that means selling the leftover curds into a weaker market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

This is not a landscape in which someone strains curds with a square of cheesecloth—we are far from the ingredient kitchen.

From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2025

For a harder cheese like cheddar, the cheesemaker adds salt directly to the curds while they're still in the vat.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2024

Times columnists Anita Chabria and Mark Z. Barabak were in Milwaukee and laid off the beer and cheese curds so they could offer you their clear-eyed assessment of Day 3 of the Republican National Convention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024

Halfway there we stopped and ate a meal: boiled rice, dhal, vegetables and curds.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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