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Rennet   /rˈɛnət/   Listen
Rennet

noun
1.
A substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket.






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"Rennet" Quotes from Famous Books



... Beyond the rennet-bag there is no change of conformation to note, except that the intestinal tube is naturally much longer than ours, on account of the difference of food: as a general rule, it is ten or twelve times the length of the body. The sheep, who is able ...
— The History of a Mouthful of Bread - And its effect on the organization of men and animals • Jean Mace

... rather a puzzle to him. Such was Godfrey Baldrian in appearance; but his portrait would not be complete if I did not add that he had the faintest possible tinge of Phariseeism in his expression. It was only a tinge, but with Phariseeism as with rennet, a very small quantity is enough to curdle ...
— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. VIII • Various



Words linked to "Rennet" :   rennin, organic compound, chymosin



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