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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
curdle .
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Examples
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And so if milk has been sitting around for a while, it's not perfectly fresh, it's developed some acidity and then you heat it, that's when it curdles.
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GROSS: Is that also why milk curdles when you cook it - when you cook it past the boiling point?
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"I like a combination of 7-up and milk," said fuchsoid, "Be sure to drink it before it curdles."
The readers' room: What you thought of G2 this week . . . Phil Daoust 2010
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While I'm sure it can be argued that it's healthier than bovine milk, or better tasting, or more humane, there's something that curdles my stomach when I think about it.
The Stir: Baby Gaga Breast Milk Ice Cream Is Vomitous The Stir 2011
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She joined Faux Noise, because they paid her millions of dollars and she is allowed, no encouraged to publicly throw out any bit of stupid crap that curdles in her little head.
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Parsnips with cardamom and yoghurt I love the way the yoghurt curdles into tiny grains and clings to the parsnips in this recipe.
Nigel Slater: Slow-cooked autumn stews and casseroles Nigel Slater 2010
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This autumn I have also taken to cooking root vegetables in the way of the Italian dish of pork cooked in milk, so that the dairy produce (I use yoghurt) curdles around the outside of the vegetables into little brown nuggets.
Nigel Slater: Slow-cooked autumn stews and casseroles Nigel Slater 2010
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While I'm sure it can be argued that it's healthier than bovine milk, or better tasting, or more humane, there's something that curdles my stomach when I think about it.
The Stir: Baby Gaga Breast Milk Ice Cream Is Vomitous The Stir 2011
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He is funny, he's relatively honest, and is usually the least-objectionable player, but whenever he opens his mouth to reveal glimpses of his life and favorite pastimes in Texas, the Mordor of America, he curdles my blood.
Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12 : Mothra, the Penguin, and the Succubus. 2010
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He is funny, he's relatively honest, and is usually the least-objectionable player, but whenever he opens his mouth to reveal glimpses of his life and favorite pastimes in Texas, the Mordor of America, he curdles my blood.
Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12 : Mothra, the Penguin, and the Succubus. 2010
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