knead

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Crumble the tofu in a clean tea towel or piece of cotton sheeting, gather the ends up and twist, knead, and squeeze for a couple of minutes to extract as much of the water from the tofu as possible.

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  1. transitive verb To mix and work into a uniform mass, as by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands: kneading dough.
  2. transitive verb To make or shape by or as if by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands.
  3. transitive verb To squeeze, press, or roll with the hands, as in massaging: kneading a painful calf muscle.

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  • Her new book, "Kneadlessly Simple" (Wiley, $29.95), showcases a knead-free technique for making yeast dough that can save home-bakers a lot of work. —  Victorville Daily Press :
  • Handle the soft, supple dough gently, taking care to neither overwork it in the food processor nor over-knead it. —  Boston.com Most Popular
  • Crumble the tofu in a clean tea towel or piece of cotton sheeting, gather the ends up and twist, knead, and squeeze for a couple of minutes to extract as much of the water from the tofu as possible. —  Notes from the Vegan Feast Kitchen/ 21st Century Table
  • To make my sourdough I now continue to do it all by hand, relatively quickly, with really superior results to what I got before using no-knead or even stand mixer. —  The Fresh Loaf
  • With the no-knead, we'll start it the first day of class and bake it the second. —  The Fresh Loaf
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knead:   kneading ·  kneaded
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan.

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  1. from Middle English kneden, cneden (past participle knoden), from Anglo-Saxon cnedan, also ge-cnedan (a strong verb, preterit cnæd, past participle encden), gecneden, Old Northumbrian gecnæden = Dutch kneeden = Middle Low German kneden, Low German kneien, kneen = Old High German chnetan, cnetan, Middle High German kneten, knetten, German kneten = Icelandic knodha = Norwegian knoda, knaada, knoa, kna = Swedish knåda, knead; prob. Old Bulgarian gneta, gnesti, press, = Bohemian knetu, knisti = Polish gniote, gniesc, knead, = Russian gnetate, gnestĭ, press, squeeze.
 

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