rennet

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The function of this inoculation with bacterial starter is to lower the pH so that the rennet will be able to act on the milk protein (casein).

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  1. noun The inner lining of the fourth stomach of calves and other young ruminants.
  2. noun A dried extract made from the stomach lining of a ruminant, used in cheesemaking to curdle milk.
  3. noun See rennin.

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  • After the addition of rennet, the milk is incubated at a temperature of 37 C for 60 - 75 min. —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • You may find some cheese makers on the web who prefer liquid rennet, and disparage the use of rennet tablets. —  doggdot.us
  • The function of this inoculation with bacterial starter is to lower the pH so that the rennet will be able to act on the milk protein (casein). —  doggdot.us
  • Cultures of bacteria friendly rennet are added to the milk, which after a period of time, begins to thicken. —  The Journal-Standard Homepage RSS
  • The Munich-based researchers produced water-insoluble, spherical milk protein matrices using rennet (Naturen, Chr. Hansen) with an average size of 68 micrometres. —  FoodNavigator RSS
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  1. Middle English, probably from Old English *rynet; see rei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English renet; also dial. runnet, from Middle English renet, variant of *renel, *rennels, rennelesse, renels, renlys, rendlys (= Middle Dutch rinsel, runsel), rennet, from rennen, run: see run.
  2. from rennet, n.
  3. Formerly also renat, renate (simulating renate, as if in allusion to grafting) (=D, renet =G. renette =Swedish renett =Danish reinette), from French reinette, rainette, a pippin, rennet; either (a) from Old French reinette, roynette, a little queen (a name given to meadow-sweet), diminutive of reine, from Latin regina, queen, feminine of rex (reg-), king (see rex); or (b) from Old French rainette, a little frog (because, it is supposed, the apple was speckled like the skin of a frog), diminutive of raine, a frog, from Latin rana, a frog: see Rana.
 

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