curds and whey
Cheese-making byproducts together
Curds and whey are the two components milk separates into when curdled—the solid lumps (curds) and the watery liquid (whey).
The phrase is familiar from the nursery rhyme about Little Miss Muffet.
Curds become cheese; whey is used in protein supplements and other food products.
- Little Miss MuffetNursery rhyme arachnophobe
- liquidFree-flowing substance
- dairyMilk-based foods collectively
- milkMammalian nursing fluid
- milk solidsNon-liquid dairy components
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- fresh cheesescottage cheese, cream cheese, ricotta, mozzarella, queso fresco
dairy processing state
curds and wheywhole milk
Unaltered dairy beverage
fresh milk · raw milk · homogenized milk · pasteurized milk · cream