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whey

Watery by-product of the cheesemaking process, which is drained off after the milk has been heated and rennet (a curdling agent) added to induce its coagulation.

In Scandinavia, especially Norway, whey is turned into cheese, mysost and (from goat's whey) gjetost. The flavour of whey cheese is sweet from added brown sugar and is an acquired taste.

When whey is heated under controlled conditions, the protein molecules polymerize to form an edible film. In 1995 US researchers were looking at applications for this film in the food preservation industry.



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--the whey and the grapes being necessaries of life to certain invalids whom physicians cannot repair, and who only continue to exist by the grace of whey or grapes.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
But you'd like a drink o' whey first, p'r'aps; I know you're fond o' whey, as most folks is when they hanna got to crush it out.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
It is true, I sometimes made a shift to catch a rabbit, or bird, by springs made of YAHOO'S hairs; and I often gathered wholesome herbs, which I boiled, and ate as salads with my bread; and now and then, for a rarity, I made a little butter, and drank the whey.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
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