rennet
pronunciation
How to pronounce rennet in British English:
UK [ˈrenɪt]
How to pronounce rennet in American English:
US [ˈrɛnɪt]
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- Noun:
- a substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket
Word Origin
- rennet
- rennet: [15] Rennet probably goes back to an unrecorded Old English *rynet. This appears to have been derived from the verb run, which was used dialectally into the 20th century for ‘curdle’. The underlying notion is of the solid parts of milk ‘running’ together and coagulating.=> run
- rennet (n.1)
- "inner membrane of a calf's fourth stomach," c. 1400, probably from an unrecorded Old English *rynet, related to gerennan "cause to run together," because it makes milk run or curdle; from Proto-Germanic *rannijanan, causative of *renwanan "to run" (see run (v.)). Compare German rinnen "to run," gerinnen "to curdle."
- rennet (n.2)
- variety of apple, 1560s, from French reinette, literally "little queen," diminutive of reine "queen," from Latin regina (see Regina).
Example
- 1. Study on screening of rennet in quark procession .
- 2. Many vegetarians are also concerned about animal rennet used in the cheese making process .
- 3. Using calf abomasum as material , the concentration of salt and alcohol , ph values of extraction solution and time of extraction on the effect of calf rennet extraction were studied .
- 4. What is the source of rennet ?
- 5. Equipment shaping for the production of rennet casein .