Too much heat will make the custard curdle.
Too much heat will curdle the custard.
Recent Examples on the WebAlong with it, the zesty confidence of the early 2010s has curdled.—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024 The warnings that Ukraine might suffer setbacks on the frontline if the United States Congress continued to hold up a $60 billion aid package have now curdled into a bitter, brutal reality.—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024 What started out as indifference and apathy soon curdled into obstinance, willful ignorance and corruption.—Robert Kolker, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023 Eventually, that joy is curdled when health problems arise and she’s taken off-air.—Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024 Ideal for: Beans, stews, braises, large cuts of meat, cheesecake
Pro tip: Dairy can curdle under pressure, so consider stirring it in at the end of cooking instead.—Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024 That full range would curdle the analog-to-digital convertors built into most microcontroller boards, so the THAT compresses and shifts that range for the hybrid port.—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2023 The traditional version starts with fresh soy milk and curdles it with fresh ginger, yielding a custardy tofu-like pudding.—Michelle Tchea, Bon Appétit, 26 Aug. 2023 Their relationship begins to curdle when one party shows more than carnal interest in the other.—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
metathetic variant of cruddle, crudle, frequentative of crud entry 2
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