Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CURDED
Verb
curded
simple past tense and past participle of curd
Adjective
curded (not comparable)
(in combination) Having curds of a specified kind.
soft-curded milk
Source: Wiktionary
CURD
Curd (krd), n. Etym: [Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. gruth, Ir, gruth, cruth, curd, cruthaim I milk.] [Sometimes written crud.]
1. The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distingushed from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese. Curds and cream, the flower of country fare. Dryden.
2. The coagulated part of any liquid.
3. The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower. Broccoli should be cut while the curd, as the flowering mass is termed, is entire. R. Thompson. Cauliflowers should be cut for use while the head, or curd, is still close and compact. F. Burr.
Curd (krd), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curded;p. pr. &* vb. n. Curding.]
Definition: To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle. Does it curd thy blood To say I am thy mother Shak.
Curd, v. i.
Definition: To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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