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| | Cheese, fresh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29) |
 | | To turn milk into natural cheese, it is first cultured (like buttermilk or yogurt) with bacteria, then curdled--broken into curds (solids) and whey (liquid)--by the use of a culturing agent such as the enzyme rennin. |
 | | This fresh cheese may then be sold as is or aged, or ripened, to further dry it and develop its flavor. |
 | | Cottage cheese: The traditional "dieter's delight," and certainly a healthful food in its low-fat form, cottage cheese exhibits the first stage of all cheesemaking: the separation of milk or cream into curds and whey. |
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