farmer's cheese

Thân thiện

A farmer spreads farmer's cheese on a slice of fresh bread.

Definition

Noun: A fresh, soft, unaged cheese with a mild, slightly tangy flavor and a crumbly texture, traditionally made from the curds of soured skim milk.

Usage

"Farmer's cheese" is used as a mass noun to refer to the food substance itself. It is commonly found in recipes, on menus, and in grocery stores. * The recipe calls for one cup of farmer's cheese. * She spread farmer's cheese on her bagel. * This salad is topped with crumbled farmer's cheese.

Advanced Usage

• As a Modifier: "Farmer's cheese" can modify other nouns to describe a type of dish or preparation.
  • I made a farmer's cheese spread with herbs.
  • He ordered the farmer's cheese pierogi.

Variants and Related Words

• Farmers' cheese: An alternate spelling using the plural possessive.
• Pot cheese: A very similar, sometimes slightly drier, fresh cheese.
• Cottage cheese: A related fresh cheese where the curds are kept loose and moist in a whey or cream dressing, unlike the more consolidated farmer's cheese.
• Curd cheese: A general term for cheeses made primarily from curds.

Synonyms

• Curd cheese
• Fresh cheese
• (In some contexts) Pot cheese

Different Meanings

The term "farmer's cheese" does not have widely divergent meanings. Its core meaning is the specific dairy product described. It should not be confused with other, firmer aged cheeses that a farmer might produce.

Related Phrases/Idioms

There are no common idioms or phrasal verbs using "farmer's cheese."

Học thuật

Noun

1. mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk

Từ đồng nghĩa

• cottage cheese
• pot cheese
• farm cheese