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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch stremsel. Equivalent to stremmen + -sel. Cognate with West Frisian strjemsel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstrɛm.səl/
- Hyphenation: strem‧sel
- Rhymes: -ɛmsəl
Noun
stremsel n (plural stremsels)
- rennet; an enzyme used as the first step in making cheese, to curdle the milk and coagulate the casein in it, derived by soaking the fourth stomach of a milk-fed calf in brine
- Synonyms: leb, runsel
- Om kaas te maken heeft men stremsel nodig. ― You need rennet in order to make cheese.
1710, François Halma, Woordenboek der Nederduitsche en Fransche taalen:Stremsel. Zeker vogt dat men in de melk doet om ze te doen stremmen.- Rennet. A certain fluid added to milk in order to make it curdle.
- Year unknown, Hermina Grolman, Eigen Volk, vol. 2, page 23.
Dit stremsel bestond uit een aftreksel van nuchtere kalvermagen, kalverlebben genaamd.- This rennet consisted of an infusion of abstemious calf stomachs called calf maws.
- (obsolete) any curdled liquid, especially milk
1657, Joost van den Vondel, “'De CXVIII. Harpzang'”, in De werken van Vondel. Deel 8. 1656-1660, page 516:Hun hart verhardt, als stremsel, zonder zegen...- Their hearts hardened, like curdled milk, graceless...
- 1807, Johannes le Francq van Berkhey, Natuurlyke historie van Holland, vol. 6, publ. P. H. Trap, page 251.
De jonge Kalveren, die altoos een soort van stremsel, ja zelfs stukken geronnen kaas, in de maag hebben...- The young Calves, which always have a kind of curdled milk, yes, even chunks of clotted cheese in their stomachs...
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