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Secondary term

agitator, curd

URI

https://nomenclature.info/nom/4565 (opens semantic view)

Definition

A tool, usually in wood, with long and wide tines and a handle. Used to stir the curd while the whey is heated in the cheese-making process.

Definition source(s)

• American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), and Canadian Heritage Information Network / Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine. 2018. “Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage des objets de musée.” September 1, 2018. https://www.nomenclature.info/.

English

Term (International)

curd agitator

Inverted term (International)

agitator, curd

Alternative term(s)

curd stirrer

French

Term (International)

agitateur de caillé

Term gender (International)

masculine

Alternative term(s)

brasseur de caillé

Date created

2010-01-01

Date updated

2024-02-06

Bibliographic citation(s)

• Decker, John W. 1894. La fabrication du fromage cheddar. Translated by Émile Castel. Montréal, QC: E. Senécal. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.05971.
• Goss, E. F., and Glenwood Mutten. 1931. The Manufacture of Cottage Cheese in Iowa Creameries and Milk Plants. Circulars 126. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/128976108.pdf.
• Gouvernement du Québec. n.d. “Agitateur à lait.” Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec. Accessed October 23, 2023. https://www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/rpcq/detail.do?methode=consulter&id=94721&type=bien.
• Thom, Charles, and W. W. Fisk. 1918. The Book of Cheese. Rural Text-Book Series. New York: Macmillan Co. New York. http://books.google.com/books?id=37Y1AAAAMAAJ.

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