hot-iron test
Cheese-making (now historical )
noun
A test to determine the acidity of cheese curd, in which a piece of dry curd is melted on a hot iron bar and then slowly removed, and the length the strands of melted curd reach before breaking is estimated, longer strands correlating to higher acidity.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Janesville Gazette.
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