Turned into curds; curdled or congealed, especially when referring to milk or other dairy products.
Past tense of 'curd,' from Middle English 'curd' or 'crud,' possibly from Old Norse origins, referring to the solid parts of coagulated milk.
A 'curds and whey' nursery rhyme actually describes real food science—when you add acid (like vinegar or lemon) to milk, the proteins coagulate into curds while the liquid whey separates, and this process has been making cheese for 8,000 years.
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