sour cream

noun

: a soured cream product produced by the action of lactobacilli

Examples of sour cream in a Sentence

He put sour cream on his baked potato.
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Dried Lemon and Fresh Chive Sour Cream Sauce: Combine 3 tablespoons minced fresh chives, 1 cup sour cream, ¼ teaspoon dried lemon peel (or ½ teaspoon grated fresh lemon zest), generous pinch salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2024 Potato latkes are also made in-house and served with sour cream and homemade applesauce, 1 for $3, 6 for $16 or 12 for $30. Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add buttermilk, sour cream, almond extract, vanilla, and egg yolks. Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 9 Dec. 2024 Hard Cheeses While soft cheeses and other moisture-rich dairy products like sour cream don’t tend to freeze well, hard cheeses like Parmesan and cheddar can be frozen and thawed just fine. Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sour cream 

Word History

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sour cream was in 1776

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“Sour cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sour%20cream. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

sour cream

noun
: a thick cream soured by the addition of a special kind of bacterium and used especially in cooking

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