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To understand the soul may have required silk, cheesecloth, cotton wool, even offal—but these mundane materials, Warner shows us, held meaning.
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David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
In the Balkans and Turkey, some traditional recipes called for dropping ants into warm milk, covering it with cheesecloth, and burying the whole thing in an ant mound overnight.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Dab a little Mod Podge on your pumpkin and glue down the edge of the cheesecloth, muslin or gauze.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Regardless of your preferred combo, making fire cider is about as easy as, well, pie: Just pack your preferred items into a glass jar, let the mixture steep for a few weeks, strain it through cheesecloth, and add a sweetener like honey as necessary.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 16 Sep. 2025
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David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
In the Balkans and Turkey, some traditional recipes called for dropping ants into warm milk, covering it with cheesecloth, and burying the whole thing in an ant mound overnight.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Dab a little Mod Podge on your pumpkin and glue down the edge of the cheesecloth, muslin or gauze.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Regardless of your preferred combo, making fire cider is about as easy as, well, pie: Just pack your preferred items into a glass jar, let the mixture steep for a few weeks, strain it through cheesecloth, and add a sweetener like honey as necessary.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Cheesecloth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheesecloth. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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cheesecloth
noun
cheese·cloth
-ˌklȯth 
: a thin loosely woven cotton cloth
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