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  • adjective of milk, from which about half of the cream has been removed

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Examples

  • Serves 6213 calories per serving750g medium waxy potatoes such as Charlotte, scrubbed but not peeled500ml semi-skimmed milk1 whole garlic bulb, cloves bashed and peeled4 bay leaves12 scratches nutmeg100g Gruyère or other hard, strong cheese, finely grated3 tbsp half-fat crème fraîchePreheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4.

    Gratin dauphinois recipe 2011

  • Going the other way, Jamie Oliver calls for semi-skimmed milk in his hot chocolate.

    How to make perfect hot chocolate 2012

  • A desert of berries or fruit is served “if the nutrient content of the main course is not adequately diverse or if it contains little energy” along with skimmed or semi-skimmed milk and bread.

    Matthew Yglesias » School Lunch Or; How to Make Government Work 2009

  • It says customers have bought twice as many as originally predicted – currently 120,000 semi-skimmed milk bags per week or one in every 10 two-pint semi-skimmed units sold.

    Supermarket giant rolls out greener alternatives to plastic milk bottles 2010

  • Sainsbury's will today stock whole-milk bags following healthy sales of a trial of semi-skimmed milk bags, to be followed by skimmed and 1% fat milk bags next year.

    Supermarket giant rolls out greener alternatives to plastic milk bottles 2010

  • "The results found that, when consumed immediately after resistance-based muscle damaging exercise, both semi-skimmed milk and milk-based CHO-P helped to preserve more muscle than either the sports drink or water," the Dairy Council said.

    Milk Relieves Exercise Pain Steve Carper 2008

  • "In relation to milk, child weight was not linked to whether the children drank full-fat, semi-skimmed or skimmed milk."

    Archive 2007-01-01 Steve Carper 2007

  • "In relation to milk, child weight was not linked to whether the children drank full-fat, semi-skimmed or skimmed milk."

    Celebrities Attack Science! Steve Carper 2007

  • Give a child £1 to spend in the corner shop, and he or she is unlikely to come home with a banana and a pint of semi-skimmed milk.

    Sarah Vine din witted Times scribber: One the evils of chocolate. FIDO The Dog 2009

  • Tonight it was tinned chicken soup, peanut butter on toast and semi-skimmed milk.

    Her Fearful Symmetry AUDREY NIFFENEGGER 2009

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