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Definitions of blanch in various dictionaries:
verb - turn pale, as if in fear
verb - cook (vegetables) briefly
To take the color from; bleach.
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| It can mean to make white, or to boil fruit or vegetables briefly, then plunge them into cold water |
| From French "to make white", it's to boil food for a short time |
| To do this to almonds, place in boiling water very briefly, rinse in cold water, then remove the skin |
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| to become pale, esp. from being surprised: |
| to cook food, esp. vegetables, in boiling water for a very brief time: |
| To turn white or become pale: Their faces blanched in terror. |
| To cause to turn white or become pale. |
| To whiten (a growing plant or plant part) by covering to cut off direct light. |
| To scald (food) briefly, as before freezing or as a preliminary stage in preparing a dish. |
| To scald (almonds, for example) in order to loosen the skin. |
| To whiten (a metal) by soaking in acid or by coating with tin. |
| To take the color from bleach. |
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Blanch or blanching may refer to:* Blanch (medical), a temporary whitening of the skin due to transient ischemia * Blanching (cooking), cooking briefly in boiling water * Blanching (coinage), a method used to whiten metal * Blanching (horticulture), growing vegetables in dark conditions to produce pale shoots or leaves * Blanch fee, an ancient tenure in Scots land law * Blanch, North Carolina, an unincorporated communityBlanch is also a surname of: * * Andrea Blanch (born 1935), portrait, commercial, and fine art photographer * Arnold Blanch (18961968), born and raised in Mantorville, Minnesota * Stuart Blanch, Baron Blanch * Damien Blanch (born 1983), Australian-born Irish international rugby league footballer * Gertrude Blanch (18971996), American mathematician * Joan Blanch (19372014), Spanish politician * Johan Blanch, Occitan troubadour * John Blanch (c.16491725), British MP * Lesley Blanch (19042007), English writer, fashion editor and writer of history * Lucile Blanch (18951981), American artist and Guggenhei |