0 present participle of blanch
2 to put vegetables or similar foods into boiling water for a few minutes to make them white, remove the skins, get rid of strong flavours, or prepare them for freezing:
blanched almonds
Throbbing hearts, twitching limbs, the pitiable blanching of cheeks would touch even heartless souls.
They once were set but now they are not, were once a part of the fog's blanching continuum, now they rest on top like exhibits or samples.
There is known to be some loss of nutritional value during the blanching which precedes both the dehydration and deepfreezing processes.
Although the prescription covered vascular effects—blanching and numbness—it should also cover the well recognised neurological effects.
Blanching or soaking and blanching as a processing step before freezing can extend the freezer life up to 12 months.
It is also used to rapidly raise the temperature of foods, as with blanching.
The meaning of blanching is to whiten, but this is not always the purpose of blanching in cooking.
When treated with reactive oxygen species, its protective effect can be maximized by blanching with hypochlorite ion.
