Blanch or blanching may refer to:
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Andrea Blanch (born 1935), portrait, commercial, and fine art photographer
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Arnold Blanch (1896–1968), born and raised in Mantorville, Minnesota
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Stuart Blanch, Baron Blanch (1918–1994), Anglican bishop and archbishop
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Damien Blanch (born 1983), Australian-born Ireland international rugby league footballer
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Gertrude Blanch (1897–1996), American mathematician
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Joan Blanch (1937–2014), Spanish politician
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Johan Blanch, Occitan troubadour
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John Blanch (c. 1649–1725), British MP
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Lesley Blanch
Lesley Blanch, MBE, FRSL (6 June 1904, London – 7 May 2007, Garavan near Menton, France) was a British writer, historian and traveller. She is best known for '' The Wilder Shores of Love'', about Isabel Burton (who married the Arabist and exp ...
(1904–2007), British journalist, historian and travel writer
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Lucile Blanch (1895–1981), American artist and Guggenheim Fellow
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Michael Blanch (born 1947), British diplomat
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Ulises Blanch (born 1998), American tennis player
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Blanch Yurka (1887–1974), American actress and director
Blanching
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Blanching (cooking)
Blanching is a cooking process in which a food, usually a vegetable or fruit, is scalded in boiling water, removed after a brief, timed interval, and finally plunged into iced water or placed under cold running water (known as shocking or refres ...
, cooking briefly in boiling water
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Blanching (coinage), a method used to whiten metal
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Blanching (horticulture)
Blanching is a technique used in vegetable growing. Young shoots of a plant are covered to exclude light to prevent photosynthesis and the production of chlorophyll, and thus remain pale in color. Different methods used include covering with soil ...
, growing vegetables in dark conditions to produce pale shoots or leaves
Other uses
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Blanch (medical)
When skin is blanched, it takes on a whitish appearance as blood flow to the region is prevented. This occurs during and is the basis of the physiologic test known as diascopy.
Blanching of the fingers is also one of the most clinically evident ...
, a temporary whitening of the skin due to transient ischemia
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Blanch fee, an ancient tenure in Scots land law
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Blanch, North Carolina, an unincorporated community
See also
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Blanche (disambiguation)
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Blanca (disambiguation)
Blanca (meaning "white" in Spanish) may refer to:
Locations United States
* Casa Blanca, California or Blanca, a former unincorporated community
* Blanca, Colorado, a Statutory Town
*Blanca Peak, a mountain in Colorado
* Blanca Wetlands, a prote ...
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