blanched

Example Sentences

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To prepare the samples, potatoes were rinsed, peeled, cut into strips, blanched, and salted.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

And in Germany, blanched white or savoy cabbage leaves stuffed with ground beef and cooked in a cream sauce are called kohlrouladen.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026

I attended a gathering of diplomats, journalists and scholars, and they had blanched faces as they discussed what it means.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Frank Rich, writing in the New York Times, praised “Grownups” as Feiffer’s “most moving and provocative work” but blanched at its painful content.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2025

The serving men brought out a heron stuffed with figs, veal cutlets blanched with almond milk, creamed herring, candied onions, foul-smelling cheeses, plates of snails and sweetbreads, and a black swan in her plumage.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin