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 (6 June 19047 May 2007) was a British writer and traveller. She is best known for '' The Wilder Shores of Love'', about Isabel Burton (who married the Arabist and explorer Richard), Jane Digby el-Mezrab (Lady Ellenborough, the so ...
(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 process in which a food, usually a vegetable or fruit, is partially cooked by first scalding in boiling water, then removing after a brief timed interval, and finally plunging into iced water or placing under cold running water (k ...
, cooking briefly in boiling water
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Blanching (coinage), a method used to whiten metal
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Blanching (horticulture), 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
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Blanche (disambiguation)
Blanche may refer to:
People
* Blanche (singer), stage name of Belgian singer and songwriter Ellie Delvaux
* Blanche (given name)
* Blanche (surname)
Places Australia
* Blanche Harbor (South Australia), a bay on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula
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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 protecte ...
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