"Broadback" wrote in message
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Ok, I accept that I am not the sharpest tool in the box, so what does
blanch for 1 minute actually mean?

1)Plunge the subject into boiling water then leave for 1 minute
2)Plunge into boiling water with heat on high, leave for 1 minute
3)Plunge into boiling water, bring back to boil and boil for 1 minute

According to a ministry of agriculture food and fisheries booklet ( a very
old one) that I had it meant no.3 it also added that the quantities should
be such that after plunging the veg in the water should get back up to the
boil in a minute.


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Chris Thomas
West Cork
Ireland