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Blanch

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Blanch or blanching may refer to:

  • Blanch (medical), a temporary whitening of the skin due to transient ischemia
  • Blanching (cooking), cooking briefly in boiling water
  • Blanching (coinage), a method used to whiten metal
  • Blanching (horticulture), growing vegetables in dark conditions to produce pale shoots or leaves
  • Blanch fee, an ancient tenure in Scots land law
  • Blanch, North Carolina, an unincorporated community

Blanch is also a surname of:

  • Andrea Blanch (born 1935), portrait, commercial, and fine art photographer
  • Arnold Blanch (1896–1968), born and raised in Mantorville, Minnesota
  • Stuart Blanch, Baron Blanch
  • Damien Blanch (born 1983), Australian-born Ireland international rugby league footballer
  • Gertrude Blanch (1897–1996), American mathematician
  • Joan Blanch (1937–2014), Spanish politician
  • Johan Blanch, Occitan troubadour
  • John Blanch (c.1649–1725), British MP
  • Lesley Blanch (1904–2007), British journalist, historian and travel writer
  • Lucile Blanch (1895–1981), American artist and Guggenheim Fellow
  • Michael Blanch (born 1947), British diplomat
  • Myra Blanch, the fourth child of Hector and Elizabeth Blanch
  • Ulises Blanch (born 1998), American tennis player

See also

  • Blanche (disambiguation)
  • Blanca (disambiguation)
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