blanchers
Quick-dip cooking pots
Blanchers are devices or vessels used to blanch food—briefly immersing vegetables or fruits in boiling water or steam, then rapidly cooling them.
This process preserves color, texture, and nutrients before freezing or canning.
Commercial blanchers are large industrial machines; home cooks use simple pots with baskets.
The term also applies to people who blanch food: The blanchers worked the processing line.
Partially cook in water
- scaldBurn with hot liquid
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
- ice bathTherapeutic immersion in frigid water
- boiling waterH2O at 212°F
immerse · plunge · refresh · precook · soften · vegetables · al dente · texture
Industrial ingredient transformation
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- productionMaking or generating something
- canningAirtight food preservation
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
freezing · packaging · dehydration · tunnel · batch · continuous · belt · thermal
Mechanism that transports items
- washerSpacer ring for fasteners
- steamerVapor-powered vessel
- hot water tankInsulated vessel storing heated supply
- timerDuration-tracking mechanism
parboil
Partially cook in water
- scaldBurn with hot liquid
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
- ice bathTherapeutic immersion in frigid water
boiling water · immerse · plunge · refresh · precook · soften · vegetables · al dente · texture · steaming
food processing
Industrial ingredient transformation
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- productionMaking or generating something
- canningAirtight food preservation
preservation · freezing · packaging · dehydration · tunnel · batch · continuous · belt · thermal · food industry
conveyor
Mechanism that transports items
- washerSpacer ring for fasteners
- steamerVapor-powered vessel
- hot water tankInsulated vessel storing heated supply
blanchersslow cookers
Appliances for prolonged simmering
crock pots · braisers · roasters · smokers · pressure cookers
- blanched almondNut stripped of brown coat