Blanch

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 Irish international rugby league footballer
• Gertrude Blanch (1897–1996), American mathematician
• Johan Blanch, an Occitan troubadour
• Lesley Blanch (1904–2007), English writer, fashion editor and writer of history
• 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

See also

• Blanche (disambiguation)