SC - Steppes 12th Night Report

[Stefan li Rous]

Lord Ras mentions:

>A little tip> To remove most of the skin blanch the almonds, drain and
place
>on a towel, Wrap them up in the towel and sort of roll, rub and squeeze
them
>around. Rinse.  Repeat process.  This removes almost all of the brown
skin
>relatively easily.

Thanks, Ras. Now for a newbie question. What is *blanching*? Is this
boiling
the almonds and then perhaps putting them in cold (or ice) water?

Stefan li Rous


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