"A process of cooking food in boiling water for only a short amount of time to retain the color, to help preserve nutrients and to firm foods, such as vegetables. It is also used to prepare vegetables for canning or freezing and to tenderize them for further cooking processes. A Parboil procedure involves placing small quantities of food into a large amount of rapidly boiling water for the amount of time specified in the recipe. Food is added in small quantities so that the boiling process is not disturbed or decreased. If the food is not to be cooked again or if it is not to be served immediately or if it is to be canned or frozen, then the food should be plunged into a cold water bath (shocked), after being removed from the boiling water in order to stop any further cooking action. However, if further cooking is to occur immediately thereafter to the food just boiled, a cold bath is not necessary. This process may also be referred to as parcooking or parblanching." - http://www.recipetips.com
partly boiled. The food is partly cooked and finished off when needed.
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par means EQUAL
qu'entendez-vous par ... means "what do you mean by...", literally "what do you hear by..."
Shrimp cocktail is not cooked, though the shrimps will be par boiled and cleaned before you add your sauce
Divisé par means divide by.
PAR = Photosynthetically Active Radiation
the root par means equal or equal to depending on the word. This is like in golf when you get a par. means equal to the average.
That means that the par for the course is 71. And THAT means that if you get par on every hole it will equal 71.
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Par is taken as an average. Blow par means less than average, or not so good.
PAR AVION is French for via airmail. Par is French for via (or by means of); avion is French for airplane.
less then par