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a violent dunk in boiling water that locks color in by stopping a vegetable's slow self-destruction.
shock stopice bath halts cooking before texture turns to mush
enzyme killerheat disarms enzymes that dull color and flavor
peel trickloosens tomato and almond skins in seconds
freezer prepvegetables blanched first survive months without going gray
old meaningalso means to go pale with sudden fear