Example Sentences

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Case in point: parboiling potatoes before roasting them.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2022

My go-to meal for the first night when everybody trickles in at different times typically involves marinating a mix of sturdy veggies and meats in herbs and garlic and parboiling cubed potatoes.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2021

Beyond that, I find that parboiling helps to set the texture of the pasta by cooking it evenly, and prevents it from becoming sticky when baked.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2017

On the day of the parboiling, Ray badgered people who were already vomiting, hallucinating, or passing out to “play full on!” as he liked to say, urging manic commitment to the exercise at hand.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2016

Some trepang, beech-le-mer, or sea slug, was brought to Captain Doutty, which he attempted to cure by cleansing, parboiling, and drying in the sun.

From The Wreck on the Andamans by Darvall, Joseph