Blanched peanuts, as prepared for making peanut butter or for eating as nuts, are roasted seeds whose seedcoats have been rubbed off.

All but four stories are narrated by Holmes's friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson ; two are narrated by Holmes himself (" The Blanched Soldier " and " The Lion's Mane ") and two others are written in the third person (" The Mazarin Stone " and " His Last Bow ").

" The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier " and " The Adventure of the Lion's Mane " are both narrated by Holmes himself, the latter being set after his retirement.

Blanched vegetables, having been exposed to very hot water, have already had these enzymes rendered largely ineffective, so a blanching or sauteing pre-cook stage will leave more vitamins intact.

Blanched kai-lan with oyster sauce

The other story is " The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier ".

" The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier " 1926 is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes short stories ( 56 total ) by Arthur Conan Doyle in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes first published Strand Magazine October 1921-April 1927.

* 34 Carte Blanched 5 / 14 / 69 ( GC )-The Inspector discovers he has accidentally stolen a shopping cart from his local supermarket.

In Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds, Violet Hunter becomes the second wife of Dr. Watson mentioned in The Illustrious Client and The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier.

* Toward the Blanched Alphabets.

* Towards the Blanched Alphabets ( Talisman House, 1998.

The northern and western sides consist of stony but fertile plains, which are well cultivated and produce luxuriant crops of grain, with some cotton, vines, almonds, olives and figs, but the most characteristic crop of Aegina today ( 2000s ) is pistachio.

Cyanides are found, although in small amounts, in certain seeds and fruit stones, e. g., those of apple, mango, peach, and bitter almonds.

Thirteen desserts in Provence are the traditional Christmas dessert, e. g. quince cheese, biscuits, almonds, nougat, apple, and fougasse.

Nowadays other ingredients ( which were unavailable or just too expensive in earlier centuries ) like almonds and pieces of oranges are added.

Salts of strong acids and strong bases (" strong salts ") are non-volatile and odorless, whereas salts of either weak acids or weak bases (" weak salts ") may smell after the conjugate acid ( e. g., acetates like acetic acid ( vinegar ) and cyanides like hydrogen cyanide ( almonds )) or the conjugate base ( e. g., ammonium salts like ammonia ) of the component ions.

Soup almonds are crisp bread croutons that are often added to soup in Israel

* 2: Take clean wheat and bray it in a mortar well that the hulls go all off, ( this means that the hulls are broken off ) and seethe it till it burst, and take it up ( out of the water ) and let it cool ; and take fair fresh broth and sweet milk of almonds, or sweet milk of kine ( cow's milk ) and temper it all, and take yolks of eggs.

Spiraeoideae as defined before 2007 is paraphyletic, leading some authors to define a broader subfamily which includes the Spiraeoideae as well as the Maleae ( plants such as pears and apples whose fruits are pomes ), and the Amygdaloideae ( including almonds and plums, whose fruits are drupes ).

* Nut flours are grated from oily nuts — most commonly almonds and hazelnuts — and are used instead of or in addition to wheat flour to produce more dry and flavourful pastries and cakes.

These reaches of the Douro have a microclimate allowing for cultivation of olives, almonds, and especially grapes that are important for making the famous Port wine.

* Catànies are Catalan marcona almonds covered by white chocolate and powdered black chocolate to eat with the coffee.

* Panellets are small pastries made of pine nuts, almonds and sugar with different shapes and flavors, eaten during la Castanyada, that Catalans celebrate on 1 November instead of Halloween.

Durham's main agricultural products are almonds and walnuts.

" There are orchards of fruit trees such as almonds, apples, peaches, and pears, along the side of the roads around Highway 138.

Likewise, almonds instead of hazelnuts are included, which is relevant at least for hazelnut allergy.

In the Levant, croissants are sold plain or filled with chocolate, cheese, almonds, or zaatar.

In the UK, various ingredients such as jam, custard, apricots, raisins, flaked almonds, pecans or caramelized toffee are placed on or within sections of divided dough, which is then baked.

French pralines are a combination of almonds and caramelized sugar.

In Europe, the nuts are usually almonds or sometimes hazelnuts.

Many varieties of nuts, such as almonds and peanuts, can also be started in their growth cycle by soaking and sprouting, although because the sprouts are generally still very small when eaten, they are usually called " soaks ".

In captivity the eclectus parrot does benefit from a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, leafy greens such as endive and dandelion, as well as a variety of seeds, including spray millet, and a few nuts such as shelled almonds and shelled walnuts.

Nuts, especially pistachios, chestnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, and walnuts, together with spices, have a special place in Turkish cuisine.

The preservation of plant remains is poor because of the soil conditions, but wild cereals, legumes, almonds, acorns and pistachios may have been collected.

Fresh chestnut fruits have about 180 calories ( 800 kJ ) per 100 grams of edible parts, which is much lower than walnuts, almonds, other nuts and dried fruit ( about 600 kcal / 100 g ).

Since 1940, " maraschino cherries " have been defined as " cherries which have been dyed red, impregnated with sugar and packed in a sugar sirup flavored with oil of bitter almonds or a similar flavor ".

* In July 1998, a number of 100 g ( 3. 5 oz ) milk chocolate bars being sold for fund raising events were recalled because they may have contained traces of almonds not listed in the ingredients.

A total of 225 species of flora have been identified in the area including pistachios, juniper, wild olives, wild ash and wild almonds.

The reaches of the valley of the Douro River in northern Portugal have a microclimate that is optimal for cultivation of olives, almonds, and especially grapes important for making port wine.

Since then many clinical trials have found that consumption of various nuts such as almonds and walnuts can lower serum LDL cholesterol concentrations.

Traditional versions from Cremona, Lombardy, range widely in texture ( morbido, soft and chewy, to duro, hard and brittle ) and in flavor ( with various citrus flavorings, vanilla, etc., added to the nougat ) and may contain whole hazelnuts, almonds and pistachios or only have nut meal added to the nougat.

The leaves can have the scent of almonds when crushed.

Despite the known history on the introduction and acceptance of almonds into Italian cuisine, more recent takes on the meanings and origins have come about, further popularized by the two major brands.

In Slovenia, especially in the Western part of the country, during the first day of the year and on Epiphany, children go from house to house because villagers will give them almonds, dried figs, nuts, cookies or other good things that they have at home.

Extant sections treat of apples, peaches, quinces, citrons, almonds, chestnuts, parsnips, and various other edibles, with an emphasis on the medical effects they have on the body ( quoting Dioscorides sometimes ).

Strands of saffron and chopped almonds and pistachios have been used for garnishing.

The clear, non-allergenic resins may smell like almonds, but at least the most well known resins, frankincense and myrrh, have an odor that is distinct from almonds, smelling like incense.

It bears long, flat edible beans with bright green seeds the size and shape of plump almonds which have a rather peculiar smell, characterised by some as being similar to natural gas.

The term is also applied to a type of candy consisting of sheets or chunks of semisweet or milk chocolate to which almonds or almond pieces, and / or cherry almond flavoring have been added.

The woodlands of the region are home to many fruit trees, shrubs, and vines that have proved valuable for human use and selective breeding, including pomegranate ( Punica granatum ), wild grapes Vitis sylvestris, fig ( Ficus carica ), wild apple ( Malus turkmenorum ), wild pear ( Pyrus boissieriana ), wild cherries ( Prunus spp., also called Cerasus microcarpa, C. erythrocarpa, C. blinovskii ), wild prune ( Prunus divaricata ), almonds ( Amygdalus communis = Prunus dulcis, and A. scoparia = Prunus scoparia ), and hawthorns ( Crataegus spp.