There were no oars in the boat, but I contrived to paddle, as well as my parboiled hands would allow, down the river towards Halliford and Walton, going very tediously and continually looking behind me, as you may well under- stand.

They have a parboiled appearance, are afflicted with hang-nails, while the nails are broken and discoloured, and the edges of the quick seem to be assuming a fungoid sort of growth.

There are no estates to manage, no rents to return so much per cent upon in bad times (which is an extremely dear way of getting your name into the newspapers), no voters to become parboiled in hot water with, no agents to take the cream off the milk before it comes to table.

For the bhajis: Parboil the cauliflower for 4 mins in a pan of boiling water, then remove with a slotted spoon and cool slightly.

An Italian immigrant once told me that gardeners in the Liguria region parboil the buds and add them to crumbled sausage in a frying pan.

Researchers have used a variety of techniques to parboil rice.

ALWAYS PARBOIL THE SPUDS Did you know that if you parboil or steam your roast potatoes before popping them in the oven, they'll soak up less oil and fat?

Alternatively you can just parboil and fluff the potatoes ahead.

Parboil them for five minutes then put them on a tray with FryLight."

"You cut the quince in quarters like pears, parboil them and then fry slowly in butter; they were delicious and are used a lot in Middle Eastern cooking."

Parboil the potatoes in water and cut in half lengthways, drain well.

Parboil your potatoes for 8-10 minutes, drain and leave in pan with a tea towel over them to draw out the moisture.