Celery that has been blanched or whitened through covering, a culinary preparation technique.
From French 'apium' (celery) via Old French, combined with the English suffix -age denoting an action or process, literally 'the treatment of celery.'
This French culinary term reveals an elegant truth: blanching vegetables makes them milder and more tender, which is why fancy restaurants still use this medieval technique today.
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