What Does 'bring The Vegetables To A Blow' In Recipe Terms Mean (Uk)?

[numan]

I've seen this expression, 'bring the vegetables to a blow' in a Nigella Lawson pumpkin recipe, but not being a cook AT ALL, I wondered if it was just a typo for boil, or that this really is a cooking term!
Please help, as my grandchildren are looking forward to the soup this weekend!
PS Wish me luck - I'm gonna need it!

[mikey4444]

Must be a typo surely ?

[RATTER15]

Typo for sure.

[jno]

typo for what, then? Can't say I've ever heard of it.

[numan]

That's what I thought, but didn't want to assume, not being a cook! I've trawled the net and can't find any cooking definition for it, so I guess it is a typo. What threw me, was the phrase 'to A blow' and not 'to THE blow'. I've always heard it as 'bring to THE boil', so thought it must be something else!
I really must try harder..
Thanks x

[numan]

'Boil' jno

[jno]

it appears not to be Nigella's own, so it won't have been proofread

http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/easy-pumpkin-soup-4003

to the boil... I suppose. Maybe it was written by predictive text.

[numan]

Thanks for all your help everyone. I'm going for 'boil' then!

[B00]

ive heard the term "bring to A boil" instead of the normal "bring to THE boil"

[pastafreak]

I have to admit, I'd say 'to A boil'...but that's me.

[boxtops]

"Boil the veg" LOL

[bednobs]

"open tin" for me

[Canary42]

Are you sure it isn't a typo for "bring ... to a bowl", which seems more likely to my (non-cooking) mind :-)