brine
- noun
- /braɪn/
- l told you to cure the lox in the brine and then smoke it.
- salt brine
- brine shrimp
Now they're also saying it's salt water brine, right?
- Now they're also saying it's salt water brine, right?
- For those of you who don't or don't have the ability to make your own, you can buy vegetable brine at the store as well.
- So I I tried three different versions of bananas and put them in brine.
- Oh my gosh, the Super tender moist, not over salty because we didn't leave it in the brine for too long.
- So I just heated up my dinner, which is Turkey with Taco seasoning, rice, zucchini, and wild brine sauerkraut.
- As flamingos eat brine shrimp and algae, their feathers become that signature hot pink.
Examples
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The melted butter had hardened, and pools of brine had formed on the platter.
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So for example, if I look at something like brine, brine is salt dissolved in water.
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The ocean smelled strongly of brine, but the wind had died.
Fiction book (1999) -
Early residents produced salt from seven large brine springs, or salines, across the region.
Academic text (2004) -
This cabbage has been soaked in brine... for two years in great vats.
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Yeah, it's a liter size jar, but it's just these green beans, garlic, dill and a saltwater brine solution.
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Tails of lizards, ears of swine, chicken gizzards soaked in brine.
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The cucumbers were placed in a brine to enhance their flavor and preserve them.
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Before cooking, the chef soaked the chicken in a brine solution to keep it moist.
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The ocean's brine is rich in salt, making it difficult for many plants to grow nearby.
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Compounds
A small animal like a tiny shrimp that lives in very salty water and is used as food for fish
How Salty
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Etymology
Brine comes from an old English word that meant 'salt water' or 'sea water'. That's why brine today is the very salty water used to preserve food or found in the sea.