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brine

[brahyn] / braɪn /


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Savory cocktails have become de rigueur in recent years, and if we’re willing to sip olive or oyster brine, why not try some broth in your drink?

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

"We do not know if these magnesium organic compounds were contributed by brine chemistry or were simply left over from earlier impact shock processes."

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

The reserve has experienced 16 major equipment failures since 2013, including of raw water and brine disposal piping.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Smaller briskets take three to four days to brine, while larger cuts can take one week.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

“After we harvest the plankton, the brine is evaporated and the salt is processed for sale. These are the highest salt mountains in the world. People come from all over to admire them.”

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

Highly concentrated brines can keep phosphate dissolved in solution and can promote chemical reactions involving organic compounds and minerals that precipitate from solution.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Electroflow Technologies, a startup that aims to make it cheaper and easier to extract lithium from brines, has raised $10 million in venture funding to support larger trials of its process.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 30, 2025

He continues: “Here is my super complicated thought process for this dish: pickle brines require salt, sugar, and vinegar.”

From Salon Mar. 19, 2025

Companies pump salty, lithium-containing brines from underground aquifers into vast, shallow pools and wait for the Sun to evaporate most of the water, concentrating the lithium ions.

From Science Magazine Nov. 27, 2024

The use of certain chemical preservatives such as strong sugar and salt solutions, saltpeter brines, and acid pickles has long been known and countenanced.

From Food Poisoning by Edwin Oakes Jordan

The chicken is brought in whole before being butchered and brined in-house.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Even when the tomatoes are gone and the bread stall is picked clean, you can usually find some jar of something sharp, spicy and brined: giardiniera, hot peppers, spicy dills, pickled carrots.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Eaton uses a carefully sourced heritage breed bird that’s brined, deboned and served in butter for $35.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Melissa Miranda of Musang and Kilig, a James Beard finalist for Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific, also has a Jollibee-inspired buttermilk brined chicken thigh on her menu.

From Seattle Times May 29, 2024

There was roast duck and sweet, brined pork and tender, spiced lamb.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

April is notorious for brining a mixed bag of unpredictable weather and this week has been a real example of that.

From BBC Apr. 26, 2026

The battery brining liquid is a hazardous waste product too and is trucked to another specialized facility, the agency said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2025

“We took him out of the game as soon as he was brining it up to the trainers and coaches,” Baldelli said.

From Washington Times Sep. 30, 2023

Easiest, juiciest roast chicken without faffing around with brining the day before or all these fancy tricks.

From Salon May 29, 2023

To be honest, there was another reason I chose the brining and grilling method.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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