basic salt
Americannoun
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It also means that they don't need much fussing over before grilling, so you can keep their preparation as simple as you want — even a basic salt and pepper rub will do.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2022
Beyond the basic salt and sugar solutions that ready the fish for flavor and color development in the smoker, the particulars of spices, flavorings and types of wood chips are open to interpretation.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mordanting operation aims at fixing upon the fibre the necessary metallic oxide or insoluble basic salt, which is called the mordant, although the term is also applied to the original metallic salt employed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
Thus obtained, the basic salt, which has the composition Sn2N2O7, is a snow-white crystalline powder, which is partially decomposed by water, and slowly oxidized by long exposure to the air, or by heating to 100°.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 by Various
It forms yellow crystals soluble in water; the aqueous solution on standing gradually depositing a basic salt.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
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