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
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
A blue basic salt is precipitated first, which, on boiling, rapidly changes to the rose-coloured hydroxide.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
When the ammonium oxalate is substituted by the potassium salt, the operation becomes more difficult, as a basic salt is formed at the opposite pole, and is not easily reduced.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various
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