pickle brine
Sour jarred liquid
Pickle brine is the salty, acidic liquid in which cucumbers or other vegetables are preserved to make pickles.
It typically contains water, vinegar, salt, and spices.
The brine itself has culinary uses—some drink it straight, use it in cocktails, or add it to recipes for tang: She added a splash of pickle brine to the potato salad.
- vinegarAcidic cooking liquid
- saltSodium chloride compound
- dillFeathery culinary herb
- cucumbersCrisp elongated gourds
- fermentedTransformed by microbial action
tangy · sour · garlic · spices · jar · mason jar · crunchy · preserve · curing · barrel · kosher · gherkin · juice · marinade · soaking · peppercorns · mustard seed · cloudy
- Pickleskosher dills, kosher dill, gherkin, cornichon, cornichons
- Flavor BoostersMSG, soy sauce, fish sauce, miso, salt
- brinessalt water, saltwater, saline, salt solution, seawater
- preserverslife preserver, life jacket, life vest, buoy, life ring
- salty flavorssaltiness
- secret recipesBig Mac sauce, grandmother's recipe, Benedictine, proprietary blend
salinity/mineral content
pickle brinefresh water
Nonsaline H2O
distilled water · pure water · spring water · drinking water · purified water
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