rock salt
Coarse winter mineral
Rock salt is salt in its natural, coarsely crystalline form, extracted from underground deposits rather than evaporated from seawater.
It's commonly spread on icy roads and sidewalks to lower the freezing point of water: The city trucks spread rock salt before the storm.
Rock salt also appears in ice cream makers and as a cooking presentation for oysters and other shellfish.
Substance improving food taste
- flavorCharacteristic taste quality
- brineWater saturated with sodium
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- picklingAcid preservation process
gourmet · artisanal · grinder · umami · marinade · rub · finishing · crust
Mineral from dried brine
- sedimentaryFormed from deposited material
- depositsMaterial settled or stored
- strataParallel geological layers
- crystalOrdered-atom solid
mineralogy · sodium chloride · gypsum · anhydrite · bedrock · karst · vein · ore
Change from solid
- iceWater's solid form
- winterYear's coldest quarter
- roadsPaved paths for vehicles
- spreaderTool for distribution
snow · highway · driveway · sidewalk · traction · plow · freeze · thaw
Solids with ordered structure
- granulesSmall discrete particles
- chunksThick, solid pieces
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
- textureSurface tactile quality
grainy · coarseness · abrasive · grinder · flakes · unrefined · crunchy · rough
Restoring health or preserving
- briningSaltwater soaking for meat
- smokingInhaling burning tobacco
- picklingAcid preservation process
- jerkyCured meat snack
charcuterie · prosciutto · gravlax · bacalao · corned beef · sauerkraut · kimchi · fermenting
seasoning
Substance improving food taste
- flavorCharacteristic taste quality
- brineWater saturated with sodium
- curingRestoring health or preserving
pickling · gourmet · artisanal · grinder · umami · marinade · rub · finishing · crust · tandoori
evaporite
Mineral from dried brine
- sedimentaryFormed from deposited material
- depositsMaterial settled or stored
- strataParallel geological layers
crystal · mineralogy · sodium chloride · gypsum · anhydrite · bedrock · karst · vein · ore · quarry
melt
Change from solid
spreader · snow · highway · driveway · sidewalk · traction · plow · freeze · thaw · blizzard
crystals
Solids with ordered structure
texture · grainy · coarseness · abrasive · grinder · flakes · unrefined · crunchy · rough · kosher
curing
Restoring health or preserving
jerky · charcuterie · prosciutto · gravlax · bacalao · corned beef · sauerkraut · kimchi · fermenting · drying
- saltsodium chloride, fleur de sel, saltworks, brine
- bulk salt types
- cubic mineralspyrite, fluorite, galena, diamond, spinel
- evaporite mineralsgypsum, anhydrite, borax, natron, potash
- halide mineralsfluorite, cryolite, calomel
- saltworksbrine, evaporation, crystallization, extraction, fleur de sel
rock salttable salt
Common food seasoning
sea salt · fine salt · iodized salt · fleur de sel · kosher salt
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