Title: Unit 6 Glossary
Course: WVA 102 Food Preservation Methods > Section: WVA 102 Food Preservation Methods

Unit 6 Glossary

Terms

Term | Definitions
Brine | Water saturated with or containing large amounts of a salt, especially sodium chloride used for preserving and pickling foods. Foods are immersed in salt water and flavorings to pickle and preserv ...
Curing | is the addition to meats of some combination of salt, sugar, nitrite and/or nitrate for the purposes of preservation, flavor and color. Some publications distinguish the use of salt alone as salti ...