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5 days agoThe Classic Mistake You Avoid When You Brine Beef Or Chicken - Tasting Table
Brining meat with salt (wet or dry) preserves moisture, seasons evenly, tenderizes proteins, and reduces the risk of overcooking.
Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant, in the south-western city of Fukuoka. Only the second power plant of its type in the world, it is expected to generate about 880,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year enough to help power a desalination plant that supplies fresh water to the city and neighbouring areas. That's the equivalent of powering about 220 Japanese households, according to Dr Ali Altaee from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), who specialises in the development of alternative water sources.