saurer means “salt” | MotiTan French Dictionary

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Pour saurer les légumes, on ajoute du sel et on les laisse reposer.

To salt the vegetables, one adds salt and leaves them to rest.

Food rests under dry salt or in brine while the salt preserves and prepares it.

saler: Add salt to food for seasoning.
conserver: Process or store food to prevent spoilage.

Soumettre un aliment à une opération de salage prolongé, soit au sel sec soit en saumure, dans le but de le conserver ou de le préparer.

Saurer is linked to saumure, meaning brine, and ultimately to Latin salare, meaning to salt, which connects the verb with salt preservation.

Saurer describes salting for preservation or preparation, whereas saler is broader and can simply mean adding salt for taste.