"Muckerheide" > wrote in message
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> Making a brine for my turkey, I put 2 cups boiling water in a bowl and
> added 2 cups water to dissolve it. Was then going to add additional cold
> water once the salt disappeared. Well, an hour later, the salt is still
> sitting, several inches deep in the bottom of the bowl. What am I doing
> wrong? Help!
>
>

More water. You didn't use enough to dissolve the salt. Remember your
chemistry?

saturated solution: a solution in which no more solute can be dissolved.

supersaturated solution: a solution that contains more solute than it would
if the dissolved solute were in equilibrium with the undissolved solute.