Nothing much to say here. This was just plain delicious. I've been wanting to try a brine. The molasses flavor came through the chops with a subtle sweet flavor.

The original recipe for the broccoli called for white wine. I had a bottle of sake in the fridge that was going to waste so I made some adjustments. The wine would have cooked down a little sweeter than the sake but the sake had a crisp dry taste on the broccoli that was really nice.