With road salt selling for $60 a ton, the state of New Jersey has discovered that they can buy used pickle brine for only $6 a ton.  Since the winters in New Jersey are relatively mild, the state can get by with pickle brine.

Now, while I understand that salt and pickle brine are both effective, I would think that the pickle brine would have more of an odor to it.  It is one thing to get your car coated in salt, it is quite another to have dill, garlic and vinegar to go with it.

After driving down the brine coated roads, I wonder if I would get a craving for pastrami and rye?