The Reason Early Salting Can Ruin Your Prime Rib - Chowhound

Salting is capable of working magic on your prime rib thanks to a physical phenomenon called osmosis. Essentially, water tends to move from a place containing less salt to another place that contains more. That's why when you sprinkle salt on top of your prime rib, the juices are instantly drawn from deep within the muscle strands of the meat and onto the surface. All of that meat juice will eventually dissolve…