The sauce is used in the home (to preserve some foods as meat, fish, etc.
After being marinated and dried the alimentary goods can be smoked or cooked or they can be eaten as they are.
Recipes vary greatly, the common part being meat /fish grilled (sometimes on a salt bed).
Usually the dish includes vegetables, mamaliga, polenta, potatoes, etc.
Lipovans would call the dish rassol, e.g., saramură de carp (carp saramura) is called karp rassol.