Cabbage - a product that is suitable for the preparation of various dishes: salads, soups, pies, main dishes. That is why many housewives for the winter, so that the cabbage does not deteriorate, salt it. Well, in order for the product to turn out to be tasty and healthy, they not only adhere to a specific salting recipe, but choose favorable days for work.
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Many housewives to save cabbage for the winter prefer to salt the product. Indeed, the cabbage thus prepared does not deteriorate for a long time, while it remains crispy. To receive this long-stored product, each housewife has her own recipe and certain subtleties in choosing the time when it is best to start work. Most often when choosing a day salting hostesses adhere to the lunar calendar. In general, cabbage pickling can be started any day, however, for winter storage, it is very important to pickle cabbage in a certain time period, taking into account three factors. If all of them are taken into account, then it will be possible not to worry that the product will deteriorate or be tasteless.
So, firstly, cabbage needs to be salted only on the growing moon, located in the constellations Aries, Taurus, Leo, Sagittarius or Capricorn, secondly, to carry out work "male" day (Monday, Tuesday or Thursday), and thirdly - be sure to manage the task from Pokrova (October 14) to the end of November.
Now for 2017. In the period from mid-October to November 30, the most favorable days for salting cabbage according to the lunar calendar, taking into account all of the above factors, are October 23, 24 and 26, as well as November 3, 20, 21, 23 and 30.
And finally, it is worth noting that late season ripe cabbage is best suited for salting for the winter, especially flattened dense forks with a pleasant creamy color. The fact is that it is precisely such cabbage heads that produce the greatest amount of juice during salting and pickling, as a result, the finished cabbage turns out to be the most crispy and juicy.