November is the best month for pickling cabbage for the winter. It is during this period, when the harvest is harvested and the work in the garden is finished, that is the ideal time for pickles and sauerkraut.
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November is an ideal time for pickling cabbage, because right now, when the crop is harvested and all the garden work is done, there is time to harvest pickles for the winter. Cabbage is a vegetable that can be stored for a long time, but only in a frozen form, in which its taste is slightly reduced. That is why it is necessary to salt and ferment the cabbage, so that throughout the winter you can feast on delicious crispy cabbage.
So, in November, most often it is fully picked late ripe cabbage, which because of its juiciness is just suitable for pickling. As for the choice of the day for the procedure, in order for the product to turn out to be tasty and stored for a long time, it is best to work on the growing moon. In November 2017, these are the periods from November 1 to 3, and also from 19 to 30. But in the full moon and new moon, it is better to abandon salting.
In addition to the growth of the moon, it is also necessary to pay attention to the constellations in which the moon happens. It is believed that during periods when the celestial body (in the growth phase) is in the signs of Taurus, Aries, Sagittarius, Leo and Capricorn, the processes of fermentation of salted cabbage are somewhat faster, which prevents the product from deteriorating or becoming soft. In November 2017, the growing moon in the above constellations will pass on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 22nd, 23rd, 28th, 29th and 30th.
And finally, it is worth noting that the best days for salting and pickling cabbage are the "men's" days - Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Therefore, try to select one of the above days of the week specifically for harvesting cabbage, in this case, getting a low-quality product will be minimized, of course, provided that the recipes and storage conditions were not violated.