Salt cabbage on the lunar calendar

Sauerkraut occupies a special place among traditional winter supplies. A delicious crispy snack is useful and tasty as an independent dish and as a component of soups, side dishes, salads. To cook it is a whole art, since it is necessary to choose the right variety for pickling, the time of harvesting and harvesting.

The benefits of sauerkraut

It is difficult to imagine Russian cuisine without this dish, but the Slavs were not the first to ferment the vegetable, but the Koreans and Chinese. Asian peoples used Peking and Pak-choi, Russian - white-sorts varieties.

Salting recipes are quite simple. The main components: cabbage, carrots, salt, apples, cranberries, caraway seeds are used as additives. In the process of ripening, a complex of vitamins is preserved in vegetables, and the beneficial properties of the product are manifested.

100 grams of snacks contain 23 kcal, so it is considered a dietary dish. The same volume contains 70 mg of ascorbic acid, which is the daily norm of an adult. Sauerkraut is a record holder for the content of vitamin C useful for the body, which strengthens blood vessels and immunity.

In addition to this vitamin, a pickled snack contains:

• vitamins B, A, H, PP, K, U;
• zinc;
• iron;
• iodine;
• chromium;
• calcium;
• potassium;
• copper.

The composition of the pick is fiber, pectins, organic acids. Snack helps to improve the digestive, cardiovascular systems, improves immunity. The risk of cancer, endocrine pathologies is reduced. In the off-season, pickled vegetable is an excellent cold prevention tool that can replace traditional sources of vitamin C - citrus fruits.

It is useful to take the dish for pregnant women to relieve symptoms of toxicosis, for men - to relieve a hangover.

The use of delicious pickles is contraindicated for nursing mothers, people, diabetics, as well as people with kidney, pancreas, with exacerbation of peptic ulcer.

Which cabbage can be salted or fermented

Suitable for winter workpieces varieties of white cabbage with ripening dates over 115-120 days. This is a group of medium-late and late species, characterized by strong dense heads of cabbage, crispy leaves. Forks for a long period of vegetation manage to accumulate a large number of useful elements, find an excellent taste. Heads of early cabbage with a loose structure for pickles and starter cultures are not suitable.

Of the traditional varieties sour glory, Belarusian, Gift, Amager, Jubilee. Hybrids received good reviews:

• Megaton F1;
• Atria F1;
• Geneva F1;
• Aggressor F1;
• Valentine F1.

When choosing a head of cabbage, pay attention to the following:

1. The mass of forks. Large, more than 1-1.5 kg copies are juicier, there is more juice in them.
2. Lack of green leaves. The fermentation process requires sugar contained in white cabbage leaves. Heads of green with “clothes” are not suitable for blanks.
3. The structure of the forks. Only dense, crispy heads of cabbage are shredded, otherwise sauerkraut will turn out to be sluggish and not juicy.
4. Taste. Leaves should be tasty, slightly sweet, without bitterness.
5. There should be no spots or dark rings on the cut of the stump. Its diameter is no more than 3-4 cm.

Using pickled cabbage for pickling, choose forks without cracks, stains, damage.All green leaves should be removed, the head creaks with a slight squeezing, "sings", springy.

When to chop cabbage for pickling

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Heads of ripening in the middle of the growing season, as well as late cleaned usually in late September and October, given the climate of the region. In most regions of the Urals, North-West, Siberia, the collection falls at the beginning of October. In the middle lane the main period is October, in the south - October and the first days of November.

In the old days, it was customary to cut the heads of cabbage on the day of Sergius Kapustnik (October 8) and before the Feast of the Intercession (October 14), and then proceed to pickle.

It is believed that the vegetable should "survive" the first light frosts (up to minus 3 degrees) on the bed, from which it will pick up sweets and become juicier. They are determined by the situation, the weather conditions of the area, not allowing the cabbage to freeze in the beds.

Why pickle or ferment cabbage according to the lunar calendar

Despite the simplicity of pickling pickling recipes, not every hostess gets delicious cabbage with crunch. Various factors influence:

• wrong grade;
• confusion with the amount of salt, additional ingredients;
• low-quality cabbage.

They forget about the lunar calendar, although the phases of the celestial body must be taken into account. Fermentation processes associated with the activity of microorganisms depend on the position of the moon. This determines the quality of the fermentation, and ultimately the taste of the finished product.

In the days of the full moon and new moon, it is not recommended to ferment the vegetable, since the cabbage will turn out soft, lethargic. You should wait for the phase when the moon will grow (5-6 days) and then proceed to shredding and pickling.

Excellent pickle is obtained on days when the heavenly body is in the signs of Aries, Taurus, Leo, Sagittarius. Especially delicious cabbage, fermented in the sign of Capricorn, but always on the growing moon. Particularly scrupulous hostesses take into account the days of the week, believing that it is necessary to chop and sour white-cabbage only on "men's" days:

• Monday;
• Tuesday;
• Thursday.

Follow or not the recommendations of astrologers - everyone decides individually.

Salting cabbage according to the lunar calendar in 2018

In 2018, the new moon is October 8-9, the full moon is October 24. These days - rest, any work with the garden and the preparation of pickles is postponed until suitable times.

Good days in October 2018:

• from October 10 to October 12 (the Moon is growing, the sign is Scorpio);
• from October 14 to October 19 (signs of Capricorn, Aquarius).

Days of November for pickling vegetables:

• November 8 (sign Sagittarius, the Moon is growing);
• November 14-15 (sign of Aquarius);
• November 18-20 (Aries).

It is advisable to cut heads of cabbage by these days, prepare the necessary containers for pickles, components: carrots, spices.

Sauerkraut - delicious and a wholesome meal available to all. Choosing the right variety and days for harvesting, it is easy to prepare winter supplies for the whole family.