Thanks to what the guessy ancestors kept cucumbers fresh until the New Year

You can buy fresh cucumbers in the supermarket in summer and even in spring. But when it comes to homemade cucumbers from the garden, then it is almost impossible to see such a product on the table in fresh form at the end of the season. And only rare gardeners know, How to preserve fresh cucumbers Crunchy and delicious for months. What tricks could there be?



Our grandmothers knew ways to keep homemade cucumbers crispy for the New Year holidays and even longer. At the same time, housewives easily did without refrigerators and other modern assistants. Although by the middle of winter, the cucumber and in an ultra-modern refrigerator will not be able to keep fresh.



Experts note that only special varieties of cucumbers are suitable for long-term storage. And if you want to enjoy these bubble green vegetables longer, then choose “long-lived” varieties like “Competitor”, “Brush”, “Nezhinsky”, “Nerosimoy”, “Parade”, “Sadko”...

Moreover, for long-term storage, cucumbers should be taken from the bed, and not purchased at the market or in the supermarket. After all, it is possible that vegetables have already been subjected to the storage procedure, which means that they have already exhausted their resource.



To keep the cucumbers crispy and fresh, they can be folded into an ordinary plastic bag wrapped in wet cloth. It is important that the package is open. This method will extend the life of cucumbers for a week or two.

You can also “plant” each cucumber in a container with cool water. The problem is that the water needs to be changed every day. But the result will please: vegetables will store freshness for up to a month.



How to keep fresh cucumbers longer But how did our grandmothers manage freshen long months? For example, if there was a well in the yard, then pickles could be stored there. Simply put vegetables in a bucket, wrapped it in cloth and lowered it into a well, so that it only slightly touches the water. A similar way to store cucumbers in the river, if it was nearby.



If there was no cold water, dry sand could also be used. So, the cucumbers were washed and dried, and then transferred to a clay pot and sprinkled with sand. Then the container was buried or hidden in a basement or cellar. No need for refrigerators!

However, the most unusual (and probably the most effective) is the way to store cucumbers in cabbage heads. The implementation was simple: cucumbers were planted next to late cabbage. Then the cucumber ovary was carefully placed inside the leaves of cabbage. And placed immediately 2-3 cucumbers.

Thus, cucumbers developed right inside the cabbage head. When they grew up enough, they cut the lash. Then the harvest was collected and cabbage with grown inside cucumbers. deposited The basement or the cellar.



Such a creative way really helped to grow cucumbers, which “lived” fresh before the New Year holidays or even before the beginning of spring. They say that this is how cucumbers were grown to the royal and boyar table at a time when greenhouses were not yet known. You can try to do this today on your own bed.