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Peasants do not wonder how to store hay - this knowledge is passed on to them from generation to generation. Urban owners of agricultural land need to use scientific achievements for this or rely on the experience of friends who know this matter.

Mead is a delicious drink with a pleasant aroma, which is prepared on the basis of honey, water (or berry juice) and yeast. Modern people usually use it for medicinal purposes, but preparing a small amount of the drink is not easy. Therefore, the question arises: how to store mead at home for a long time.

Harvesting and proper storage of grape leaves in winter is especially interesting for those who like dolma or oriental cabbage rolls (a dish containing rice, pieces of meat or minced meat and herbs).

Anyone who brews their own knows that the meticulous collection of hops is only part of the path to your favorite drink. After this, more important stages begin: drying and storing the plant.

It cannot be said that in Georgia there are any traditional recipes for preparing lecho. Every Georgian family has its own traditions, and you can’t rewrite all the recipes.Moreover, some housewives do not want to share their secrets, and sometimes you have to guess what gives a divine taste to a particular dish. I will write the recipe that has been repeatedly tested by my family, my friends and neighbors.

In the North, salting volnushki is common practice. In Europe, these mushrooms are considered poisonous, and mushroom pickers avoid them. As always, the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Volnushki are classified as conditionally edible mushrooms, but if you pickle them correctly, there will be no problems.

Everyone loves pickles. They are added to salads, pickles, or simply crunched, enjoying the spicy spiciness. But for it to have a really pleasant taste, the cucumbers need to be pickled correctly.

Pickles are a universal appetizer for almost any side dish. Spicy, crispy cucumbers are no less tasty than pickled ones, and they can be prepared almost in an assembly line manner. There is no need for sterilization or pasteurization, and storage of pickled cucumbers does not require special conditions.

Salted garlic, unlike pickled garlic, retains its properties almost like fresh garlic. The only difference is that you can eat it just like that. It is better to salt garlic when it is at medium ripeness and its husk is still soft.Garlic heads, or cloves, are salted using various spices. These spices slightly change the color of the heads and their taste. You can try pickling garlic in different jars according to different recipes, and then get a multi-colored assortment.

Russulas can be eaten raw, but there is little pleasure from it. They are edible, but not very tasty. They gain flavor if they are salted. We’ll talk now about how to salt russula and which mushrooms to choose. Many lovers of quiet hunting have seen russulas in the forest more than once and know that the color of the cap of russulas can be different. And it must be said that this is not the only difference between russula. The color of the cap indicates the taste of the mushroom.

In Old Church Slavonic the name “gruzd” means “heap”. Previously, milk mushrooms were collected by whole carloads and salted in barrels for the winter. Dry milk mushrooms are visually different from their relatives, and they can be confused with toadstools, and only connoisseurs can distinguish a dry milk mushroom from an inedible mushroom.

Whitefish are nothing more than white waves. They belong to the same type of mushroom, but differ from volushki only in color and some taste qualities. White mushrooms can be salted hot or cold, taking into account only the fact that these mushrooms have a delicate taste and aroma. Spices can destroy this taste, and you need to be careful with them.

White milk mushrooms belong to the first category of mushrooms, which means that milk mushrooms are edible and it is very difficult to get poisoned by them. You can cook white milk mushrooms in any way, and white milk mushrooms are especially good for pickling. Starting from July until September, you can go into the forest for these delicious and healthy mushrooms, and you can read the pickling recipe just below.

When preparing black milk mushrooms for the winter, you should be careful. Unlike white milk mushrooms, black mushrooms are classified as third-class mushrooms, which means “conditionally edible.” Of course, we can’t get poisoned by them, but we don’t want an upset stomach either. Therefore, we read the recipe and salt the black milk mushrooms correctly.

Of the numerous Russula family, it is necessary to highlight the gobies. In different regions of Russia they have their own name, somewhere it is valui, somewhere it is a cowshed, a kulbik, or a kulak. The mushroom has many names, as well as recipes for pickling it. The goby mushroom, or valui, is considered conditionally edible, therefore, you should strictly adhere to the preparation recipe.

Chekhon is especially appreciated by lovers of dried fish. In general, sanitary fish can be fried, stewed, or made into fish soup, but the most delicious is dried saber fish, and this is not discussed.And for it to be really tasty, you need to know how to properly pickle saber fish before drying.

Surely everyone has tried barrel tomatoes at least once in their life. If so, you probably remember their sharp-sour taste and incredible aroma. Barrel tomatoes taste significantly different from ordinary ones fermented in a bucket, and we will now look at how to pickle them correctly.

Winter is not pleasing with an abundance of fresh vegetables and bright colors on the table. Lecho can diversify the menu and become a worthy decoration for an ordinary dinner or festive banquet. There are many recipes for such a dish; the network offers options with the addition of zucchini, eggplant, carrots and other ingredients.

Of all the summer vegetables, bright eggplants offer the richest palette of flavors. But in the summer, vegetables are freely available, you can come up with new items every day, but what about in the winter, when you can’t find fresh vegetables? Each housewife chooses a suitable method for preparing vegetables; this can be freezing, drying or canning.

October is the ideal season for mushrooms. Good autumn weather and a forest walk ends with trophies in a basket. Collection can be continued until the first night frosts and daytime temperatures exceed +5.