In winter, all friends ask where I found such fragrant cucumbers, and when they find out that these are my "summer" ones, they immediately demand to reveal the secret of storage. Today I will share this "secret" with you. Everything is very simple.
A moment of humor and we will cook: 😉
In the market, the buyer asks the seller:
- Tell me, will this bag fit a kilogram of your cucumbers?
- Will fit. My kilogram did not fit in such bags!
The joke is taken from the site: anekdoty.ru
Greetings to all readers of my channel! My name is Christina and I am very glad to see you on my culinary channel.
✅ Tired of rolling jars of cucumbers and want something new, and also so that it is easy and quick to prepare for the winter? I will share some chic ways of storing cucumbers for the winter, which I have been using for several years.
In winter I have fragrant sandwiches for the New Year's table with "fresh" summer cucumbers, and in winter I make amazing salted cucumbers and delicious salads with fragrant cucumbers.
Let's cook already!
Friends, at the end of the article I will leave a video where I showed 2 more ways of harvesting cucumbers for the winter, look, you will like it.
Absolutely any cucumber will do: large, small and even crooked! The first thing to do is to wash and dry cucumbers so that there is no excess moisture.
✔ 1 way:
I cut the cucumbers into circles (as for sandwiches).
I love making sandwiches with sprats and a fresh cucumber in winter. We even have such a tradition: there must be such sandwiches on the New Year's table).
In one layer I spread the cucumbers on a plastic or wooden board.
I send it to the freezer (yes, exactly there) until it solidifies. Then I take it out and put it in a freezer bag with a fastener.
But, I don't close the bag completely, I put a plastic tube there and suck out the air (if you don't understand how, then watch the video at the end of the article). It turns out a vacuum and no extraneous odors will penetrate to the cucumbers. And such a blank takes up very little space.
👌 And cucumbers will not be "like a rag" and tasteless, do not even argue, at the end of the article I will tell you how to defrost them correctly to get a truly delicious cucumber.
✔ Method 2:
Cucumbers for salad. I cut the cucumbers into cubes and put them in a freezer bag.
It is not necessary to stuff the bag too much. I also make a vacuum in the freezer until winter!
✔ Method 3:
So I harvest cucumbers to make salted in winter. I cut the cucumbers into cubes, put them on a plank and in the freezer.
It is necessary that each piece is frozen separately. Then I put them in a freezer bag, vacuum again.
😊 I want to tell you a story about how I bought cucumbers. I prefer to buy from people, and not on the market, so I found an advertisement for the sale of cucumbers from my garden. By the way, only 40 rubles per kg. I went to the woman. She showed me her garden, where I was convinced that the cucumbers are really "my own".
I decided to take 5 kilograms for now: for a test (and I will freeze, and I will close a couple of jars of salad for the winter). I had 1,000 rubles in one piece of paper, Lydia Ivanovna had no change, and the private sector, far from shops, could not be exchanged.
I myself got there "for eternity", because I don't have a car, and therefore I first went by minibus, then walked a kilometer and a half. She offered, in general, to transfer money to the card, but Lydia Ivanovna said that she had run out of the card and she was making a new one in the bank, there was nowhere to transfer.
Then I offered to issue a digital Alfa Message card, it literally takes 10 seconds, and the money should be transferred there immediately. By the way, carat is absolutely free: service, issue, replenishment, and even SMS notifications). You don't need to go somewhere, go to the bank, call somewhere. Scroll through the photo gallery below. 👇
It's very simple, just take and issue a card in any messenger: WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram.
Lydia Ivanovna was surprised that it was possible. I explained that this money can be spent in the same way as from her classic card. Lydia Ivanovna agreed, said that she uses WhatsApp, and in 10 seconds we issued a card, where I transferred the money. It helps a lot that you can do this at a time when there are no other options. Scroll through the photo gallery below. 👇
This card is from the well-known Alfa-Bank, very convenient, completely free and I do not know any analogues. You can top up up to 15,000 rubles at a time, spend 40,000 rubles a month (quite a good limit). The card is absolutely safe, you can use it to pay on the Internet. In general, I highly recommend everyone to have one. It just helps out great when you need to make a translation urgently. By the way, you can open the map and find out more details here.
📢 Now the most important thing: how to defrost properly so as not to get a "tasteless, shapeless rag".
I take out the cucumbers, put them in a colander (this is important), let them defrost here and the excess juice goes away.
Only then use cucumbers. Yes, the cucumbers will lose their color, but I assure you, the aroma will remain summer! For okroshka, you do not need to defrost cucumbers in cubes.
I will be glad to your likes, comments! How do you like these ideas with cucumbers? subscribe to my channel "CULINARY MIX". And here is a video with 5 ways of harvesting cucumbers for the winter👇🔽