Usually, keeping cucumbers fresh even for one month is an extremely difficult task: vegetables quickly lose their elasticity and juiciness..
This is easily explained by the large amount of water in the composition..
However, there is a method that will allow you to enjoy cucumbers for about six months. The vegetables will be so tasty, as if you just picked them from the garden.
What secret method is worth knowing?
As it turns out, this method is quite old, so it has been forgotten. We will need very few ingredients. You will need to pick about half a kilo of nettles and buy a kilo of regular coarse salt. This amount is relevant for ten kilograms of cucumbers.
First, wash the vegetables, dry them, and remove the stems. It is advisable to wash and chop the nettles.
Take a storage container. This can be a barrel or a large saucepan with an enamel surface. Pour out a centimeter-thick layer of salt. Next, put in the cucumbers, add salt again and cover with a layer of nettles.
Then repeat the procedure until the cucumbers are gone. Put gauze on the nettles with salt, put oppression and leave in a cold place for 72 hours.
Drain the brine, put the cucumbers in jars and pour in the liquid. Take two large spoons of salt for 4 glasses of water.
