The cauliflower received the distribution in Italy in the 16th century. It is the one-year vegetable culture enjoying special popularity in Europe. In comparison with a usual, white cabbage, it has a set of advantages, thanks to the special chemical composition and availability of valuable amino acids and also a number of vitamins necessary for an organism. The cauliflower is good as fresh (for frying, suppression), and in the form of a marinated or salty product.
Instruction
1. Completely ripened heads of a cauliflower are allowed to be stored up to 3 months at a temperature about 0 degrees on With and relative humidity in range of 90-95%. Cauliflower of autumn collecting it is stored better, than summer harvest. And this circumstance needs to be considered at preparation of a product for long term. Cauliflower leaves by preparation for storage cut off usually a little. But it isn't forbidden to store cabbage and with leaves.
2. The most acceptable storage technique of a cauliflower – in thin polyethylene kulechka. In each package about one head is put, is more rare – on two. Packages are tied and keep within wooden boxes. For this purpose it is possible to use also thick food wrap, but at the same time, in it it is necessary to cut through several small openings to provide full aeration in packing.
3. Sometimes the cauliflower is stored, suspending roots in well aired room up. Some gardeners use method of autumn installation in hotbeds at storage of a cauliflower. This way helps to increase considerably a cabbage period of storage. For this purpose take plants together with roots, lift leaves up and establish closely to each other. After that pour rhizomes sand and water with a large amount of water. For such storage technique the cauliflower is dug out late in the fall, but, before the first frosts. Select for storage the strongest and dense fruits, with a diameter about 15 centimeters. Temperature in a hotbed is maintained by from +2 to +4 degrees, and humidity of air of 85-90%.
4. Certainly, it is more difficult to store a cauliflower, than usual as at the wrong storage of its head can turn black and lose a look almost at once. Therefore, observance of all above-mentioned simple rules will allow to enjoy taste of this fine and useful product to the late fall and even winter.