Cool drinks in our time for salea lot. But the recipe of many of them is very dubious. Many food additives of chemical origin clearly do not benefit our health. And here it is necessary to turn to history, to the drinks that our ancestors have used for many centuries - sbitnyam, fruit drinks and kvass. After all, our ancestors were tougher than modern people. This was facilitated by good ecology, constant physical exertion, as well as healthy food and drink. And about whether kvass is useful, says the very method of its preparation. After all, it is based on fermentation, in which live bacteria are involved. They, getting into our stomach along with kvass, contribute to better absorption of food and the removal of harmful toxins from the body.
According to historical sources, it was previouslyat least 500 recipes for this healthy drink are known. It was made from mountain ash and mint, beets and millet, currants and raspberries, and other natural products. Today, too, you can easily make, for example, kvass from oats. After all, this grass is used not only for cooking oatmeal or as horse feed. Oats grain and straw have healing properties and are widely used in traditional medicine and in various diets.
Well, make kvass from oats is very simple.We must take a half-liter jar of this grain, rinse it well several times and put it in a three-liter jar. There also should be added to boiled and cooled to room temperature water, add 3-4 tablespoons of sugar and a dozen raisins, washed with warm water. The jar is covered with gauze folded in several layers and placed in the sun or simply in a warm place.
And in 3-4 days this drink will be ready forconsuming Ready kvass from oats merge and put in the fridge. They can not only quench their thirst. Oat kvass is useful for cleaning the liver, strengthening the immune system and even treating tumors. And the remaining leaven can be used up to four more times. Just every time you need to fill it with sugar and fill it with cooled boiling water. And with each subsequent tab, the amount of sugar should be reduced by one tablespoon.
By a similar principle, you can do not only kvassfrom oats. Other cereals are suitable for this, for example, millet. To make such a drink, you need to pour two glasses of this cereal into a three-liter jar. There also should put three spoons of sugar and a few crusts of black bread. Then the contents of the jar is filled with warm water, and this leaven is put in a dark place for 2-3 days. Kvass can be considered ready-to-eat when bubbles appear on its surface. This drink well cleans the pancreas and liver. Also, it can add broths of various herbs (chamomile, clover, mint). Kvass at the same time not only gets a new taste, but also enhances its medicinal properties.
In our temperate climate grows a treelike horse chestnut. It blooms beautifully in spring, and in the fall its fruits just fall off and their wipers and leaves are thrown into the trash. But these, at first glance, useless fruits have many healing properties. And they can be used not only in medicine.
And now about how to make kvass from these fruits.To do this, take 30-40 chestnuts and cut them into pieces along with the peel. Then they are thrown into the jar, add a glass of sugar and half a cup of milk whey for the leaven. All this is filled with well water and left in a warm room for two weeks. As a result of such actions a drink with a pleasant taste is obtained. You can still add various plants to it - hops, cumin, dill, coriander, pepper, black currant leaves and others. This brew strengthens the body and improves immunity, and you can drink it as much as you like. And the best thing to do this is half an hour before meals. Then a glass of chestnut kvass will bring the most tangible effect.
