How to cut a cabbage properly

Girls, now pickled cabbage, hefty heads of cabbage, 3-3.5 kg each. It is difficult to cut it in half with a large knife, you need strength. I do it sly. From the side of the stump, make an incision with a large knife in half, as far as possible. Further, do not cut with a knife, but keep it motionless in the head of cabbage, and pump the cabbage itself back and forth, the knife itself will cut through perfectly without much effort. Then you can cut these halves as you want, it will be easy here.

[svetta]

svetta, and where, directly into the stump to stick? How to stick, with the sharp end or with the blade itself? Otherwise, I suffer the same, my hands are weak, sometimes I stupidly ask my husband, but he's not around all the time

[Buttercup]

Buttercup, that's just cut the head of cabbage. There is one more, I will try to take a picture.

Refined has no smell, it has a neutral pleasant taste, it is not felt on the fried product.

I took this once

I did not notice any taste, smell, and in general any advantages.
I won't take any more, nafig. Sunflower, butter, lard - that's all I admit.

[svetta]

the same I suffer my hands are weak

that's the trouble. I put the head of cabbage on the table, stump up. A knife on a stump to cut. I hit the knife with a hammer for beating meat with the flat side.

So I'm cutting)))
svetta, I will definitely try your method

[Buttercup]

Buttercup, that's just cut the head of cabbage. There is one more, I will try to take a picture.

Buttercup, forgive, but now I will not chop the head of cabbage, already so much has happened. One of these days I'll cut it, then I'll take a picture.
But I will explain in words. I put the head of cabbage stump up, with a knife I just cut it in the middle about 3-5 cm deep into the head of cabbage, I hold the knife horizontally! I need a large knife, I have 20 cm. And then, without taking out the knife, I swing the cabbage back and forth with my left hand over the stump, the knife is firmly in my right hand motionless and it gradually sinks into the head of cabbage, I swing more and more energetically and oops! everything cut through itself.

[svetta]

svetta, I realized, I have such a big knife! I'll try when I cut the cabbage

[horizontally]

I put the head of cabbage with the stump up, with a knife I just cut it in the middle about 3-5 cm deep into the head of cabbage, I hold the knife horizontally!

svetta, that is, you do not stick a knife into the stump from above, but cut along the "equator"?

[light]

you do not stick a knife into the stump from above, but cut along the "equator"

Judging by the post light, along the meridian!
After all, the butt of a knife can also be held horizontally!
It is better to ask these questions for men - they are the ones who communicate with women and simply are obliged understand them!

And I already saw the horizontal blade and imagined that the head of cabbage was, as said, stump up, and for some reason the knife was stuck from the side. Why, I think, not put on the side right away?

[svetta]

svetta, that is, you do not stick a knife into the stump from above, but cut along the "equator"?

That's right, Larissa.
Still, I will definitely try to take a photo of the process so that it is as clear as possible.

[Larissa]

That's right, Larissa.

Larissa,
I give up!

Not you alone, I also considered only the meridian version. :-)

That's right, I cut it along the meridian!
or not???
damn, wait for the pictures!

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Watch the position of the knife and stump






That is, the right hand with a knife is almost motionless, and with the left hand we swing the cabbage back and forth.
If anyone has not understood yet, I don’t know how else to explain. I can shoot a video, but I can't upload it to YouTube.

[svetta]

svetta, Thank you so much!
I already apply to all your advice. With your help, the cabbage stopped resisting me- :)

But I still cut along the equator, here on the forum someone advised me, it's more comfortable for me than tormenting a stump

And nothing, does not crumble, rubs comfortably