Festival "Kroshevo" in Borovichi in detail: cabbage parade and "hell's cuisine"

In Borovichi on September 26, the festival “Kroshevo” was held, dedicated to the ancient tradition of harvesting krosheva – finely chopped and sourdough upper (“gray”) cabbage leaves, from which the famous Novgorod gray herds are prepared, the correspondent of “MK in Veliky Novgorod” Kamilla Latypova said. The holiday began with a cheerful cabbage parade. On the passage of Gagarin, the participants of the festival, creative groups, residents and guests of Borovichi were accompanied by a brass orchestra. People were dressed in green wigs and suits on a cabbage theme, creative twisted to the maximum. The procession ended at the main stage, where under the sounds of the anthem of the parade participants met a huge cabbage suspended on the cables. Of course, the main event was the famous “Cabbage jack” on the historical arch bridge Belelyubsky across the river Mst. About 50 teams at the same time staged a “hell’s kitchen”, crumbled cabbage with traditional cuts. Teams gathered at Kroshevo not only from cities and towns of the Novgorod region, but also from other regions. There were participants from Murmansk. A team of surgeons in red merch “Ruby, love, high” for the second time comes to Borovichi to compete in the cabbage jack. You don’t even have to be a cook! The press and PR team also took part in the competition. Tiny, cooked during the grub went straight to the 800-liter vat, in which the chefs just cooked the legendary gray shchi. The jury evaluated the speed, technique and quality of the workpiece. Entrance to the festival was free. The organizers are restaurateurs Marina and Evgeny Antonov. The evening ended with the concert program of Antokha MS, the Khmyrov group and dj Gruva.