The indication that meets in many recipes to cook the beets to softness. ”In itself, it may turn out to be a problem: the beets are cooked for a very long time if large, it can gurgle in a saucepan for four hours, and everything is harsh. All this time, a valuable burner is busy on the stove, and not the most pleasant in the world is carried in the kitchen. Meanwhile, a simple trick has long been known: having kept the beets in boiling salt water, one hour must be placed in running cold water.