Comments on: How to: Freezing corn

By: mandy

mandy — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:54:12 +0000

I put a ton of cobs into a pillow case, twist the top of the case & let it hang over the top a bit & then put it in the pot. After 5 min, I pull it out all at once inside the pillow case. Works great.

I do have a corn doohickey. I had hubs take a thick piece of wood & have a nail sticking up out of it. I stick the cob on & slice away. Takes seconds. Love it.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:11:18 +0000

Here is how we did it for years, 1000 ears in one day for refrence. we have a corn cutter, its a board with a cutting blade in the middle and you slide the corn across it. we would start out with my dad and the boys gathering the corn, he would cut the ends off my mom and i would shuck and get the hairs off, (we all helped with this) then a friend of moms would begin cutting it off in to a dishpan in the sink. after she had the dish pan full she would then pour it into corning ware bowls the biggest we had that would fit in the microwave and then blanch it in there. once it was ready it would go in the other side of the sink that was full of ice, into a soup pot and then fill the cornig ware bowl again. after it had cooled enough i would hold the bags open while she poured it in. yes you can seal a bag before freezing, you kinda fold and squeeze it until the liquid is right at the small opening that you leave in the corner and then seal. lay bags flat to freeze. they can be stacked.

By: Janet

Janet — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:53:26 +0000

We have done this a few times and used an angel food cake pan. The hole in the middle is a great base to hold the cob while cutting off the corn. And the deep pan holds alot of corn.

By: rrmama

rrmama — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:02:12 +0000

I’m going to have to try this! My boys love fresh corn.

By: Tami

Tami — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:50:59 +0000

This is exactly like we do ours. We are part of a CSA and I have been freezing half of the corn we get every week.

By: Mimi

Mimi — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:41:10 +0000

I did it for the first time last year, yum!

By: Raise Them Up

Raise Them Up — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:59:08 +0000

Oh, the memories! Our family of 4 used to do up to 400 ears at a time. We did corn from sun up, to sundown. Lol! And we did it just like you.

But when I was in highschool, my my mom found a recipe that called fot the corn to be cut off raw, blanched in a small amount of water with a cup of surgar, and we were hooked! It was delicious, and seemed to simplify the process.

Loved your post, btw!

blessings

By: multi-taskingmom

multi-taskingmom — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:41:35 +0000

We will be “doing” corn this weekend – much of our’s is almost ready. Love the washcloth tip we will try that this year.

I have a vacuum sealer and recommend one for anybody doing mass quantities, or for long term storage. Thing is though, you have to partially freeze juicy stuff like corn before sealing it.

Love your food storage tips Mary.

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:15:51 +0000

This brings back lots of memories – I’ve done lots of corn over the years. One thing we always do is cut the kernels about 2/3 of the way down to the cob then turn the knife over and scrape down to the corncob. This gives you a creamy texture. Then when we cook the corn, add a little milk or water, butter, salt & pepper – delicious!

By: Kellyn

Kellyn — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:33:56 +0000

We just did corn last week, 245 quart bags to split between 5 familes. We found that the quart size bags are good if you are having people over, otherwise it is to much for our family of 4. We ended up spliting a lot of our bags into smaller so we wouldn’t have massive left overs whenever we wanted corn.

Corn is one of the easiest ones to do, thanks for sharing your instructions!!