Eating garden, fresh tasting sweet corn in the dead of winter is pure joy. If you have never frozen corn before, you are really missing out! It’s such a simple task to do. I’ve tried to grow sweet corn in my garden and while it was successful, it just didn’t yield enough for the amount of time and expense. So this is one produce that I just plan on buying from a farm stand every year.
I have memories from my childhood of the whole family spending an afternoon freezing an insane amount, seriously it was many bushels. We each were assigned a task in the process, the kitchen was hot and it took several hours. My method is completely different, as I do it in small batches. I grab a dozen ears and boil all of it while I’m making dinner. We eat a few cobs and the rest I freeze, usually 3 bags worth. Over the course of the summer if you were to do this weekly you’d easily have a couple dozen bags worth tucked in the freezer.
The process is simple. Boil the cobs for about 5 minutes, cut the corn off the cob, and place in freezer ziploc bags or vacuum seal bags. I stack them in a single layer in the freezer until they are solid because the bags can get stuck together. Super easy and cheaper than buying from the grocery store.
Liz Walker Real Estate 