Monday, September 5, 2011

Freezing Corn

Every year we freeze about 50 bags of fresh sweet corn. It's enough for about 1 bag per week. This year my parents grew enough corn for us to freeze what we needed. It's one of those 'family fun' things to look forward to in the fall.


Here's how we do it:
  • Find 2 huge stock pots and start boiling water
  • Husk about 6-7 dozen cobs of corn
  • Add 8-12 cobs per stock pot, let water come to a boil again and cook for about 10 minutes.
  • Take cobs out with tongs and put them in ice cold water (well water is great for this)
  • Add 8-12 more cobs of corn to the boiling water before it begins to cool
  • After the cobs have chilled for a bit (about 10 minutes) put them on the counter to cool down and rest.
  • Continue the process until all cobs are cooked and cooled.
  • Next, cut the corn off the cob. A corn cob peeler saves a lot of time and effort.  
  • Measure about 2 cups per 1/2 gallon zip lock bag
  • Label and freeze
  • Will keep in the freezer for 1 year

The finished product, bagged up and ready to freeze.
I usually lay them flat in the freezer and spread them out for a day so they can freeze properly. Then I'll stack them in a pile.