corn on the cob ??

shotgun · Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:48 pm

can you freze corn [ on the cob ] ?

if yes then how ? and is a good option

thanks for your help

Charlie MV · Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:10 pm

We parboil for 2 or 3 minutes then drop it in ice water. Then we set it on a towel to cool and dry, then wrap in tin foil and toss it in the freezer in a ziplock bag in batches of 5 or 6. I've read here that many don't bother with parboiling but we do..

shotgun · Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:41 pm

why the foil

Charlie MV · Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:50 pm

mainly because that's the way grandma did it, mama did it and my wife do it. Ummmm basically, I got nothin'. I follow orders?

freedhardwoods · Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:04 pm

Charlie MV wrote: Ummmm basically, I got nothin'. I follow orders?

Happy wife, happy life. Don't change what works.

!potatoes! · Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:14 pm

freezes real well off the cob, too. we used to make it into an all-day family operation once a year.

Charlie MV · Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:17 pm

freedhardwoods wrote:
Charlie MV wrote: Ummmm basically, I got nothin'. I follow orders?
Happy wife, happy life. Don't change what works.

I only do that when I have a big plate of crazy for lunch.

gixxerific · Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:55 am

Do you know why you parboil them? What does that do?

rootsy · Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:24 am

Parboiling stops the process of converting sugar to starch that occurs naturally in sweet corn.

Forget why you wrap it in tin foil (never freeze on cob here... always cut off and vacuum pack)... Alton Brown (Good Eats) did a show on corn and did the same thing... wrapped it in tin foil put it in a ziplock, sucked all of the air out... Might look at The Food Network or Hulu for the episode

gixxerific · Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:20 am

rootsy wrote:Parboiling stops the process of converting sugar to starch that occurs naturally in sweet corn.

Forget why you wrap it in tin foil (never freeze on cob here... always cut off and vacuum pack)... Alton Brown (Good Eats) did a show on corn and did the same thing... wrapped it in tin foil put it in a ziplock, sucked all of the air out... Might look at The Food Network or Hulu for the episode

Cool thanks

Dono

Charlie MV · Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:47 pm

We had about 450 ears this year. We froze about 45 on the cob.

The rest we are scraping and freezing in 6 serving tubs.

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This is the second freezer. First one is Full and we wont open it until we're ready to eat.