Fall is my favorite time of the year. Reds, yellows, oranges...the colors are always gorgeous. I don't think its possible to take a bad picture in the fall. (Though my opinion is skewed because I live in a beautiful place) Food is another reason why I love fall. Banana bread, soups, chili...yummy I love them all. Fall vegetables get me going too! Squashes, potatoes and CORN!!
This week I froze 48 ears of corn. I have heard that you can freeze them right in the husks...go throw them in your freezer. I didn't plant and harvest these 48 ears, which means I spent money on them and I because I have never just thrown corn in the freezer I wasn't about to waste 48 ears if it turns out I was given false information. So I went the long way about it and froze them. I would have loved to can them but for health reason you should always pressure can corn. And this little lady does not own a pressure canner (don't worry it's on my Christmas list!)
I thought it would be a lot more time consuming than it was. I was expecting to be in the kitchen all day and as it turns out I was only in there for 2 hours :) 2 hours from start to finish! Before we begin let's talk about my meaning of start to finish. I start by cleaning my kitchen so I can begin with a spotless surface. And by finish I mean walking out of my kitchen with ALL the dishes done and counters clean! So total time working strictly on corn was no more than an hour and a half.
To begin I husked and cleaned the silks off the cobs
I then put about 7 cobs into boiling water. Wait until the water returns to boiling and then set a timer for 5 minutes
When the timer goes off I immediately put them into cold water
While I waited for the second round to boil and cook I did this! I read this on Pinterest and decided to give it a try. It worked fabulously!
With each batch I got 8ish cups of corn!
This is the end result. After the corn cooled I put about 2 cups into bag and used our Food Sealer to vacuum seal 20 bags :)
It was a complete success!
Until next time,
xoxo
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