Freeze cut corn? Because of a mix-up, we ended up with 12

[yy4me]

extra ears of corn yesterday. They were cooked, kernels cut off and cobs scrapped. I had planned to make chowder but something came up and I will not have time for a few days.

Can I seal up this corn and freeze it? If so, do I need to add any liquid?

Help is appreciated.

[Warpy]

1. No, keep it dry and squeeze as much air out of the bag as you can

Water will tend to leach the flavor. Air dries it out.

You'll have more options if you freeze it dry.

If it's abandoned and some of it dries out, you can always still use it in corn chowder.

[hippywife]

2. For ease of use later

spread it out in single layers on cookie sheets and put in the freezer. This allows for more of the kernels to be individually frozen. The put it in ziplock freezer bags that will lie flat and take up less room in the freezer.

Otherwise you have to practically take a hammer and chisel to a huge block of corn to extract the serving size you want.

I do this with all the berries I freeze, too. Works like a charm. :hi:

[pengillian101]

3. They were cooked, kernels cut off and cobs scrapped.

Since you scraped the cobs, you already have the milky liquid. Freeze in quantities you would want to use in recipes. Containers or baggies - try to eliminate air so it doesn't freezer burn. Or use it up fairly soon in chowder recipes and then freeze the chowder in batches.

Good wishes.

This reminds me, I have some old corn on the cob in a refrigerator drawer - out of sight - out of mind. The deer that have their trail through here will enjoy it.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

4. For long-term storage

. . . you actually need to blanch veggies before freezing, or they will degrade fairly quickly. Blanching them as whole ears also sets the milk so that when you slice the kernels off, it's more like corn and less like soup. We're only talking about 15-30 seconds in the hot bath, then straight into ice water. This whole concept gave me a bad flashback to the summer my mom ended up with a bonanza of corn and we filled dozens of boxes for the big chest freezer. . . (Wouldn't have been so bad, but she didn't spring for that one-shot corn slicer that fits around the cob.)

For short-term, you should be fine, as already stated.

Have to say I'm jealous of a corn overage. We got some as far back as March, but are still waiting on the summertime deals where you can get 20 ears for a buck.

[hvn_nbr_2]

6. 20 ears for a buck? Where do you live?

I haven't seen 10 ears for a buck for several years, and haven't seen better than 3/$1 this year.

[mtnester]

5. We freeze corn every summer

Outside with a couple of propane burners and large large posts of water and tables set up under the shade trees.

Cook the corn in boiling water like you normally would, dump it out, cool where you can hold on to an end, and with a sharp sharp knife cut off the corn, but do not get too far into the cob. Cut far enough in to get to just that grainy end of the corn or just before. You should not be cutting off anything tough, and scraping the cob really adds too much water....you will be surprised by how much water the niblets retain in a few months.

Anyway, bag them up in varying portions in ziplock freezer bags, lay them as flat as possible in your freezer and make sure all the air is smooshed out of them and the bags are lying as flat as you can (put cardboard underneath them on top of the freezer shelf rungs so you do not get any "humps" or "rows" in your frozen bags). Move the corn around in the bag to distribute evenly and freeze.

It will keep for a long time. I use either the microwave, or a boiling pot of water, to defrost or cook..it tastes good even now ( we are finishing the last 3 bags we have this weekend)

When I say we put up corn, we put away dozens upon dozens of ears. We do it a couple of time to take advantage of the different corn varieties when they come on.

Have fun, make it a picnic day when you do it...you already have the corn....some pork chops and a few tomatoes, some lemonade and a berry pie is all you need!