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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: starry on September 26, 2012, 15:48

Title: well that the end of my sweetcorn
Post by: starry on September 26, 2012, 15:48

something has had a good feast glad I harvested quite a bit and froze it !!

Title: Re: well that the end of my sweetcorn
Post by: allotmentann on September 26, 2012, 16:56

How strange! Something started on mine too this week. Harvested the last of it today - while I still had some! :)

Title: Re: well that the end of my sweetcorn
Post by: JayG on September 26, 2012, 17:17

Rats, badgers and squirrels have all been implicated by folk on here in the past (hopefully not all 3 in your cases though!)   :ohmy:

Title: Re: well that the end of my sweetcorn
Post by: Kleftiwallah on September 26, 2012, 17:42

Freezing sweetcorn - to blanche or not to blanche? ? ? :blink:

Cheers,    Tony.

Title: Re: well that the end of my sweetcorn
Post by: 8doubles on September 26, 2012, 17:57

Quote from: Kleftiwallah on September 26, 2012, 17:42

Freezing sweetcorn - to blanche or not to blanche? ? ? :blink:

Cheers,    Tony.

I just cling film my cobs individually ready for pinging,comes out tender and sweet . :)

Title: Re: well that the end of my sweetcorn
Post by: allotmentann on September 26, 2012, 18:24

Quote from: JayG on September 26, 2012, 17:17

Rats, badgers and squirrels have all been implicated by folk on here in the past (hopefully not all 3 in your cases though!)   :ohmy:

Certainly squirrels, I am guessing rats although I have only ever seen dead ones, also mice and rabbits. Wonder if it could be those as well?

Quote from: 8doubles on September 26, 2012, 17:57

Quote from: Kleftiwallah on September 26, 2012, 17:42

Freezing sweetcorn - to blanche or not to blanche? ? ? :blink:

Cheers,    Tony.

I just cling film my cobs individually ready for pinging,comes out tender and sweet . :)

That is definitely worth knowing, I have been blanching mine. :)

Title: Re: well that the end of my sweetcorn
Post by: azubah on September 26, 2012, 18:38

pinging? do you mean microwaving? I haven't tried that.

Title: Re: well that the end of my sweetcorn
Post by: mumofstig on September 26, 2012, 19:59

me neither  :) how long in the m/w to cook'em from frozen?

Title: Re: well that the end of my sweetcorn
Post by: Yorkie on September 26, 2012, 22:01

I bung mine in for about 5 mins on full (for a single cob).  I remove the clingfilm first.

Title: Re: well that the end of my sweetcorn
Post by: azubah on September 27, 2012, 09:17

That is very useful information, thanks, all..

Title: Re: well that the end of my sweetcorn
Post by: mumofstig on September 27, 2012, 09:21

ooh - thanks  ;)