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Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: MumoftTwo on August 15, 2006, 15:30

Title: Sweetcorn
Post by: MumoftTwo on August 15, 2006, 15:30

The courgette mountain is giving way to a stack of sweetcorn.  Does anybody know if I can just shove the cobs in the freezer to keep them for a later date, or whether they should be blanched first?

Thank you

Title: Sweetcorn
Post by: stompy on August 15, 2006, 17:10

I would like to know about this as my corn is about ready. :)

Title: Sweetcorn
Post by: shaun on August 15, 2006, 20:19

i remove the outer leaves a quick wash bag them up and into the freezer.try to do this within an hour of picking them.

Title: Sweetcorn
Post by: mum of 3 on August 16, 2006, 13:53

just harvested my first 2 cobs today :D really proud of them :D
its gonna be a fight at t-time though

Title: Sweetcorn
Post by: lentil987 on August 16, 2006, 16:23

sweetcorn freeze very well but you need to blanch them first.
Remove the outer leaves and cut the stalk. Plunge them into very hot boiling water for about a minute or two then remove them and place them into very cold water to stop the cooking process. Take them out of the cold water dry them off and put them in the freezer.