Okay...Minta your corn prep sounds amazing. Forget blanching and freezing it whole, I never thought of taking it off the cob to freeze for later use. Fresh corn in my chowder sounds sooooo good and it's so cheap right now, why wouldn't I!?
Okay...Minta your corn prep sounds amazing. Forget blanching and freezing it whole, I never thought of taking it off the cob to freeze for later use. Fresh corn in my chowder sounds sooooo good and it's so cheap right now, why wouldn't I!?
MInta, in the early ears of canning/freezing we use to blanch the ears of corn to freeze on the cob also and then our elderly neighbor said don't waste the time, just husk, clean off silk and cut out any bad spots then wrap each ear separately and then put into gallon size freezer bags. Have did this for 30 plus yrs. now. Now her daughter would freeze in the husk and all. I prefer to look at my ears first. We also do freezer cream corn. This year deer are having a heyday with our corn.
Oh! I don't know if it's been mentioned yet on this thread but a great tip I learned on these forums years ago is to keep a pair of winter gloves handy for the times you need to dig through your freezer - whether doing an inventory or just trying to find that last package of ground beef at the bottom of the pile, having those gloves to slip on is a life saver!!!
I am going to tackle our freezer today (while wearing my gloves lol)
Need to finish up the winter type foods and start preparing the space for the summer foods. Chicken breasts, frozen fish, crumbed prawns, all those quick things that can be used with a salad when the weather is hot.