Eat Sweet Corn In Winter

When we think of sweet corn, we usually think about summer time and all the fresh garden vegetables from the summer. Of course, some of us just can't get enough sweet corn in the summer. We want it all year long, even in the winter. So, here's enjoy eating your sweet corn even in the winter.

Instructions

1. Grow your own sweet corn in your garden during the summer. Even if you don't have a garden, you can still purchase fresh sweet corn, still in the husks. For the very best sweet corn, go to a farmers market or vegetable stand. Peek inside the husks to look at the corn, smell it and even pinch a kernel with your finger to see if it is hard or juicy. If it is fresh, you should smell it and there should be a little bit of a milky juice from the kernel. Buy what you plan to eat as well as enough to prepare to freeze for your winter meals.

2. Take your corn home for freezing preparation. Shuck the ears of corn or remove the husks from the ears by pulling the outside peelings or husks firmly down to rip off. Try to pull as much of the little threads and fibers from the raw ears of corn as possible. Do this to all the ears of corn that you are planning to freeze.

3. Fill about 3/4 full a large cooking pot, like a stew pot, with water and bring to a full boil.

4. Boil or blanch the shucked ears of corn in the boiling water for about 5 minutes, depending on preference (actually anywhere from 2 minutes to 10 minutes).

5. Strain out the ears of corn from the boiling water and immediately submerge in ice-cold water. Have some ice floating in this water to make sure it stays chilled.

6. Hold each ear of corn by the tip with the bottom placed on a cutting board and cut downward to remove the kernels of corn. Place all the kernels in appropriately meal-sized freezer bags or a container that is freezer quality. Label with the date using freezer tape as the frozen sweet corn can be frozen for up to one year in the freezer. You do not have to cut the kernels off the cobs. Just place the cooled ears of corn in freezer bags and store in the freezer until you are ready to eat sweet corn during those long cold winter months.

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