Topic: yum

[jokey]

couldn't believe how different they were form shop bought, kernals just popped off in your mouth ;D ;D

[saddad]

Looks good.. do you know the variety?  :)

[tim]

And the PRICE of bought!!

[jokey]

thanks tim ;)

think they were sundance saddad :-\

[ceres]

This one's Sparrow and it's in the pot right now!

[thifasmom]

give me another week or two and I'll be joining you guys, the pent up excitement is killing me. i have never gotten my plants to grow beyond 2.5 ft which if I'm lucky produced one tiny cob per plant and although they were delicious, i so wanted to grow proper size corn but didn't know what i was doing wrong.

thanks to A4A i learnt to not let them get pot bound and this year i didn't even bother with the pots i sowed them direct as the late spring weather was perfect for direct sowing.

[ceres]

It'll be worth the wait!  I think home-grown sweetcorn is one of the most different from the supermarket versions.

[macmac]

Harvested some fabulous cobs today they're safely tucked up in the freezer as we speak.we grew them in the garden as the lottie badger loves corn and works his way 'round the site taking a different plot every night .we're lucky he hasn't got our home address ;D 

[chippy queen]

How do you freeze them.  Do you have to cook them first or just put them straight in the freezer.????????????

[1066]

I forgot to take a piccie of our first 2 cobs - cooked, and eaten ove rthe weekend. And thoroughly enjoyed! Don't have masses of cobs, but am going to try to do 2 sowings next year (an early and later) so I can enjoy more fresh corn

[twinkletoes]

I am sure someone will shoot me down in flames and smack my wrist....but I just wrap my cobs with leaves on in clingfilm as soon as possible after picking and put them straight in the freezer.  Some cobs I strip the leaves from and cut into 1" slices and freeze these in bags.
twinkletoes

[Tulipa]

I do the same as Twinkletoes, just wrap in clingfilm and freeze, then zap them, in the microwave from frozen and yum! :)

T.