Okay so i have a problem......my sweetcorn is nearly ready say in a week or two - and guess what i am off on a two week holiday in just over a week - so how do you keep sweetcorn. I plan to ask the mother-in-law to pop round and pick....can it be put straight into the freezer???? ???
Sorry, I can't help you. I'm growing only small amounts in containers and mine doesn't last long enough to worry what to do with it :-[
Jo.
beanie3, you say your sweetcorn will be ready in a week or two, and you will be on holiday for two weeks.
I should leave well alone, and expect to come home to a bumper crop. ;D
valmarg
I always blanch sweetcorn before freezing....I blanch for about 4 minutes in boiling water....rinse under a cold tap..... then place in a bowl of cold water with ice for a few minutes....dry on clean tea towel....pack in freezer bags.
This year I might steam for 8 mins ...only because I find steaming faster and more convenient!
Duke
You should be OK. I haven't grown the old-fashioned sort that you had to run to a boiling pot with, but the modern sorts last well on the plant. I just had the first of mine today.
As recommended by someone on here- strip the leaves off, wrap the cobs individually in clingfilm and freeze (no blanching). when you want to eat them, just put in the microwave, still in the clingfilm, and cook for about 6 mins. Dead easy!
Thanks peeps!
Its the first time i have grown corn - and i didnt want it to go to waste (and to go only in my tummy - yummy!)
thanks for all the advice....something to look forward to when i get back from my hols!
Quote from: beanie3 on August 20, 2008, 08:11:28
Thanks peeps!
Its the first time i have grown corn - and i didnt want it to go to waste (and to go only in my tummy - yummy!)
thanks for all the advice....something to look forward to when i get back from my hols!
It wont to to waste Beanie cos if it ripens when your away any rats in the area will make sure it eaten before you get back.
Didn't you realise that when you have an allotment you are not allowed to go on holiday. (joke). I am away in September for 10 days and will get terrible redrawal symptons.
I know, i know bad planning by my husband....how dare he book a holiday in September.......bless he means well!
Davy - the rats better not.....good job i have cats staying home on guard (thats why mother in law is popping in twice a day!)
Clingfilm wrap - double - yes.
Quote from: Borlotti on August 20, 2008, 15:09:17
Didn't you realise that when you have an allotment you are not allowed to go on holiday. (joke). I am away in September for 10 days and will get terrible redrawal symptons.
Same here - enforced holiday in Sept abroad. Killer!
I freeze mine in their coats in bags, it is the only thing I don't blanch, they freeze well like this, when I cook them later I microwave them 3 minutes, still in their coats, then strip the leaves off, this is the closest I have got to fresh picked and I have tried many ways. Dead easy. XX Jeannine
i am eating mine as fast as i can as i just love it
I had a problem with rats last year. One day, lovely fat cobs, next day half chewed cobs and broken stems. This year I have half a mile of scaffolding netting wrapped around them. So far so good.
As far as keeping, I've always eaten as many as possible until I can't eat any more then blanched and frozen.
Jeannine,
That's a new approach.
I think I might try that this year!
8)
Quote from: Looby Loo on August 21, 2008, 22:12:26
I had a problem with rats last year. One day, lovely fat cobs, next day half chewed cobs and broken stems. This year I have half a mile of scaffolding netting wrapped around them. So far so good.
As far as keeping, I've always eaten as many as possible until I can't eat any more then blanched and frozen.
Would you like to bet that the rats will climb over dig under or eat through the netting.
Ours are so delicious there won't be any left over to freeze :P :P :P :P :P :P :P
I am trying to get my cobs to wear stockings - hope them pesky tree rats can't undo suspenders
I'm just hoping I get some cobs! though I've just checked and I only picked the first ones on 14th Sept. last year, so there's still time!
It's grim up North isn't it Caroline... has the river come out yet? I was in York until Thursday.... but not for the Races!!! ;D
The races were all cancelled anyway. The river was going down when I was in won on Wednesday but we had torrential rain Wed night so it was probably up again!
I was dying to try out Jeannine's advice, went down to the plot where I confidently expected to pick about 25 perfect cobs, and found them all picked and eaten and the plants pushed over. We all think it is badgers, not rats.
Next year I will surround them with swathes of netting. I know badgers are immensely strong and can push anything over or dig under it, but I am hoping that they will not like to get their claws tangled up (who does! Netting is maddening stuff to handle) and will not bother.
Last year they dug up my newspaper/cardboard and woodchip paths to get at the worms hiding underneath in dry weather, so I know they are strong and determined..... They are credited with eating one man's barrel of carrots last week, as well.