Hi. All my sweetcorn seems to be ready at once. We are eating it and giving it away but are still left with a lot. What is the best way of keeping/storing this. Should I leave them on the plants until needed. How long will they last on there or do I take them all off and store them somehow? If that is the case do I leave them wrapped in their leaves. Do they freeze?. Sorry - so many questions.
They don't keep very well on the plant. We take them off... strip off the leaves, wrap individually in clingfilm and freeze... good for up to 12 months... :)
I do the same as Saddad, just finishing off last year's. :-[ They freeze really well and can be zapped in the microwave from frozen for about 5 minutes. They can go over quite quickly on the plant so best picked when ready.
enjoy....
T.
Yes freeze-I`ve frozen some this morning.
They taste nearly as good from frozen and certainly better than anything you can buy.
Or make soup-crab and sweetcorn go well together and freeze any left over
Don't leave them on the plant whatever you do. Last year I harvested 1/2 mine one weekend and went to get the rest the following week and every one have been stripped bare by either rats or squirrels!!
I went to my plot last night to harvest and 4 had already been got at, still I harvested 25. We were up til 11pm stripping (the cobs!) and freezing them.
Oh how I love this time of year!
TEYman
we strip the kernels off some, less freezer space and handy to add to dishes ;D
Manics, how do you strip the kernels off, tried one year and just ended up with a heap of mush?
Linda
Ray uses a sharp knife, stands the cob up and slices them off,takes a bit of skill buhe manages it fine.. I also sit and push them off, long winded and usually end up eating far too many ;D
Job sorted for hubby next year then, he doesn't eat it! ;D
Thanks Manics.
Linda
Quote from: Ninnyscrops (downtoearth) on August 27, 2009, 22:15:58
Job sorted for hubby next year then, he doesn't eat it! ;D
Thanks Manics.
Linda
he might start ;D
Ray didn't like corn until he tasted ours ;D
I still have white kernels on mine. Not yellow ripe to harvest..... hope they do not take much longer...
Quote from: manicscousers on August 27, 2009, 22:18:38
Quote from: Ninnyscrops (downtoearth) on August 27, 2009, 22:15:58
Job sorted for hubby next year then, he doesn't eat it! ;D
Thanks Manics.
Linda
he might start ;D
Ray didn't like corn until he tasted ours ;D
All to do with when he was in the cadets as a lad, something do to with mutton and sweetcorn in their rations. He eats mutton now.......there's hope then :)