Now its corn, sweetcorn

[DSMSMR]

After a fantastic year for plums....now all jammed up, then apples....most sliced and frozen, its now corn. Last year I planted maybe 20 of them and most survived but what a wee furry beastie didnt get at, I got maybe a dozen decent sized cobs. This year I planted maybe 40 and they have all done well and have 2 cobs per plant and they are big. I cant eat them that quick enough before my furry friend gets in there.

So I cant think of anything else but blanch and freeze? And even then, they do get a bit soggy when defrozen and cooked.

Options???

[Simpo Two]

How about preserving in brine, like the tins in supermarkets? You can't do canning but would a Kilner jar work?

[DSMSMR]

sweetcorn in brine................!

[Cold]

Cook them slowly in a large pot along with the freshly peeled furry beastie.

[Simpo Two]

DSMSMR said:

sweetcorn in brine................!

You can preserve food with sugar, acid or salt - so you can make crystallised sweetcorn, sweetcorn jam, pickled sweetcorn and salted sweetcorn...!

(We'll do Curried Sweetcorn a la Grecque in lesson 2 lol)

[The Three D Mucketeer]

I've just boiled some on the cobs and then scraped the niblets into freezer bags , saves space in the freezer.

PS Which furry animal ciimbs 3 foot up your sweetcorn plants ? Mice don't touch mine .. just earwigs

Edited by The Three D Mucketeer on Sunday 14th September 19:03

[Simpo Two]

The Three D Mucketeer said:

PS Which furry animal ciimbs 3 foot up your sweetcorn plants ? Mice don't touch mine .. just earwigs

Squirrel?

[DSMSMR]

Mouse or field vole......staked it out last night in my hide with my shotgun and NVG's, bd never showed up. I got soaked.

[otolith]

DSMSMR said:

Mouse or field vole......staked it out last night in my hide with my shotgun and NVG's, bd never showed up. I got soaked.

Could be worse...

[DSMSMR]

The current suspect.

[otolith]

[sherman]

Cream of sweetcorn soup is lovely

[Arkose]

Cook and dry out and make corn snacks ?

[DSMSMR]

sherman said:

Cream of sweetcorn soup is lovely

5 gallons?

I will be shucking them, blanch and freeze