Freezing super sweet corn for the winter or anything else?

[oober]

At this time of yr in Wisconsin, the super sweet corn become available. I always take the opportunity over the few weeks available to blanch, cut off the cob and freeze so we we have some awesome corn for the winter.

Just wondering if anyone else does this for the best corn of the season or maybe some other vegetables that are in season for a very short time of the yr. I have a big freezer and don't want to miss out...


Anyways

I blanch 6 ears at a time for 2:30-3 min depending on size, let cool slightly, then cut off the cob. I pack them in quart size freezer bag (don't have a vacuum sealer yet, but still works out pretty good) into 1 lb servings...

Been working well for yrs..


Thanks.

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

I do the same thing, before I started doing it the only time I'd eat corn was when sweet corn was ripe...so good. Canned or frozen is so blah.

 

[Omeletpants]

Finally, a quality corn thread

 

[1COBearsfan]

There’s a farm near us that lets people pick their own produce. We’ve gotten lots of veggies in the past and blanched & frozen corn and green beans. It’s pretty awesome to have fresh-ish corn with a roast in January

 

[number51]

You gotta get a vacuum sealer $30-$50 well worth it. I just threw out my first one bought 20 years ago. As good as that stuff tastes in January, it will taste better vac sealed.

 

[oober]

About to finish up 8 dozen tonight, will get another 8 dozen for next Thursday night. Takes me about 2 hrs to process into bags. Getting almost 2 lbs/dozen of cut corn, oh so good.

 

[oober]

You gotta get a vacuum sealer $30-$50 well worth it. I just threw out my first one bought 20 years ago. As good as that stuff tastes in January, it will taste better vac sealed.

Definitely, starting to research them. I have this research fettish I have to work thru.

 

[1COBearsfan]

You gotta get a vacuum sealer $30-$50 well worth it. I just threw out my first one bought 20 years ago. As good as that stuff tastes in January, it will taste better vac sealed.

Yes, this. I forgot to mention that we also vacuum seal what we freeze. This also includes a lot of meat from Costco.

 

[number51]

Yes, this. I forgot to mention that we also vacuum seal what we freeze. This also includes a lot of meat from Costco.

The only veggies I freeze are roasted red bell peppers and roasted garlic, and those can be done inside but I like them off the grill better. Most of my vac sealing is Costco meat. Last Memorial day they had some insane sale on Johnsonville Jalapeno & Cheddar Brats, I bought a bunch and I'm still working on them, they taste exactly like the ones I grilled fresh the day we bought them.

Me and the wife love these things:

They come frozen in a box and a loose plastic bag, they start tasting like crap after a while in the freezer, vac seal, they taste great until the next time they're on sale.

Vac sealer and Costco's giant portions are a perfect match.

 

[oober]

So this may turn into a vac sealing thread, this is good info, what are you guys using?

 

[number51]

So this may turn into a vac sealing thread, this is good info, what are you guys using?

Sorry man didn't mean to hijack, so I will continue to hijack.

Bottom of the line Food Saver 2200, it's cheap and it works. There are much more expensive ones out there with more features that I don't need. Again I bought one 20(?) years ago and it worked great right up until the day it died, so the cheapest unit does everything I need and and lasts forever.

I am sharing this bad review because this woman has no idea how to use the product. She should have had more empty bag at the top, 3" is minimum and fine for dry food, but more space is needed if the food is wet (like your corn). Also if you see liquid moving up the bag and going into the machine, stop and make a bigger bag. Sounds like you do your research like I do, so laugh at this video and then check out the less idiotic reviews.

[video=youtube;P7WsPou89bY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7WsPou89bY[/video]

 

[Omeletpants]

Every time a good corn thread come up some clown ruins it with vacuum sealing nonsense

 

[number51]

Every time a good corn thread come up some clown ruins it with vacuum sealing nonsense

A good thread can be about both.

[video=youtube;Ht3ay8sRt5o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht3ay8sRt5o[/video]

And yes, that is me.

 

[oober]

TY will review until I cannot review no mo.

 

[Tater]

Oober, are you cutting the kernels off the cob before freezing or freezing the whole cob?

And number51, that's you in the video?

 

[Ares]

Any of you do vac-sealed burgers?

I been buying from Omaha steaks because they vac-seal the burgers individually.

Works out nice cause I can just defrost one at a time and cook em.

Maybe I would be better off just buying the meat, forming the burgers, and then vac-sealing them myself.

 

[number51]

Oober, are you cutting the kernels off the cob before freezing or freezing the whole cob?

And number51, that's you in the video?

Oober goes over corn freezing process in his OP, and that is not me in the video, I was kidding.

Any of you do vac-sealed burgers?

I been buying from Omaha steaks because they vac-seal the burgers individually.

Works out nice cause I can just defrost one at a time and cook em.

Maybe I would be better off just buying the meat, forming the burgers, and then vac-sealing them myself.

Burgers work great vac sealed. You may have to reshape them after thawing, soft stuff like ground beef sometimes gets smashed.

 

[Tater]

Thanks. I can't tell if he is cutting the kernels off though. "Cut off the cob" I assume means he did, but he might just mean cutting off the handle/stalk end.

 

[Burque]

Oober goes over corn freezing process in his OP, and that is not me in the video, I was kidding.




Burgers work great vac sealed. You may have to reshape them after thawing, soft stuff like ground beef sometimes gets smashed.

Just form them, freeze them, then vac seal after frozen

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[Burque]

Thanks. I can't tell if he is cutting the kernels off though. "Cut off the cob" I assume means he did, but he might just mean cutting off the handle/stalk end.

Naw you cut the kernels off the cob. Family in Western Illinois/Eastern Iowa are big on this to have good corn all year

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