This post contains affiliate links. I will be compensated for purchased made through those links at no additional cost to you. All views expressed are my own. Thank you for your support! I grew up out in the country on 3 acres of land. I was #6 of 7 kids and I loved my big family and living out in those wide open spaces. One of my earliest memories was the year that we planted our front 2 acres in corn! We had a bumper crop and we put up a roadside stand where we sold corn 12 ears for $1.00. You can imagine that at today's prices, it is difficult for me to purchase corn at .50-.60 cents per ear, or more. Not to mention that the corn isn't even very fresh! Living in the city like I do, growing corn isn't really a smart choice because one stalk will produce 1 or maybe two ears if you're lucky, and for the amount of space that I have to plant in, that isn't a big return on all of the water it takes to grow it. Plus, corn pollenates better in a large field. I have grown corn in my backyard, but it takes a lot of shaking of the stalks for pollination on my part, plus a lot water for a small return. That's how I feel about it anyway, even though I do love corn on the cob. Because of my love for corn on the cob, I keep my eyes peeled for sales and opportunities to buy it at a lower price. This past week, my local wholesale produce place didn't do me wrong! I was able to get corn for about .25 per ear. I mean, it wasn't 12 for $1.00, but I think those days are long gone and the price was far better than I've seen in a long time. (And bonus, my corn came in a nice, heavy duty plastic crate!) We had family over to celebrate a couple of birthdays and we filled up on great food, including corn on the cob! Afterwards, I had lots of fresh corn left to process. As much as I enjoy canning, corn tastes much better when it is preserved by freezing it. The great thing is that you can freeze the ears whole, sealing them in air-tight food saver bags. You can also cut the corn off of the cob and freeze it that way as well. Here is the process:
I envy those of you who are able to grow your own corn and have a bumper crop to store for the year ahead! Have you preserved corn this way or do you have a more preferred method? Also, has anyone every parched corn? We are drying some of ours to give that a try. I'll report the results.
Here are some other posts about corn that you may enjoy!
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7/29/2024 02:13:35 pm
We don't have one of these but what a great idea!! I hate wasting fresh food. Really working on how I shop. #SeniorSalonPitstop
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8/2/2024 02:51:21 pm
I have to be cautious how we shop, as it's only two of us and NO space to store and stack up food for later, so we buy as we need, and we can use up prior to it going bad.
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8/4/2024 06:14:43 pm
This post is one of my features for this week's SSPS, thank you for sharing with us, we sure appreciate it! Melynda @scratchmadefood!
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! Archives
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