A little freezer help please?

**alarosalpn** · 05-24-2008, 08:11 PM

Hi all,
Could you tell me if you can freeze corn on the cob? I hit a deal today for 12 ears of corn for $1.98!! If you can, how?
Also, I want to start making my own bread but DH wants it sliced like store bought.. How do you do that? I don't think I could cut even and straight!! LOL
Thank you

**Neeley** · 05-24-2008, 08:27 PM

I do it all of the time and have never had a problem.

**Jamauk** · 05-24-2008, 08:32 PM

they sell little plastic thingy's that you set the homemade loaf in and it guides your knife to get even, straight cuts...

I'm not explaining it well - here is one...

http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/bre...ylic_wood.aspx

**alarosalpn** · 05-24-2008, 08:34 PM

Thankyou! I will buy one in a couple weeks. I think we have enough store bought til then!

**alarosalpn** · 05-24-2008, 08:36 PM

Neeley-
Do you cook it first or raw? with husk or without?

**Frugal Nurse** · 05-24-2008, 08:49 PM

12 ears for 1.98! ship some here!!

you could blanch them first. Cook a little and then run under cold/ice water to stop the cooking, then freeze.

Or, you could just freeze it raw.

I haven't had such a good deal so, I've never done either one. Lucky girl!

**Lady_V** · 05-24-2008, 08:54 PM

I second FrugalNurse... send us some corn!

I have just peeled the corn and tossed them in the sealer bags before I shove them in the freezer... (I bought the hand held $7 version at the grocery store... love it!)

To cut my homemade bread, I use a LONG bread knife... actually, it's the cake knife from my wedding. Now I can eyeball the cuts, but in the beginning I cut, placed the knife on the top to measure, cut again...

**dolphin** · 05-28-2008, 03:04 PM

What a bargain!

Here's a link to freezing corn on the cob: http://www.ehow.com/how_2118724_freeze-corn-cob.html I've never tried this sounds like others have. Sounds like a great idea and very time saving to be able to just heat it in the mircrowave whenever you want some.

and here is a link to freezing fresh corn:http://www.ehow.com/how_2057906_freeze-corn.html
I used to do this all the time and it's great for when you have a huge amount of corn and does taste really fresh.

**dolphin** · 05-28-2008, 03:11 PM

Hmmm....this is what is says under Tips and Warnings on the "Freezing Fresh Corn" link: Never freeze corn on the cob; the cob ruins the flavor and takes up extra room in the freezer.

Now that's wierd. I grew up on a farm and we never, ever, froze corn "on-the-cob" so I have no experience with this method. We always cut the corn off of the cob with a sharp knife like it says in the second link.

**C@rol** · 05-28-2008, 03:21 PM

Yes you can with no problems at all.

**paperlady** · 05-28-2008, 08:23 PM

I freeze corn-on-the-cob every year, have for many years with never any problems. It is so yummy. Sometimes I take the frozen ears and pop them in the microwave on a plate and finish cooking them. Sometimes I put them in a pot on the stove and boil them for a few minutes. Either way, they are soooooo good. I shuck the corn, wash and silk the ears, cut off any bad spots (sometimes at the top where a worm got in there) and blanch them in boiling water for about 5 minutes with a lid on the pot. I cook them under running cold water or in a sink with water and ice. Drain and package in gallon bags, about 8 ears to bag.
One year, hubby and I and two friends put up 1,000 ears of corn in one day. It was really hard work. Cooked the ears in pots on the fish cookers. Did it all under our garage (with the door open). We did about half as corn-on-the-cob and the other as creamed corn. We worked like dogs that day. But it was so worth it.
I even use the corn-on-the-cob sometimes when I make soup in the winter. I defrost it and cut it off the cob into the pot with the other veggies.

**cheles2kids** · 05-28-2008, 08:39 PM

Growing up we had a large garden and that is how we "put up" our corn.
Shuck it, then we always just wrapped it individually, in a piece of aluminum foil, stored them in the bottom of our chest freezer in a large garbage bag.

That way you can take out however many individual ears of corn you need for your meal. Unwrap and then boil them in your pot of water for about 10 minutes or so.
That's it.

As for bread, I LOVE homemade bread but I don't like bread after it's been frozen.
That's just a personal preference though, alot of people here freeze the it by the loafs and then just take out however many pieces they need and either microwave it for a couple seconds or just pop it into the toaster and it will actually defrost as it toastes.

Hth some.