Me, too. Plus I put the cob in the freezer, husks and all, no wrap or baggies needed. They are pre-wrapped ❤ If done right in the microwave, the silk comes off very easily. Even corn silk has a purpose and yes, I've tried it. Simmer in a bit of water as a home remedy for migraines. Add a pinch of powdered ginger for good measure.
Processing and freezing corn. Music to my country ears. Love off the cobb, creamed corn, fried corn. So, oh, So delicious. Shuckin’ corn sittin’ on the porch. Always went with mama, Granny, Papa to the open fields. Yes, cropped, back home with, yes, 25-30 dozen ears of corn. Process, eat some and freeze. Always had the cream of the crop, all food. I never thought we were poor, I thought we were rich and we were, God gave us all we ever needed. Good memories, love in hard work. Didn’t have a sealer those days. A meal of corn on the cobb, watermelon dessert. That’s right, final scrape. We froze it. Can’t borrow trouble about freezing corn. Can tomatoes, beans and peas, okry, green beans. Born and raised Florida, all my life. Mustard, collards, turnip roots - froze. Delicious, I can taste it. Buttery yes. Just right-no sugar, pure corn taste. Yummmmnn Fresh Corn. Praise God Shuck it, silk it. Roast on a grill in the shuck. Thank you♥️✝️♥️ Loving memories.
To help and save time shucking corn cut the end of the corn that attaches to the stalk off. Then grab the top with the silks and pull the silks and husk off together. This will result in a near clean if not clean ear of corn. Hope this helps.
I love fresh corn, actually I love all fresh vegetables! Fried corn and fresh tomatoes can't get any better than that. I really like the privacy of your back yard! ❤❤
When I was able to eat corn, I loved sautéing onions green red and yellow bell peppers until softened then adding the fresh or canned drained corn. Pepper salt and a little sugar. Delicious. No meat was needed when you could have fresh veg from the garden. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
❤❤❤❤❤Thank you Melissa, I was going to ask about the holder of the bag. You read my mind. My daughter had a musician from Germany come to the Carolina Mountains. After his concert we where able to meet and of course my daughter volunteer me to make breakfast the following day. I asked him "what would you like to have for breakfast.?" He said "German Pancackes" 😮 I said ok. I was born in Mexico "Guadalajara" and from eggs, tortillas and beans, I didn't know what was "German Pancakes". I didn't wanted to make a full of myself so I said "OK you got it" I know what you are going to say but he mentioned not to forget the CORN. I said no worries. So, I made the regular pancake mix BUT I added fresh corn. I blended all and cooked them like regular pancakes and he was so happy. He said the last time he had them were made by his mom. Rest in peace 10 years ago. He gave me a big hug. I was happy for him. He only put on top fresh blueberries, strawberries and powder sugar. Tom and Melissa, try them ok. Delicious❤❤❤❤
Loved this Video. Thank you for doing it. My dad was Military and my moms side of the family were cotton farmers in tx. The Panhandle. Anyway, as a kid, i would beg my mom and dad to let me spend the summers with moms family. Such a different way of lfe from ours and i loved it. So my aunts did all the cooking for the ranchers and hands. I mean huge meals for lunch. Always roast and all the fixings. They taught me so many things that i do in my daily life now. Putting up corn like you do, green beans. We would sit for hours❤ how i miss them All❤ please do a video on how you put up your green beans ❤ Thank you for the best memories in my Life❤
Hey guys it's Jeff from . Maine I love this video I also freeze my corn on cob I'm a big corn on cob eater. Tom on back porch and you got beautiful big porch and yard. I just cleaned and froze Alot myself last week I love bi-color corn so sweet and I love it. Thanks for video as your in my heart and prayers
My sister and I have been busy for 2 days doing corn! We have picked, shucked, washed , removed silks, blanched, cut & bagged corn off of nearly 400 ears! The corn we have is Peaches & Cream and Honey Select variety. So delicious!!
Tom, I cook two ears of corn in the microwave for six minutes and they were perfect. No boiling water in a pan, etc. Thank you for posting this video. Loved the comments from people too! So many memories!❤
Hi Melissa and Tom, I am a city gal from Philadelphia and never experienced corn prepared this way and I found it very interesting. Thanks for the video, even if I never preserve fresh corn, you guys are always entertaining and fun to watch. The fried corn looks delicious too! God bless you both!
Oh how nice, love the backyard. I love learning how vegetables are prepared for freezing. Plus a fried corn recipe.This was really interesting. I remember one of your recipes had tomatoes you canned. I would love to see how this is done. Love Tom and Melissa ❤❤❤❤❤
Been doing my fresh corn I the microwave for years. I take it out and roll it in butter and sprinkle a little salt on it. Like you I could eat it every day. Enjoy all of your recipes and have tried several. Your chili recipe is now the only one I use. Greetings from down South in North Mississippi.
You’re bringing back memories! For 25 years, the first week of July ( many years it was on the 4th) you would find me at my in laws working up corn. We usually processed 400 ears cream style, that made for a long day, but good memories! There’s nothing better than fresh cream corn poured over a large fresh slice of tomato . Yummy
One of our favourite things to do with corn is Cajun rice. Fry diced onion, celery, garlic and green bell pepper in plenty of butter till soft, add cold cooked rice, and canned or frozen corn, and a diced tomato. Sprinkle over cajun seasoning, or make your own seasoning mix by adding half a teaspoon each of sweet paprika, cayenne, garlic powder, onion powder, dried thyme and black pepper. Fry for a further ten mins, adding a little water if it starts to dry out. Wonderful with fried chicken or fried fish
When we lived in Kentucky we went to U Pick farms for our green beans, beets, and corn, and so on. "Work em up". Haven't heard that since we moved to Washington State!
Hi Tim and Melissa for bringing back childhood memories!! Several families used to get together when I was young and they processed corn .. I remember as kids as they cut it off the cob we would ask for a strip that was cut and we would see who’s strip held together and we would eat it that way !! And fried corn is absolutely delicious !!! Thank You both for sharing the whole process!
No Apologies Needed because I have always wanted to know how to make fried Corn it’s a Southern dish and I love it and I appreciate the both of you Sharing ❤️❤️❤️
We raised corn on our farm. We processed bushels at a time! Freezer was pretty full when we absolutely pooped out from all the work. We'll worth it though!❤❤❤😂
I totally agree with you Tom on the frozen corn versus the canned corn. There is nothing better than opening up a bag of frozen corn in the dead of winter and cooking it up. We had a big Garden when I was growing up and mom always froze corn off the cob. I have two sisters and we all helped mom when she froze corn. Very special memories.
Love creamed corn! Nothing better , my husband vacuum seals all of our fruits, vegetables and meats. He bought a huge vacuum sealer , I was not impressed by the price, but it’s a dandy!!!
I simply love watching Tom explain things. He is a born teacher and what's more, I TRUST his instruction. I love corn and I never can mine either, it's always frozen. I chuckled when he said, "this is not creamed corn." He is absolutely right; I fix fried fresh corn often when it's in season and add a little pimento and some other seasonings and its always delicious. You both are blessings and I enjoy every video!!!! Thank you for all you do!!
Good video. We love corn! Add some pats of butter to your vacuum bags before sealing. That way, you can boil the bags directly from the freezer, and your corn on the cob is ready to eat. I had a vacuum sealer for years before I knew the bags were safe to boil. Amazing what you learn by reading the directions 😂
We have always cut the corn off the cob put it in a large kettle with butter ,salt pepper and a little sugar , cook over medium heat just until it turns color take off heat , let cool and place in freezer bags. For corn on the cob we place it in boiling water until it changes color remove on towel to dry and cool and freeze. Love your videos . 💙
Thank you for this....I make soup packs... Summer time I buy 2 celery..2 pound bag of carrots 2 fennel bulbs and 10 ears of corn..I dice and saute all...and put in baggies..freeze flat....so fall and winter comes..you can put onion in too..but one of us doesn't like it..(not me)..so easy to add to a soup.. Thankx again for the great video...❤🌽🌽
I love fried corn, especially fry it down in bacon grease. Fried corn, fried potatoes, cornbread and grilled pork steaks. I’m really hungry now and I’ve got two hours left at work. Thank you both… Have a blessed weekend. ❤ Scraping the cob gives you more of a cream style. I usually make two cuts then scrape the cob. I usually make a shallow cut, just cut the tips off then make a deeper cut then scrape the cob. Your way is easier. I totally enjoy this type of video. Please continue to show us your canning or however you process your fruit and veggies. ❤
Perfect time to show this video. It’s corn season!!! Showing how to pill corn off cob, cut the corn, pear boil corn on cob. The whole thing was wonderful for those that do not know the procedure. Tell them to get the “Ball Book” .
We appreciate your encouragement. We realize that a lot of people do know how to do all this, but if you're a new cook just learning or if you've never tried to freeze corn, you might not. And it's so, so much better than canned corn from a store. It's definitely worth the extra effort!
I haven't had a can of corn my whole life and I'm 75 years old. I was born in N.C. having the luxury of food from my parents huge garden, corn always my favorite. Putting up corn is a given once the supply rises in the summer, but always Silver Queen white corn, yellow if making fried corn. My grandmother always split the row of kernels and cut around the cob twice before scraping the cob. Scrape using the dull side of the knife to get the milk out. When making fried corn first we cube fat back and fry that. When it's rendered enough fat put in chopped oions and then the corn. Salting is never used until the end of cooking. Then salt and pepper. I store mine the same way - stacked flat. My two sisters never put up corn.
We think the quality of corn prepared this way is so worth the effort it takes. Your fried corn sounds delicious, too. We really appreciate that you are at the table with us.
I found a cool trick in my food magazine you'd probably like for cutting corn off cob.They said use an electric knife to make it easier. Who'd a thunk! I agree about frozen corn vs canning. It tastes so much fresher as if right from garden. I always blanched my ears and cooled them before freezing-for safety and lock in the flavor. Ty both for vid.
This reminds me of a family favorite - scalloped corn. I think you’d love it too! After you melt butter in pan, add and cook bacon, maybe 4-6 slices chopped up. Add 1/2-1 onion, diced. Cook until onion is soft and bacon is crispy. Drain off grease. Add corn. I think a bag of your corn would be perfect. Stir and cook until corn is soft and done. Add some milk or half and half to mixture. Cook until heated through and mixture has cooked down some. Enjoy your scalloped corn. Can be made all year using frozen corn too. Best with fresh corn that you have bagged. My mother in law taught me how to make this over 40 years ago. Give it a try! 🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽
It sounds delicious. The half and half makes me think it's a bit like a corn pudding except your scalloped corn is not baked like a corn pudding. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
I love love love fresh corn, frozen. I’m like you I could eat it for every meal. My in laws were American Indian decent and I noticed my mother-in-law gathering the silks one day. I asked what and why, she said she used dried silks for kidney problems and also made jelly out of the silks and the cobs.
O my goodness I made the fried corn today and honestly it is the best corn I’ve ever eaten. Thank you Tom and Melissa I made it just like you did. Love love love it. Did I say I love it.
Growing up to get the silk out, we always used a knife and a new toothbrush. But we tipped the corn differently. We would barely tip it from the top to the bottom in a big pot. Do that twice, then we would scrape the cob, that’s how to get the starch out. Then add a little bit of water to the pot and then let it cook down. Once the corn is cooked down, turn it off and let it cool and then put it into the ziplock bags, then freeze. This is also known as cream corn.
We like a little bacon grease in our fried corn and instead of water, we use milk if we need a little liquid. So good. Thanks for all your videos. When I cut the corn off the cob, I do a light cut, then come back with a little deeper cut, then come back with a scrape to get the corn milk out of the cob. Yum, so good.
This brings back so many great memories! I remember helping my Mamaw cutting corn. We made cream corn with ours. Mamaw would sit in the chair with a large sharpened butcher knife & a large empty bowl in her lap. Then, with the small end of the ear facing away from her, she would cut small pieces of the corn with each slice up. She would usually get about 2-3 cuts per each lengthwise area. After getting all the kernels cut off she would scrape the cob with her knife & get all the juice. That was our cream corn. So delicious 😋. Thank you both so much!!
I do mine in the dishwasher! Have for years! Shuck & clean most of silks off lay in dishwasher cross crossing so they all get cleaned & blanched well. Run through short wash or sani rinse. It cuts 1 whole step out! You take directly out of dishwasher & cut it off or just bag it up on ears. So way much easier!! I go ahead and heat mine & add sugar, butter, salt. Don’t add pepper till I get it ready to heat n eat. Try it guys! I promise you won’t be disappointed you did!! I also use my mandolin to cut it off cob with. I can do a bushel of corn in less than an hour start to finish!! ✝️♥️✝️
I've heard of people using the dishwasher for blanching corn, but I never tried it... There was another vegetable that can be done in the dishwasher as well but I don't remember what it was. Do you know?
I used to help my mother process vegetables. She canned tomatoes, tomato juice, green beans, field peas, and jars of what she called vegetable soup mix that had tomatoes, kernel corn, field peas, and okra. She froze squash, okra, and more. Nothing beats fresh veggies, and using the canned and frozen veggies,was so delicious during the fall and winter. Your video sure did bring back lots of good memories. Love your channel.
I grew up where none of my friends mom made fried corn. Only my grandma who grew up in Kentucky made it. Ok my Dr just had a heart attack. I can’t have salt anymore. Never thought to add sugar. Thank you for bringing back a memory of my grandma and mom.
23:54 I remember mom freezing corn exactly how you do yours. It always tasted so fresh from the cob. The recipe for fried corn sounds rather interesting. Good to have another recipe to use for corn as I really like a good helping of corn when it's done right. Thank you for sharing the recipe with us and your tips of processing corn.
I love the video being different and all! I would like to see you cook something other than food in a video, soap! I remember you saying that you have made your own soap for years, so that video would be interesting to watch for sure. Keep up the great entertainment Tom and Melissa, we watch every video. Thanks so much.
Tom and Melissa thank you for showing your recipe for fried corn. ❤❤❤❤❤ that's how my mom made . I been wanting to fried corn but for how to do it. Thank you
Oh yeah, and besides nuking the corn on cob, you can lay and UNSHUCKED EAR right in the oven--ZERO PREP--for 30 min at 350 degrees, the cut off bottom, hold the pointy silks end and shake out the ear just like you described with nuking it. I do love my corn.
Great job Tom and Melissa, you two just managed to wrap up several items about putting up corn in the freezer and preparing corn for the table and every one of those ways were awesome and helpful to folks just learning and to a lot of us old folks too. Thanks so much for the information. Fred.
Tom & Melissa, today was my birthday. Our daughter made your Mondrian Orange cake that you made 5-12+24.. she was here when tyou made the cake and thought it sounded delicious. She said her house smelled so good while the cake cooked. Our granddaughter mepttelling mehow good the frosting was. I must admit, this is now my favorite cake. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. She asked that i tell you how very good it was. 💞
Happy birthday to you! We are so happy that the Mandarin Orange cake was a part of your birthday celebration and that you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for letting us know that. We are so grateful to have you at the table with us.
I enjoyed learning about working up the corn! I may go to the farmers' market this weekend & get some corn to freeze. May even try an experiment to see if I can make the corn OFF the cob taste like Mexican Street corn. 😊 Thanks for another fun (& educational for this 3rd generation Southern California girl) video Melissa & Tom!
When your wife ask you to explain the Baggie holder😮 and where you bought it I was just thinking I need one of those Gadgets lol … I also wanted to tell you I absolutely love love love all your videos Y’all are amazing cooks Thank You Sincerely Crystal
I'd love to see a video on canning. I've had a minimal exposure to the process, but I could sure use some additional teaching on the subject. Thanks, again for your time and efforts to share your knowledge with us.
❤ I have never frozen corn. It was interesting to see it done, thanks for sharing! My mom and I have canned green beans, tomatoes, beets and zuccini relish. ❤
We actually had corn on the cob yesterday for our 4th of July cook out. Had two ears uncooked that I saved for today which we had fried corn for lunch--so yummy. We put corn in the freezer also but this farm gal does it differently. Anyway it is done it tastes great in the winter. I grew up doing Silver Queen but now we also grow Peaches and Cream type. I bet your grandmother did her fried corn in a cast iron skillet.
Shuck it, de-slik it, then cut of the cob. We steam ours in large pot w/a bit of water then add a bit of butter while it cools. Finally bag it for the freezer like you do. We get ours at the weekly Farmer's Market and put up a few dozen a week during the Corn Season: like you we need far less now (in our 80s) than when the kids were home.
I love fresh corn now. As a kid, I only wanted canned corn (from the store). Didn't want it frozen and didn't want corn on the cob. I grew up and learned better. The only reluctance I have to the microwave shucking method is that I can recall more than a few times we'd get corn from a farmer that had worms/caterpillars that we didn't discover until we shucked them. Then we'd just cut away the worms and the bad part and use the good part. I'd hate to discover that post-microwave. I buy most of my fresh corn on the cob from the local grocer these days, so worms aren't really a concern, so I use the microwave method. Great video.
Thank you so much for the kind words about the video. We really appreciate that you are watching our channel. I totally get the worm in the microwave concern. We've only prepared the corn this way one time. Tuesday night. It was delicious but a worm in it might alter my opinion, too! 😢
I wanted to share this with you, my mother cut more corn off the cob than you can imagine and cook the best fried corn too. She never cut corn sd deep as you but first slice down then took her knife and turn the blade at an angle came back down and got the corn milk it makes it creamier. 😊
I will be buying my corn in a few days. I will be doing some for frying. Thanks for showing us this. Looks delicious. I always make cream style corn and freeze it; also I put some up on the cob. Can’t wait to try this fried corn. Again I love your channel.
Loved watching how you pack corn for freezing mostly like I process it! The only thing I do different is in the blanching. We were taught to put blanched corn in ice water to stop the cooking immediately after the 3 minutes of boiling. Enjoy your recipes❤
This method has worked for us for many years. I'm sure there are lots of ways to preserve it. We always appreciate having it waiting on us in the winter when you can't get it fresh. Thank you so much for watching our channel.
Very nice and a good way to get canned corn and up the flavor a bunch! As it is just my wife and I now, we just microwave our corn like you said. Years ago, we had friends that had what they called sugar corn and we loved it. Don’t know where we would get that now but it was the best we’d ever had. Now we just get about 4 ears at a time from Walmart and nuke it. I enjoyed your corn processing video and might try the fried corn, it looked delicious with the sprinkling of sugar though I have to be careful of added sugar. It looked worth the splurge. Keep up the good cooking suggestions and recipes. I enjoy your channel.
Love this video! I live in NJ and we love 💛 corn. I'm going to buy some extra ears and try the freezing method, so we can enjoy some this winter. Thank you for sharing! 💛🌽💛
I really enjoyed the processing and free,ing corn.Thats the way I have always processed mine.When I was growing up, my mom and dad didn't own a freezer, so we canned corn. I can vegetables every summer.Im 77yr.old.
Now I want corn & mashed potatoes. I love corn anything & everything! Thanks for sharing this video. Tom, I use a (new) soft toothbrush to help get the silks off.
Love the video, i laughed because even with me in a wheelchair because of a severe work-related injury(nursing) I My hubby went to farm market last Saturday. I worked up a dozen ears of corn, I always do creamed corn since it is my favorite. I also froze half a bushel of half runners. yeah it was lots of work but like you I will have good food when the snow flies. He went back and got me some as we call it, garden supper food. We had tomatoes, corn on the cob, cucumbers and I save enough green beans out to cook a small pot. no meat needed other than the little pieces of ham in the beans. (little chunks from the Christmas ham). I love to watch you guys, I miss my Kentucky family but only 30 miles from the Ohio river. over the bridge and into West Virginia. I never had seen a corn brush but i will have one in the next week. I also will find the bag holder. Thanks.
Thank you for showing the corn brush and the bag holder, ordered them that same evening, also getting a corn cutter, I know it will cut my time down working up corn. yes, Hubby went to farm market yesterday so come morning I will be working again. i did shuck the corn and bagged for the fridge.
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I fixed us some fried corn today from our cut off corn from back in the summer. It was in freeEr and yet it tastes just like fresh. I love it. Thank you both. So yummy
You know we always put a little sugar and Bacon, grease. And the butter and my papaw who was Indian eat corn and biscuits every morning no matter what everyone else eat he had fried corn and biscuits Thank you for sharing I appreciate you guys
My grandmother canned a lot- her bread and butter pickles were divine. But she always froze corn, peaches and strawberries. I can remember going on vacation to Ocean City and picking up bushels of Eastern Shore corn to process- my grandparents would rent a house with a big freezer down there, and bring back big coolers of frozen corn and flounder. And nothing really beat vanilla ice cream with freshly thawed peaches in the middle of winter, after a meal of the flounder and corn. Eastern shore summer in the winter.
I have always grown up with fried corn but we did it with bacon grease to fry them in here in Louisville ky We enjoy watching your alls videos cant wait for the next one
I love the unshucked microwave cooking method too!
I just wonder if microwaving could replace blanching for freezer prep…
I microwaved 12 ears yesterday, I’ll never boil corn again lol
Me, too. Plus I put the cob in the freezer, husks and all, no wrap or baggies needed. They are pre-wrapped ❤
If done right in the microwave, the silk comes off very easily.
Even corn silk has a purpose and yes, I've tried it. Simmer in a bit of water as a home remedy for migraines. Add a pinch of powdered ginger for good measure.
Processing and freezing corn. Music to my country ears. Love off the cobb, creamed corn, fried corn. So, oh, So delicious. Shuckin’ corn sittin’ on the porch. Always went with mama, Granny, Papa to the open fields. Yes, cropped, back home with, yes, 25-30 dozen ears of corn. Process, eat some and freeze. Always had the cream of the crop, all food. I never thought we were poor, I thought we were rich and we were, God gave us all we ever needed. Good memories, love in hard work. Didn’t have a sealer those days. A meal of corn on the cobb, watermelon dessert. That’s right, final scrape. We froze it. Can’t borrow trouble about freezing corn. Can tomatoes, beans and peas, okry, green beans. Born and raised Florida, all my life. Mustard, collards, turnip roots - froze. Delicious, I can taste it. Buttery yes. Just right-no sugar, pure corn taste. Yummmmnn Fresh Corn. Praise God Shuck it, silk it. Roast on a grill in the shuck. Thank you♥️✝️♥️ Loving memories.
To help and save time shucking corn cut the end of the corn that attaches to the stalk off. Then grab the top with the silks and pull the silks and husk off together. This will result in a near clean if not clean ear of corn. Hope this helps.
I agree with your daughter! If you have corn, mashed potatoes is a must!
I think frozen corn tastes more like fresh corn!
Tom I'm with you. I think frozen corn is so much better. It tastes like its fresh out of the garden.
I love fresh corn, actually I love all fresh vegetables! Fried corn and fresh tomatoes can't get any better than that. I really like the privacy of your back yard! ❤❤
When I was able to eat corn, I loved sautéing onions green red and yellow bell peppers until softened then adding the fresh or canned drained corn. Pepper salt and a little sugar. Delicious. No meat was needed when you could have fresh veg from the garden. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
❤❤❤❤❤Thank you Melissa, I was going to ask about the holder of the bag. You read my mind.
My daughter had a musician from Germany come to the Carolina Mountains.
After his concert we where able to meet and of course my daughter volunteer me to make breakfast the following day.
I asked him "what would you like to have for breakfast.?"
He said "German Pancackes" 😮
I said ok.
I was born in Mexico "Guadalajara" and from eggs, tortillas and beans, I didn't know what was "German Pancakes".
I didn't wanted to make a full of myself so I said "OK you got it"
I know what you are going to say but he mentioned not to forget the CORN. I said no worries.
So, I made the regular pancake mix BUT I added fresh corn. I blended all and cooked them like regular pancakes and he was so happy.
He said the last time he had them were made by his mom. Rest in peace 10 years ago.
He gave me a big hug. I was happy for him.
He only put on top fresh blueberries, strawberries and powder sugar.
Tom and Melissa, try them ok.
Delicious❤❤❤❤
Loved this Video. Thank you for doing it. My dad was Military and my moms side of the family were cotton farmers in tx. The Panhandle. Anyway, as a kid, i would beg my mom and dad to let me spend the summers with moms family. Such a different way of lfe from ours and i loved it. So my aunts did all the cooking for the ranchers and hands. I mean huge meals for lunch. Always roast and all the fixings. They taught me so many things that i do in my daily life now. Putting up corn like you do, green beans. We would sit for hours❤ how i miss them All❤ please do a video on how you put up your green beans ❤ Thank you for the best memories in my Life❤
We have a saying in our neck of the woods, he who eats the most corn, gets the most silks! East Nacogdoches county, Texas..!
Llove you guys!😊
Hey guys it's Jeff from . Maine I love this video I also freeze my corn on cob I'm a big corn on cob eater. Tom on back porch and you got beautiful big porch and yard. I just cleaned and froze Alot myself last week I love bi-color corn so sweet and I love it. Thanks for video as your in my heart and prayers
My sister and I have been busy for 2 days doing corn! We have picked, shucked, washed , removed silks, blanched, cut & bagged corn off of nearly 400 ears! The corn we have is Peaches & Cream and Honey Select variety. So delicious!!
Tom, I cook two ears of corn in the microwave for six minutes and they were perfect. No boiling water in a pan, etc. Thank you for posting this video. Loved the comments from people too! So many memories!❤
Hi Melissa and Tom, I am a city gal from Philadelphia and never experienced corn prepared this way and I found it very interesting. Thanks for the video, even if I never preserve fresh corn, you guys are always entertaining and fun to watch. The fried corn looks delicious too! God bless you both!
Oh how nice, love the backyard. I love learning how vegetables are prepared for freezing. Plus a fried corn recipe.This was really interesting. I remember one of your recipes had tomatoes you canned. I would love to see how this is done. Love Tom and Melissa ❤❤❤❤❤
Been doing my fresh corn I the microwave for years. I take it out and roll it in butter and sprinkle a little salt on it. Like you I could eat it every day. Enjoy all of your recipes and have tried several. Your chili recipe is now the only one I use. Greetings from down South in North Mississippi.
You’re bringing back memories! For 25 years, the first week of July ( many years it was on the 4th) you would find me at my in laws working up corn. We usually processed 400 ears cream style, that made for a long day, but good memories! There’s nothing better than fresh cream corn poured over a large fresh slice of tomato . Yummy
One of our favourite things to do with corn is Cajun rice. Fry diced onion, celery, garlic and green bell pepper in plenty of butter till soft, add cold cooked rice, and canned or frozen corn, and a diced tomato. Sprinkle over cajun seasoning, or make your own seasoning mix by adding half a teaspoon each of sweet paprika, cayenne, garlic powder, onion powder, dried thyme and black pepper. Fry for a further ten mins, adding a little water if it starts to dry out. Wonderful with fried chicken or fried fish
When we lived in Kentucky we went to U Pick farms for our green beans, beets, and corn, and so on.
"Work em up".
Haven't heard that since we moved to Washington State!
Hi Tim and Melissa for bringing back childhood memories!! Several families used to get together when I was young and they processed corn .. I remember as kids as they cut it off the cob we would ask for a strip that was cut and we would see who’s strip held together and we would eat it that way !! And fried corn is absolutely delicious !!! Thank You both for sharing the whole process!
I am 80 years old, raised in S.D. and never heard of a corn desilking brush. I just ordered one. Thanks for showing me an easier job.
No Apologies Needed because I have always wanted to know how to make fried Corn it’s a Southern dish and I love it and I appreciate the both of you Sharing ❤️❤️❤️
We raised corn on our farm. We processed bushels at a time! Freezer was pretty full when we absolutely pooped out from all the work. We'll worth it though!❤❤❤😂
I totally agree with you Tom on the frozen corn versus the canned corn. There is nothing better than opening up a bag of frozen corn in the dead of winter and cooking it up. We had a big Garden when I was growing up and mom always froze corn off the cob. I have two sisters and we all helped mom when she froze corn. Very special memories.
Love creamed corn! Nothing better , my husband vacuum seals all of our fruits, vegetables and meats. He bought a huge vacuum sealer , I was not impressed by the price, but it’s a dandy!!!
Good old days freezing and canning thank you for sharing 🙏
I simply love watching Tom explain things. He is a born teacher and what's more, I TRUST his instruction. I love corn and I never can mine either, it's always frozen. I chuckled when he said, "this is not creamed corn." He is absolutely right; I fix fried fresh corn often when it's in season and add a little pimento and some other seasonings and its always delicious. You both are blessings and I enjoy every video!!!! Thank you for all you do!!
Good video. We love corn! Add some pats of butter to your vacuum bags before sealing. That way, you can boil the bags directly from the freezer, and your corn on the cob is ready to eat. I had a vacuum sealer for years before I knew the bags were safe to boil. Amazing what you learn by reading the directions 😂
We have always cut the corn off the cob put it in a large kettle with butter ,salt pepper and a little sugar , cook over medium heat just until it turns color take off heat , let cool and place in freezer bags. For corn on the cob we place it in boiling water until it changes color remove on towel to dry and cool and freeze. Love your videos . 💙
Hey Tom and Melissa. Awesome. I put up 100 ears 14 qts freezer bags a couple of weeks ago! Yummy.
Thank you for this....I make soup packs...
Summer time I buy 2 celery..2 pound bag of carrots 2 fennel bulbs and 10 ears of corn..I dice and saute all...and put in baggies..freeze flat....so fall and winter comes..you can put onion in too..but one of us doesn't like it..(not me)..so easy to add to a soup..
Thankx again for the great video...❤🌽🌽
Microwaving a whole ear is the best way of cooking corn for one or two people and done in 4min
I love fried corn, especially fry it down in bacon grease. Fried corn, fried potatoes, cornbread and grilled pork steaks. I’m really hungry now and I’ve got two hours left at work. Thank you both… Have a blessed weekend. ❤ Scraping the cob gives you more of a cream style. I usually make two cuts then scrape the cob. I usually make a shallow cut, just cut the tips off then make a deeper cut then scrape the cob. Your way is easier. I totally enjoy this type of video. Please continue to show us your canning or however you process your fruit and veggies. ❤
Bacon 🥓 grease is the best!! I save it all the time for different recipes ❤
@@maureenross9449 Me too. Love it.
Oh yum!
@ladysmithme too. Central texas. Living the life. Retired to my grandparent's farm.
Oh, good grief. Your meal sounds so good.
In Ohio, the bonus of a corn-on-the-cob dinner was the corn fritters Mom made for breakfast the next morning. Heaven!
Perfect time to show this video. It’s corn season!!! Showing how to pill corn off cob, cut the corn, pear boil corn on cob. The whole thing was wonderful for those that do not know the procedure. Tell them to get the “Ball Book” .
We appreciate your encouragement. We realize that a lot of people do know how to do all this, but if you're a new cook just learning or if you've never tried to freeze corn, you might not. And it's so, so much better than canned corn from a store. It's definitely worth the extra effort!
I haven't had a can of corn my whole life and I'm 75 years old. I was born in N.C. having the luxury of food from my parents huge garden, corn always my favorite. Putting up corn is a given once the supply rises in the summer, but always Silver Queen white corn, yellow if making fried corn. My grandmother always split the row of kernels and cut around the cob twice before scraping the cob. Scrape using the dull side of the knife to get the milk out. When making fried corn first we cube fat back and fry that. When it's rendered enough fat put in chopped oions and then the corn. Salting is never used until the end of cooking. Then salt and pepper. I store mine the same way - stacked flat. My two sisters never put up corn.
We think the quality of corn prepared this way is so worth the effort it takes. Your fried corn sounds delicious, too. We really appreciate that you are at the table with us.
I found a cool trick in my food magazine you'd probably like for cutting corn off cob.They said use an electric knife to make it easier. Who'd a thunk!
I agree about frozen corn vs canning. It tastes so much fresher as if right from garden. I always blanched my ears and cooled them before freezing-for safety and lock in the flavor. Ty both for vid.
This reminds me of a family favorite - scalloped corn. I think you’d love it too! After you melt butter in pan, add and cook bacon, maybe 4-6 slices chopped up. Add 1/2-1 onion, diced. Cook until onion is soft and bacon is crispy. Drain off grease. Add corn. I think a bag of your corn would be perfect. Stir and cook until corn is soft and done. Add some milk or half and half to mixture. Cook until heated through and mixture has cooked down some. Enjoy your scalloped corn. Can be made all year using frozen corn too. Best with fresh corn that you have bagged. My mother in law taught me how to make this over 40 years ago. Give it a try!
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It sounds delicious. The half and half makes me think it's a bit like a corn pudding except your scalloped corn is not baked like a corn pudding. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
@@comesitatmytable9044Your corn pudding recipe is fantastic!
We love it. We are so glad to read that you've tried it.
Thanks for doing this. I had no idea HOW to process fresh corn but now I do! You guys are THE BEST!!!
I love love love fresh corn, frozen. I’m like you I could eat it for every meal. My in laws were American Indian decent and I noticed my mother-in-law gathering the silks one day. I asked what and why, she said she used dried silks for kidney problems and also made jelly out of the silks and the cobs.
You guys are the best! We live in Glasgow Kentucky and so enjoy your videos. God bless y'all
O my goodness I made the fried corn today and honestly it is the best corn I’ve ever eaten. Thank you Tom and Melissa I made it just like you did. Love love love it. Did I say I love it.
Growing up to get the silk out, we always used a knife and a new toothbrush. But we tipped the corn differently. We would barely tip it from the top to the bottom in a big pot. Do that twice, then we would scrape the cob, that’s how to get the starch out. Then add a little bit of water to the pot and then let it cook down. Once the corn is cooked down, turn it off and let it cool and then put it into the ziplock bags, then freeze. This is also known as cream corn.
We like a little bacon grease in our fried corn and instead of water, we use milk if we need a little liquid. So good. Thanks for all your videos. When I cut the corn off the cob, I do a light cut, then come back with a little deeper cut, then come back with a scrape to get the corn milk out of the cob. Yum, so good.
Love your tips. I can tell you are a great cook. We really appreciate that you are watching our channel. Hope you are having a wonderful summer.
This is one of my favorite videos of yours. I enjoy all but more preserving please.
This brings back so many great memories! I remember helping my Mamaw cutting corn. We made cream corn with ours. Mamaw would sit in the chair with a large sharpened butcher knife & a large empty bowl in her lap. Then, with the small end of the ear facing away from her, she would cut small pieces of the corn with each slice up. She would usually get about 2-3 cuts per each lengthwise area. After getting all the kernels cut off she would scrape the cob with her knife & get all the juice. That was our cream corn. So delicious 😋. Thank you both so much!!
I do mine in the dishwasher! Have for years! Shuck & clean most of silks off lay in dishwasher cross crossing so they all get cleaned & blanched well. Run through short wash or sani rinse. It cuts 1 whole step out! You take directly out of dishwasher & cut it off or just bag it up on ears. So way much easier!! I go ahead and heat mine & add sugar, butter, salt. Don’t add pepper till I get it ready to heat n eat. Try it guys! I promise you won’t be disappointed you did!! I also use my mandolin to cut it off cob with. I can do a bushel of corn in less than an hour start to finish!! ✝️♥️✝️
I've heard of people using the dishwasher for blanching corn, but I never tried it... There was another vegetable that can be done in the dishwasher as well but I don't remember what it was. Do you know?
I used to help my mother process vegetables. She canned tomatoes, tomato juice, green beans, field peas, and jars of what she called vegetable soup mix that had tomatoes, kernel corn, field peas, and okra. She froze squash, okra, and more. Nothing beats fresh veggies, and using the canned and frozen veggies,was so delicious during the fall and winter. Your video sure did bring back lots of good memories. Love your channel.
Thanks for a fun video! I grew up in Ohio and fresh corn on the cob was dinner regularly, along with sliced tomatoes and cucumbers. Yum!
I grew up where none of my friends mom made fried corn. Only my grandma who grew up in Kentucky made it. Ok my Dr just had a heart attack. I can’t have salt anymore. Never thought to add sugar. Thank you for bringing back a memory of my grandma and mom.
We hope you enjoy it. We think it's so much better than a can of corn purchased at the store. Definitely worth the extra effort.
I love corn and could eat it everyday♥Yes, the microwave is perfect for cooking a fresh ear of corn.♥
23:54 I remember mom freezing corn exactly how you do yours. It always tasted so fresh from the cob. The recipe for fried corn sounds rather interesting. Good to have another recipe to use for corn as I really like a good helping of corn when it's done right. Thank you for sharing the recipe with us and your tips of processing corn.
I love the video being different and all! I would like to see you cook something other than food in a video, soap! I remember you saying that you have made your own soap for years, so that video would be interesting to watch for sure. Keep up the great entertainment Tom and Melissa, we watch every video. Thanks so much.
My grandmother used old fashioned cow butter in an iron skillet and baked it in the oven. She used white field corn. No sweet corn back then.
I loved watching this video! I hope as canning season progresses you'll share more videos like this!❤
Thank you so much for the nice words. We think the quality of corn prepared like this is so worth the extra effort it takes.
You are right regarding cooking the corn on the cobb in the microwave! It's so easy!!
Thanks for sharing I enjoy your channel I always learn something new from you and Melissa have a blessed day 🙏
Tom and Melissa thank you for showing your recipe for fried corn. ❤❤❤❤❤ that's how my mom made . I been wanting to fried corn but for how to do it. Thank you
I always freeze corn too. It’s the best! I usually always cut it off the cob
Oh yeah, and besides nuking the corn on cob, you can lay and UNSHUCKED EAR right in the oven--ZERO PREP--for 30 min at 350 degrees, the cut off bottom, hold the pointy silks end and shake out the ear just like you described with nuking it. I do love my corn.
Great job Tom and Melissa, you two just managed to wrap up several items about putting up corn in the freezer and preparing corn for the table and every one of those ways were awesome and helpful to folks just learning and to a lot of us old folks too. Thanks so much for the information. Fred.
Nothing like fresh corn!
Tom & Melissa, today was my birthday. Our daughter made your Mondrian Orange cake that you made 5-12+24.. she was here when tyou made the cake and thought it sounded delicious. She said her house smelled so good while the cake cooked. Our granddaughter mepttelling mehow good the frosting was. I must admit, this is now my favorite cake. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. She asked that i tell you how very good it was. 💞
Happy birthday to you! We are so happy that the Mandarin Orange cake was a part of your birthday celebration and that you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for letting us know that. We are so grateful to have you at the table with us.
I enjoyed learning about working up the corn! I may go to the farmers' market this weekend & get some corn to freeze. May even try an experiment to see if I can make the corn OFF the cob taste like Mexican Street corn. 😊
Thanks for another fun (& educational for this 3rd generation Southern California girl) video Melissa & Tom!
When your wife ask you to explain the Baggie holder😮 and where you bought it
I was just thinking I need one of those Gadgets lol …
I also wanted to tell you I absolutely love love love all your videos
Y’all are amazing cooks
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I'd love to see a video on canning. I've had a minimal exposure to the process, but I could sure use some additional teaching on the subject. Thanks, again for your time and efforts to share your knowledge with us.
We always made fried corn. We fried onions , bacon and mushrooms then added the corn. So good. I totally agree with you love frozen compared to canned
he hamper when I was a child so we could have it come winter time. My husband and I would plant our own and prepare it for the freezer
Yep I have put my corn in the microwave and done that. I love home processed corn...!
It was a enjoyable video. That is how I do it. I also microwave 4 minutes.
❤ I have never frozen corn. It was interesting to see it done, thanks for sharing! My mom and I have canned green beans, tomatoes, beets and zuccini relish. ❤
We actually had corn on the cob yesterday for our 4th of July cook out. Had two ears uncooked that I saved for today which we had fried corn for lunch--so yummy. We put corn in the freezer also but this farm gal does it differently. Anyway it is done it tastes great in the winter. I grew up doing Silver Queen but now we also grow Peaches and Cream type. I bet your grandmother did her fried corn in a cast iron skillet.
Shuck it, de-slik it, then cut of the cob. We steam ours in large pot w/a bit of water then add a bit of butter while it cools. Finally bag it for the freezer like you do. We get ours at the weekly Farmer's Market and put up a few dozen a week during the Corn Season: like you we need far less now (in our 80s) than when the kids were home.
I love fresh corn now. As a kid, I only wanted canned corn (from the store). Didn't want it frozen and didn't want corn on the cob. I grew up and learned better. The only reluctance I have to the microwave shucking method is that I can recall more than a few times we'd get corn from a farmer that had worms/caterpillars that we didn't discover until we shucked them. Then we'd just cut away the worms and the bad part and use the good part. I'd hate to discover that post-microwave. I buy most of my fresh corn on the cob from the local grocer these days, so worms aren't really a concern, so I use the microwave method. Great video.
Thank you so much for the kind words about the video. We really appreciate that you are watching our channel. I totally get the worm in the microwave concern. We've only prepared the corn this way one time. Tuesday night. It was delicious but a worm in it might alter my opinion, too! 😢
I wanted to share this with you, my mother cut more corn off the cob than you can imagine and cook the best fried corn too. She never cut corn sd deep as you but first slice down then took her knife and turn the blade at an angle came back down and got the corn milk it makes it creamier. 😊
I enjoyed yourvideo! I add corn to my sloppy Joe's . ( 2 ears) Really good!
I will be buying my corn in a few days. I will be doing some for frying. Thanks for showing us this. Looks delicious. I always make cream style corn and freeze it; also I put some up on the cob. Can’t wait to try this fried corn. Again I love your channel.
Love this video, please do more of these
Loved watching how you pack corn for freezing mostly like I process it! The only thing I do different is in the blanching. We were taught to put blanched corn in ice water to stop the cooking immediately after the 3 minutes of boiling.
Enjoy your recipes❤
This method has worked for us for many years. I'm sure there are lots of ways to preserve it. We always appreciate having it waiting on us in the winter when you can't get it fresh. Thank you so much for watching our channel.
I’m cutting corn off the cob, you can put the end of the cob on the top of a tube pan and cut it off with an electric knife, works real slick!
I wish I had watched y’all yesterday!!
I'm guess you had a lot of corn yesterday!
Very nice and a good way to get canned corn and up the flavor a bunch! As it is just my wife and I now, we just microwave our corn like you said. Years ago, we had friends that had what they called sugar corn and we loved it. Don’t know where we would get that now but it was the best we’d ever had. Now we just get about 4 ears at a time from Walmart and nuke it. I enjoyed your corn processing video and might try the fried corn, it looked delicious with the sprinkling of sugar though I have to be careful of added sugar. It looked worth the splurge. Keep up the good cooking suggestions and recipes. I enjoy your channel.
Thank you for showing your method!! I've never tried to do that but I will now!!😊
Love this video! I live in NJ and we love 💛 corn.
I'm going to buy some extra ears and try the freezing method, so we can enjoy some this winter. Thank you for sharing!
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Corn is so delicious.We love it .
It looks really good.... my grandmothers always cooked it some before bagging. Just another process, I guess.
I make fried corn with garlic, jalapeno, red bell pepper, and green onion. The butter blends the flavors and its delicious.
Sounds great! There is nothing like fresh corn (or corn that you've frozen yourself when it's cold outside and fresh is no longer an option!).
I really enjoyed the processing and free,ing corn.Thats the way I have always processed mine.When I was growing up, my mom and dad didn't own a freezer, so we canned corn. I can vegetables every summer.Im 77yr.old.
Now I want corn & mashed potatoes. I love corn anything & everything! Thanks for sharing this video. Tom, I use a (new) soft toothbrush to help get the silks off.
Great tip. Thanks so much for watching our channel. We hope you can have some corn and mashed potatoes soon.
I fry mine in a frying pan with butter and milk 😋
Love the video, i laughed because even with me in a wheelchair because of a severe work-related injury(nursing) I My hubby went to farm market last Saturday. I worked up a dozen ears of corn, I always do creamed corn since it is my favorite. I also froze half a bushel of half runners. yeah it was lots of work but like you I will have good food when the snow flies. He went back and got me some as we call it, garden supper food. We had tomatoes, corn on the cob, cucumbers and I save enough green beans out to cook a small pot. no meat needed other than the little pieces of ham in the beans. (little chunks from the Christmas ham). I love to watch you guys, I miss my Kentucky family but only 30 miles from the Ohio river. over the bridge and into West Virginia. I never had seen a corn brush but i will have one in the next week. I also will find the bag holder. Thanks.
Thank you for showing the corn brush and the bag holder, ordered them that same evening, also getting a corn cutter, I know it will cut my time down working up corn. yes, Hubby went to farm market yesterday so come morning I will be working again. i did shuck the corn and bagged for the fridge.
I can remember my grandmother making corn silkers out of broom straw.
That gadget for holding bags open is very handy, thanks for sharing the details on how tp use it and where to find it.
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I fixed us some fried corn today from our cut off corn from back in the summer. It was in freeEr and yet it tastes just like fresh. I love it. Thank you both. So yummy
You are so welcome. We love corn like this and it's nice to have some stashed away in the freezer.
VERY IMPRESSED! ALSO, LOVE YOUR BAGGY STAND FOR YOUR FREEZER BAGS. LOVE IT SO MUCH, I ORDERED A COUPLE TODAY FROM AMAZON. 😂 ❤❤❤
Fresh corn is the best
BTW… I’m just over in Garrard Cnty Ky! I’m about an hour away from you guys! We’re 1 Cnty over from Madison. ✝️♥️✝️
You know we always put a little sugar and Bacon, grease.
And the butter and my papaw who was Indian eat corn and biscuits every morning no matter what everyone else eat he had fried corn and biscuits
Thank you for sharing I appreciate you guys
My grandmother canned a lot- her bread and butter pickles were divine. But she always froze corn, peaches and strawberries. I can remember going on vacation to Ocean City and picking up bushels of Eastern Shore corn to process- my grandparents would rent a house with a big freezer down there, and bring back big coolers of frozen corn and flounder. And nothing really beat vanilla ice cream with freshly thawed peaches in the middle of winter, after a meal of the flounder and corn. Eastern shore summer in the winter.
I have always grown up with fried corn but we did it with bacon grease to fry them in here in Louisville ky
We enjoy watching your alls videos cant wait for the next one
Thanks for watching our channel. We really do appreciate that. Hope you are having a nice weekend.