Freezing Corn

This year, I planted corn expressly to freeze some of the bounty. I chose the variety Bodacious, which had excellent reviews. It proved to have excellent flavor.

I blanched the corn for about 5 minutes and then immediately submerged in ice water until cool.

I cut it from the cob the old fashioned way - with a knife. I love my Old Hickory knives from Lehman's. https://www.lehmans.com For me, about a dozen ears made one quart of corn for the freezer.

Someday I'll invest in lots of glass jars for food storage. I have small jars I use for dried foods and I have large jars for canning, but not much in between. So I resorted to plastic bags to store the corn. I like to use Ziploc freezer bags, which are BPA free.

As a side note, I imagine in a few years we'll find some other terrible chemical that's in plastic and is going to cause loads of health problems (like BPA). I try to minimize my use of plastic and am always sure to only put cool (never hot) foods in plastic containers. I am slowly transitioning everything to steel and glass.

I fold the bag over like so to keep the seal clean. I wipe the seal with a wet paper towel to remove any bits of corn that might have made contact. Then simply remove as much air as possible from the bag, seal it, date it, and put it in the freezer.