The pot of gold (en corn)

Sometimes there is a pot of gold at the base of a rainbow.  In our case it was a pot of golden corn.

See that rainbow..we followed it here..

To my cousin Todd’s patch of sweet corn.  That corn must be about eight feet tall!

We got two bags of corn, six dozen ears.  We shucked, cooked and bagged corn all Sunday afternoon.  What a sticky mess..but it will be worth it next winter.

We had fun watching Samantha’s goats..they are a 4-H project. Children and goats were running all over the yard..it was great fun to watch.

Chance watched from the car.  His door was open.  He did not get out of the car.  We hoped that he would interact with the goats or the young Border Collie named Jack..but he just stayed in the car and barked. Silly boy.

I am happy to have one batch of corn in the freezer.  We may do another partial batch..I have to count and see how many packages we still have in the freezer from last year.  Last year we did twelve dozen ears, the Grands all love it..so we share with them.

We cook the ears, then they are thrown in an ice bath, Far Guy cuts the corn off the cob.  Then I cook up a stick of butter, 4 cups of water, 3 teaspoons of salt and 1/2 cup of sugar..I bring that to a good rolling boil and then add 16 cups of corn.  Then I put that mixture into quart freezer bags.  I freeze them on cookie sheets..nice and flat.  When they are frozen I will package four to a gallon freezer bag.  That way I can grab four at a time and put them in the refrigerator freezer. Six dozen ears made 28 quart bags filled with about 2 1/2 to 3 cups of corn.   Yummy golden goodness next winter :) 

Corn

Well it is that time of year again.  Corn on the cob cooked to perfection and dripping in butter, seasoned with a little salt and pepper.  Life is good when the Minnesota crop ripens.

These are the girls that help their Dad (one of my many cousins) grow and sell the sweet corn.  They were out riding one night and I stopped and hollered how is the Sweet Corn crop?  They said “Fantastic!”

They are delivering ten dozen this morning.  I have the day off to cook corn!  The grands love it, Far Guys helps, he even bought me an new stockpot so we can cook larger batches.

I just had to go through the entire recipe box to find the magic recipe that we all like.  Here it is just incase I lose it again.

Freezer Corn

4 Cups of Water

1/2 cup of sugar

1 stick of butter

Cook mixture until the sugar is dissolved and the butter has melted.

Add in 16 cups of cooked corn that has been cut off of the cob.

Cool..and package into freezer bags so you can enjoy the flavor of fresh sweet corn all next winter.

Last year we did 10 batches with 187 cobs.  This year we will have about 140 cobs cause the girls always do a corn dozen..that is 14 instead of 12.  So probably 8 batches and it will make about 60 bags, the bags each have about two cups.

Now to make some room in the freezer:)