Sweet corn is cheap this week, so we took advantage of that and cut down about 50 ears for freezing. This was a mini project started by my daughter, who is really beginning to enjoy having fresh produce. Considering what the price is these days for a small bag of frozen corn, we figured that we were far ahead by putting up our own. Essentially, we set up a simple work flow, with her tending the pot of ears being blanched and me filling and sealing the bags. Start to finish, it may have taken us an hour, and we ended up with about 20 quart bags for the freezer, at a cost of about $5 for the corn. Definitely a nice savings and they also taste much better than the average store-bought frozen corn!
A word on freezing - we use a vacuum sealer for all our frozen stuff. It keeps everything much fresher and nicer that way. Ours is a Food Saver and has done a great job for us for the past several years.
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