Gorgeous! How are you storing your corn after harvesting? I’ve read plastic bags, but I’ve also read paper bags (chilled, either way).
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I have a whole crisper full of corn at all times during the summer, mostly purchased.
I usually leave it in a paper bag or a plastic bag with a few holes poked in it. These cobs are pretty small, so I’ll probably cook them all tonight.
I was looking at freezing cobs, blanching them first. My cousins in Saskatchewan freeze their corn.
Some online recipes have you blanche the corn for 4 minutes, others say 7 minutes or even longer, which is fully cooked. I haven’t tried blanching corn for the freezer. I didn’t really like my blanched frozen green beans when I cooked them a few months later.
This is the first time I’ve gotten more than half a dozen mature cobs at once, so I’ve never had enough corn to freeze!
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About zippering on tomatoes.
Such a nice problem to have!
We typically pick no more than we can eat that day, but it puts a lot of pressure on us to eat corn every day during the season. Even with such a short season, by the end it gets a little starchy…
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Someone in my household eats corn every day. This is for that person .
I lost my taste for corn about 2 years ago. I eat it around 2 times a month.
I can’t eat any vegetable every day. I’ve lost my taste for broccoli , parsnips, carrots , most winter squash, and sweet potatoes, from making them so frequently for my DCs. Lol.
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Mine went from hard and green to ripe and cracked beyond saving virtually overnight last week. We’ve had weird weather this year (very hot and lots of heavy rain interspersed with dry spells), so I’m not surprised, just annoyed with myself for not doing more to help them along. I was able to salvage a few today and turned two large Purple Cherokees into bruschetta topping - delicious. There are still a few green ones left to ripen, but overall I didn’t get a great fruit set. I’m hoping for a second round once the weather here cools off a bit.
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Starting my second quart tomorrow. Good cuke year.
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Tomatoes are finally coming along. Just 3-5 a day for now, which is manageable. My mother’s cucumbers are thriving.
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What kind of pepper is that? It looks a lot like the main Korean type.
The rain from remnants of hurricane Debby woke up the shiitake logs.
One of several baskets.
An abundance of basil is getting harvested. Basil vinegar, freeze drying and pesto are the end goals. Here’s a freeze drier load, ready to go into the machine:
Freeze dried basil is about as close to fresh-tasting as you can get. Basil vinegar is wonderful stuff and also keeps the fresh taste. The next freeze drier load will be Thai basil.
These freeze dried herbs will keep their green color if added to low-simmering, boiling foods, like tomato sauce or coconut milk. Basils turn black from an enzyme in the leaves; heat denatures the enzyme.
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It’s likely too late a reply; but dried sweet corn is surprisingly good. Blanched, cut off the cob, and dehydrated, it can keep a long time, especially if vacuum-sealed or with oxygen absorbers. (A must if storing for long-term.) I was given dried sweet corn from an Amish farm in Pennsylvania. When cooked in water, it came out delicious, surprisingly like fresh.
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It wasn’t a Korean pepper. I haven’t seen any Korean peppers for sale where I live in Canada.
I can’t remember the variety. I had picked the plant up at a Dutch run garden centre, and misplaced the label. It has a little more bite than a shepherd pepper, but it’s less hot than a hot Hungarian wax pepper.
It might be some sort of Hungarian sweet red pepper.
Good to know, thank you!
Great information; thanks!
I was invited to pick a neighbors’ figs while they were away. Being one tree, expectations were limited regarding a single picking. This proved incorrect!
The total was a bit over ten pounds (4.5 kilos). The tree appears to be one of the Hardy Chicago types.
Whatever it is, I intend on making cuttings! Meanwhile, the dehydrator will get a workout.
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That’s a lot of figs! I’ve started to pay a bit more attention to watering (while the choice is stil mine).
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We need a neighbor like that!
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