Show County Farm Notes By County Agent Paul Grimshaw Preparing Corn Cor n For Freezing All over the the country frozen froze n sweet corn has become a ra family favorite And And Andon on or the subject o of t freezing corn corna a year five stud study Just completed d by the U U. U S. S Department De De- nt of Agriculture reveals reveal s some interesting pointers says say s Paul Grand County A Anent ent Any variety of sweet corn good for or eating fresh ds Js good for freezIng but some varieties s are better than others oUters The ears eaTS should be tr fresh sh sweet and ten tens der and gathered at the milky stage tage when re almost fully grown Town be processed as soon as possible after pickIng pick pick- wIthin ing-wIthin Ing within hwo or three hours If It It must be ba held belch overnight It should be kept in the refrigerator refrigerator ator or in cracked Ice Tests show that during the first 24 hours hours' after rafter harvest sweet corn com loses percent of Its sugars at room temperature and even 27 percent when covered with cracked ice Corn on th the cob frozen is pre by some families but there are some disadvantages In this method Cobs take up as much as 92 percent more space than cut k kernels Also considerably consid consid- considerably preheating Is required required re re- to penetrate both ker ker- nals and cob in order to prevent the loss of flavor and color of frozen corn The chief advantage is ease of preparation and the Ithe short time required from garden to freezer Freezing corn wn on the cob requires re se Te quires about 10 minutes advance scalding compared to only 4 minutes for corn that is cut off and frozen Also corn on the cob must be thawed before cooking while frozen kernels or or r cream creams style corn can be put on to io cook while still frozen Two vo mistaken Ideas exist regarding are reo garding freezing of corn the U.S. U.S. U. U S. S D D. A A. reports First corn In n the husk cannot be successfully frozen fro Izen zen and second corn Orn must be preheated preheated before freezing I corn whether In do the husk or out develops an unpleasant unpleasant un pleasant flavor within a m month nth I after freezing Tests In locker plants and home I freezers show that frozen com corn comon comon on the cob should should-be be used in less I than 9 months style cream corn I within a year and whole grain corn in less than 15 months i |