Recipes

[drizzellla]

I have several ears of corn on the cob. Not sure what to do with them,

Found a recipe for Corn Chowder. Never had corn chowder. Not sure if I should give it a try.

Tried to make potato soup during the winter. First time was disappointing. Second time, I thought it was better. But I think the rest of the folk just ate it only because it was there.

The corn looks beautiful. Hate to waste them, if the recipe is a dud.

[Sooner]

Great summer corn?  BARELY cook it, add butter and salt, and relish every wonderful bite!!!!  I don't think I could ever get enough!!!!!

[proudlyfromNJ]

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@Sooner wrote:

Great summer corn?  BARELY cook it, add butter and salt, and relish every wonderful bite!!!!  I don't think I could ever get enough!!!!!

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@drizzellla  I agree with @Sooner . It's the best way.

[Sooner]

@drizzellla I will make ONE exception.  My sweet wonderful aunt, who was born in 1911, made real creamed corn with cream and thickened some way and butter and a teaspoon of sugar and it was the best thing ever ate.

She carefully froze the best summer corn for our Christmas meal.  Once coming in our house she dopped it and I honestly thought my dad (and I ) were gonna cry!  We lamented it as long as he lived--somebody would say "Remembe when she dropped the corn?"

[BlueFinch]

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@Sooner wrote:

Great summer corn?  BARELY cook it, add butter and salt, and relish every wonderful bite!!!!  I don't think I could ever get enough!!!!!

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@Sooner Yes, definitely!  The only thing I like a little better is to throw them on a charcoal grill, so they get a little smokey, with caramelizing of the sugar in the kernels. I eat it off the cob the first day, then cut the left over off the cob for salads, or other recipes. 

[kare29]

Drizzella,

I have cut the kernels off the cobs and frozen them in a zip lock back for future meals and it is still delicious.  

[Somertime]

Microwave it!  I prefer to take off the husk, wrap in wet paper towel (wring out water) cook 3 minutes on high!  That's it..........delicious

[drizzellla]

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@Sooner wrote:

@drizzellla I will make ONE exception.  My sweet wonderful aunt, who was born in 1911, made real creamed corn with cream and thickened some way and butter and a teaspoon of sugar and it was the best thing ever ate.

She carefully froze the best summer corn for our Christmas meal.  Once coming in our house she dopped it and I honestly thought my dad (and I ) were gonna cry!  We lamented it as long as he lived--somebody would say "Remembe when she dropped the corn?"

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My husband likes creamed corn. Me - not so much.  He likes creamed anything. My Mom never cooked like that.

I will let him make the creamed corn. Translation - it will never get done.

Sorry you waited all year for your Aunt's creamed corn, only to see it hit the ground. I can picture your heart sinking.

[drizzellla]

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@kare29 wrote:

Drizzella,

I have cut the kernels off the cobs and frozen them in a zip lock back for future meals and it is still delicious.  

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That is a reson why I want to use the corn on the cob while they look perfect. Too many times I pull something out of the freezer and it looks fine but isn't.

I am so careful now. At Christmas I made a large lasagne for all our Christmas guests staying at our house. Took a bit of time to make because of the size. Took one bite and threw it out. The sausage was in the freezer about 2 weeks. It tasted bad.

I lost all confidence in freezing stuff.

[shoptilyadropagain]

I actually prefer to cut it from the cob and then freeze it in zip loc bags but I'm normally too lazy to do that...LOL!  However, I just got a tool from Pampered Chef that is supposed to slice the kernels off easily so I may try that when I pick up some corn.  I then use the frozen corn for a meal throughout the year or I can throw a bag into my SW Chicken Tortilla Soup that I normally make in the winter.

To eat it now, I remove it from the husk and roll it in wax paper w/ some butter.  I nuke that for a couple of minutes but always add more butter to eat it.