freezing fresh corn on cob
Looking for fast way to frrze corn on corn
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If you don't blanch it (i.e., boil for 1 minute), the sugar will convert to starch, and you might as well freeze day-old field corn. Doesn't matter if it is still on the cob or has been cut off the cob.
Blanch it, freeze it, and if it was really fresh when you blanched it, it will keep for at least a year.
If you just freeze it without blanching it, it will taste like cardboard within a very short time, maybe a couple weeks.
EDIT: note this is for standard sweet corn. There is a GMO corn in several varieties that lacks the enzyme most responsible for the sugar to starch conversion. That corn might actually survive in edible form frozen without blanching for some time.
Blanch it, freeze it, and if it was really fresh when you blanched it, it will keep for at least a year.
If you just freeze it without blanching it, it will taste like cardboard within a very short time, maybe a couple weeks.
EDIT: note this is for standard sweet corn. There is a GMO corn in several varieties that lacks the enzyme most responsible for the sugar to starch conversion. That corn might actually survive in edible form frozen without blanching for some time.
