Last year the HH gave me 2 cases of corn for our 19th wedding anniversary. I spent all night shucking corn and cutting it off the cob. The whole thing was just as romantic as you might picture it–except, of course, for the part where it was a big, messy pain in the butt to get off the cob.
This year, I have a clever little trick up my sleeve. I am going to use a bundt pan to hold the corn while I skillfully {might be going out on a limb with the use of skillfully} cut the corn off the cob and prepare it for canning and/or freezing.
I love that the pan catches all of the corn, instead of me scraping it off the cutting board and into a bowl every few ears.
Bring on year twenty, dear. I’m ready for my corn!
~Mavis
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Sydelle says
We have been growing corn here in the South Puget Sound area for twenty years, and I have tried the many ways you can cut corn off the cob, and none of them were as easy as using a Corn Zipper. Last summer I researched and ultimately purchased from Amazon the Kuhn Rikon stainless corn zipper to process over 120 ears of corn grown in our lower garden. It was the easiest way to remove kernels from the cob. It was quick, easy to handle, safe, and less messy than anything I had tried before. I look forward to using it again this year because it was such a time saver and pleasant experience last year.
Mavis says
Sounds awesome!
Practical Parsimony says
This sounds like a good idea. My bundt pan is about 45 years old, very heavy, and a gift from my mother. So, I would go buy a new one for this. The thing I use that helps is a corn holder. I put it on the top end of the corn cob so I won’t slice off a finger! My chickens love the cobs because their little, pointy beaks can get lots more off. I gave them each a half a cob each day along with their other foods. I know I could get more off or make something else, but I don’t.
Rosaleen Sullivan says
GENIUS!
Heather says
I should try this method, but for now I do use my electric knife to cut the kernels off the cob, while resting the cob on a coffee mug in a large roasting pan. Makes quick work and no sawing!
Joanna says
A drill, a plastic bin, and a “korn kutter” work very well too. 🙂
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