Hi Cuties! I have been busy all day with corn. I told you that squirrels got most of our corn but my nephew planted and so his dad brought us some. I had put up 28 qt bags if I remember rightly. Well SIL brought us 3 five gallons buckets today! We worked all day shucking it, washing and cutting off the cob so I could cook, cool and freeze. I managed to get 25 qt bags and I left some in a bowl that I am cooking to eat tomorrow.
SIL tried to give some more but I told him that’s all I can handle at one time. Usually I can do 2 buckets but thank goodness hubby helps and we did 120 ears.Nora Jane does not know when she has enough . She loves sweet corn, on or off the cob. They put theirs up on the cob but it takes more room in the freezer so we cut off the cob. Cam likes it in vegetable soup and everybody likes it just cooked down low.
I really wasn’t going to put up anymore but I can’t see it ruin. That’s the thing about gardening. You have to pick it and put it up no matter what else is happening. If it makes well and gets ready to pick sometime it’s more than you can handle. The good thing is you can share.
I sent Grayson these pics and he just said ‘Beautiful’😉😂🤣
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Wonderful! Looks so yummy!
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by toogie
02 Jul 2020
I thought I had put up enough but BIL dropped off another 5 gallon bucket last yesterday. I spread it out in my hallway until this morning. We got up and shucked,washed,cut off the cob and cooked again. He said this would be the last of his so I know I won’t be putting anymore up unless Grayson drops some off. Only had 35 ears to tend to today so it didn’t take that long. I was pooped putting up those 120!🌽
by toogie
edited 02 Jul 2020
Just to let you know Those 35 ears yielded 7 qt bags of corn. I’d say these 7 bags are more on the whole kernel side as the corn in the field is starting to dry out, finish up. It’s not as juicy as earlier.
173695I just cannot imagine doing anything like this. Having to deal with something in such bulk is impossible for me to grasp. Fantastic job Toogie. I think you are a ⭐️
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by toogie
edited 01 Jul 2020
Oh Sarah, you make what I did sound special, but this comes natural for a 'country gal' or one raised on a farm. When I was a girl, our family had acres of vegetables. When mamma got what she wanted put up and daddy gave to family & friends we girls got to pick and sell the rest, at our local grocery store. We kept our own money which was the incentive to keep working.-lol-I remember the bushels of purple hull peas. Seems like we always had some peas. Then when we'd go to my dad's parents, grandma was always sitting on the porch with an apron on, a huge bowl in her lap and shelling peas.
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109774I haven't gotten any corn yet, except enough to eat and share. We have to buy ours, but the farmer we buy from has been sold out 4 days that we've been. We were there at opening time (9:00) yesterday and he said they started picking at 5 and people lined up by 6:15. We finally got our names on a reserve list, so should have some Monday. Yum! I love it!!
I have canned 25 quarts of tomatoes, 7 quarts of sweet pickles, and put 15 bags of squash and 2 bushels of butter beans in the freezer. I love seeing my freezer full. It sure has helped me NOT go to the grocery store during quarantine.
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by toogie
30 Jun 2020
Amen sister! I don't get out either. I haven't even been to the bank this month and didn'yt go in April either. Hubby is saving money-lol
We didn't have enough tomatoes to can, but those you put up, will be good this winter in soups, chili, etc. I did put up pickles, but the squash we ate as it came in, as we didn't have many plants that made well.
The butter beans sound glorious! I know it takes a lot of them to make 2 bushels,too. My grandson Cam would rather have a vegetable soup than fried shrimp! I know because he was here one day and we had shrimp. He said, "How come you didn't make a soup?" :(
My DH put his bean poles up and some of the vines climbed up but not a bean on the vine. Pitiful...
I do hope you get your corn. Us southern gals can't do without!-lol
5431Yum! The corn up here in NY hasn't even gotten knee high! I love fresh corn on the cob! I bet the corn being sold in our groceries for the 4th of July cookouts are from your neck of the woods and I thank ya kindly, ma'am! LOL! Now go put your feet up after all that hard work!
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70755Wow, they look so delicious!! So much work - but you'll be enjoying corn for months to come!! I showed my hubby and he was so impressed too! Yum!!!
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by toogie
30 Jun 2020
We would make good neighbors-lol-I like to show my dh things too! Yes it's a good thing we like corn. I cooked some today and it was good. I am thankful.
96283I'm comming to your house for CORN, bread, chowder, muffins, fritters, creamed, casserole, parmesan, any way you fix it I will eat it! But no squirrel meat!
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by toogie
30 Jun 2020
Come on over!-lol- don't have any squirrel meat. Remember he supposed to be scaring them away, but they must know he can't see well enough to hit them anyway, because they dare him-lol
18140Now that is a beautiful picture! And well worth all of the hours it took to prep all of that corn. I'm grateful you have the freezer space. Enjoy it this winter. I confess, I do a lot of dehydrating because I have only so much freezer space.
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by toogie
30 Jun 2020
As long as I keep him enough room for his ice cream, I'm good.-lol- I have never dehydrated anything, but my kids have made beef jerky, maybe other things too. Yes, this corn will be enjoyed in soups this winter. My BIL Douglas request my soups, so I use this corn in the soups I send him. He's not eating much these days and wants to stop Chemo......
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27358Ooh! that all looks so scrumptious! Well done to all of you, love Chris
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234507Wow love corn but no where to grow it.
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by toogie
30 Jun 2020
I am thankful for having a place to grow it and room in the freezer to store it. Also, for friends and family that provided it this year.
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