When the corn is ripe on our farm, it is 'all hands on deck.' My husband picks the corn and our daughters carry the buckets to our farm utility vehicle. When they have a load, they find a shady spot and begin husking the corn. As the containers fill with husked corn, the girls start bringing it to me. I am in charge of the silking and the washing of the corn. I like to do the silking myself because I am a bit particular about how much silk is left. 

Before the development of the Corn Kernel Cutter my husband used a stainless steel metal tray to cut the corn manually. The cob was placed in the tray and a plastic plunger was used to push the corn through, cutting about half the kernels off. You then flipped the corn cob over and ran it through again. This did a fair job of cutting off the corn, but it was much more tedious than the Corn Kernel Cutter - and messier.

Now after the silking and washing is done, the corn is taken to the CKC table. This table has a hole in one end under which we place a 33 gallon trash can. As the kernels are sliced off they fall into the bundt pan and the cob lands in the trash can. This saves so much on clean- up. We used to have corn kernels splattered liberally around the counter where we cut the corn off manually. No more. In addition to having the CKC, we now do all this in our shop and the mess is no longer in my kitchen. This makes me very happy.

After all the corn is cut off, I cook the corn in stainless steel pots on my gas stove. I only fill the pots up about half way or so because corn can easily scorch on the bottom. I put in water part way up the corn, but not covering the corn. I begin cooking it at a low temp, stirring often. I cook it until the corn changes color indicating that is sufficiently blanched. I then add butter and salt to taste.

Next I cool it in the sink by filling the sink with cold/ice water. When it is cooled to at least lukewarm, I bag in quart size freezer bags that have been labeled and then lay the corn flat on the shelves or on cookie trays in the freezer. After they are completely frozen I stack the corn bags.

All done! Another batch of corn is ready for enjoying this fall and winter.