Super tough frozen corn

[spinbaby]

While I was down with a broken ankle, my son took over the grocery shopping, which somehow resulted in half a dozen bags of frozen corn in those steamer bags. Last week I microwaved one and it was the toughest, most fibrous corn I’ve ever had—like they had frozen feed corn. This morning, I threw some more of this frozen corn into the InstantPot to see if pressure cooking it would help. Nope, still very chewy. The rest is all going to the compost pile.

[Tetrachloride]

1. Keep the packages

test each bag if you can if all are as bad

[IA8IT]

2. I feel your pain. My part of Iowa is so dry I worry for the sweet corn.

Selfish ass that I am.

I have a few bags of corn I vacuum sealed last year...ok but far from fresh.

Brings back memories of Bartcop and his sweetcorn fetish.

[cyclonefence]

3. I never buy frozen corn

even when a recipe specifies it. I find the small cans of corn, the more expensive ones (still cheaper than frozen), taste much better and are tenderer, more like fresh corn. I think this is one area where old-fashioned canned is a lot better than the frozen. Which isn't the way it's supposed to be.

I'd save all that frozen corn to use as ice packs.

[spinbaby]

4. I prefer canned, too

But my son was doing the grocery shopping and decided a sale was a great reason to stock up. I’ve been slowly working my way through things he decided were a good idea. I also have half a dozen bags each of frozen peas and green beans bought at the same sale. I imagine they’re better than the corn, but I’m going to have to work on using them because they’re not vegetables we eat often.

[cyclonefence]

5. Frozen peas are good

but frozen green beans are soggy. I love green beans, and I can find what the Giant calls "French" green beans (fresh) pretty much all year long. These are tenderer than the other fresh beans I can find. Even home-grown frozen beans I think are not very good.

It's pretty much impossible to get fresh peas, and even if you grow them yourself, it takes a zillion pods to make a serving. I think the frozen ones, esp. the "baby" peas are very good.

[irisblue]

6. Can you use the tough corn for icebags for sprains?

[spinbaby]

8. If I had a sprain, sure

But I’m not going to keep bags of corn around on the off chance of a sprain.

[SharonClark]

7. You mentioned the corn was in a steamer bag.

Did you try steaming the corn on the stove top with a little water?