Kitchen Garden Forum

Most of the varieties I've tried in recent years have been delicious. But as the old gardening adage goes, if you don't use them quickly after harvesting, their flavour starts to fade. Ones I've frozen also aren't quite so good.

By comparison, ones we've bought from the shops this year seem tasty (and must be several days old).

Is this down to any particular varieties they're using or am I just imagining this

I think Sun and plenty of water is the answer and we've not had much of either this year.

I did well with the mini-cobs but then I sowed and havested early to beat the badgers.

Beryl.

Does anyone else think that home grown cobs don't keep as long as shop bought ones?

Don't know. I've never bought them from a shop. Long ago in the days before the lottie we did used to go and 'pick our own' . But then what we didn't used straight away got frozen.

Beryl.

Well, we bought some from T*scos last week & didn't get round to eating them till a week later.

These too tasted pretty dull (and they have been fine in previous weeks) so maybe it's just that the supermarkets are also quick to get them on the shelves.

The only thing that got me thinking about this in the first place is the old adage about taking a pan of boiling water down to the garden to put the cobs straight in. Exaggerated I know, but I've seen this so many times.

Hi Colin,
The way to cook it is that you wait in the kitchen until the pan is boiling then rush down the garden pick your cob and as you rush back you peel it and rush into the kitchen and throw the cob in the pan! Mmmmmm!
That was one of Lawrence D. Hills jokes and his way of saying Sweet Corn should be eaten as soon as it is picked if possible.
JB.

We don't use any salt in the cooking water as it tends to toughen the cobs.
They also cook well when nuked in the microwave - wrapped in greaseproof paper parcel.

John