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Corn on the Cob

A preserved corn on the cob canned in jars with salt and boiling water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Corn on the Cob

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the corn

  1. Pour boiling water over the corn and blanch for 15 minutes.

  2. Plunge the corn quickly into cold water for a moment.

Pack the jars

  1. Pack the corn in half-gallon jars, alternating butts and tips.

  2. Add 1 teaspoon of coarse sea salt and a little boiling water to each jar.

  3. Put on the rubber seals and tops, adjusting the spring as needed.

Sterilize and finish

  1. Place the jars in a boiler and sterilize for 3 hours.

  2. Press down the spring and remove the jars from the boiler.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Fresh corn on the cob
Forms the main body of the dish, providing the sweet kernels and texture.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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