To Preserve Corn for Winter Use
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Remove all the outside husks from the corn.
Tightly fasten the inside husks down.
Pack and store
Pack the corn in barrels or boxes, alternating layers with coarse sea salt.
Store in a cool place to prevent the corn from heating and spoiling.
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
- Corn
- The fresh vegetable being preserved, packed whole in its inner husks for storage.
- Coarse sea salt
- Draws out moisture and inhibits spoilage microbes, which helps the corn keep through winter.
The step that matters
Alternating layers of salt. Salt must reach between the layers of corn so that every ear is covered. Salt draws out moisture and slows the growth of spoilage microbes, so gaps in the layers let the corn rot.
“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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