Blanching. Once the corn reaches our plants, it is husked and the kernels are sawed off the cob. Then, the corn is washed to remove dirt and any bacteria. How do manufacturers get corn off the cob? Commercially, the most common method of separating kernels of corn from the cob Read more…
How to Keep Bugs off Corn Rotate Your Corn Crop. Choose Tight-Husked Corn Cultivars. Weed Your Corn Diligently. Encourage Corn Pest Predators. Treat Corn Ears With Mineral Oil. Till to Deter Bugs in Corn. How do you keep bugs out of corn on the cob? Apply five drops of corn Read more…
The corn cob is the remaining part of the corn ear after stripping the corn kernels, accounting for about 75%–85% of the weight of the ear of corn. Is corn of the cob the same as ear of corn? A corncob, also called cob of corn or corn on the Read more…
Put whole corn cob, or extracted kernels, into a medium-size paper bag. Fold the end of the bag over twice, and microwave on high heat until popping slows to between 2–3 seconds. Be careful of steam when you open the bag. Enjoy your popcorn on the cob! Can I make Read more…
Early North American settlers used corn cobs. They were abundant, they were soft and they were easy to handle. Sailors used something called a ‘tow rag’. A tow rag was a long piece of frayed rope that dangled in the water. What did people wipe with before toilet paper? And Read more…
With carefully chosen seeds, Green Giant™ offers very-high quality GMO-free sweet corn. Which corn is not GMO? Popcorn, also called flint corn‚ is its own distinct type of corn. It makes up very little of all corn grown in North America, and there is not any GMO popcorn available on Read more…
Step one: Buy a popcorn cob, then follow our instructions for acing this edible experiment at home… Put a popcorn cob in a paper lunch bag and fold the bag closed. Put the lunch bag, folded-side in, into another lunch bag; fold closed. Microwave on HIGH for 2 minutes or Read more…
395 kJ. Nutrition Information Calories 94 (395 kJ) Carbohydrate 12.5 g 4% Sugars 3.7 g Dietary Fibre 5.6 g 19% Sodium 3 mg 0% How much energy is in a cob of corn? As a direct heat source, corn cobs have a heat value of about 18.4 to 18.7 MJ/kg Read more…
Corn cobs should never go in the trash can! While they can decompose in a compost pile within 2 months, leaving them in landfills will slow down the process, and it can take as long as 18 years before it eventually happens. Of course, the decomposition process leaves no adverse Read more…
Place the corn on the cob into a low oven with the heat set to 200 degrees Fahrenheit and leave the oven door slightly ajar. Slowly dry the ear of corn for 4 to 6 hours, taking the time to rotate the cob every hour or so to dry out Read more…