Freezing Beans and Corn

I’m running a little, well, more than a little late on posting a blog about freezing our beans and corn.  I actually did the beans on August 31st, 2016 and the corn on September 5th.  Our garden gave us much to be thankful for……………….
My husband picked two large bunches of beans for us and then we started giving them away.  We got enough beans to last us the entire year.  The following photos were just from the first picking.

After washing and snapping, they go into a boiling water bath (blanching) for 3 minutes (depending on your altitude).

After blanching, I quickly pour them into a large strainer………

Then right into cold water to stop the cooking process.  The water is supposed to be ice water but our water is pretty cold here and they get two dunkings in the cold water…..

Once again, they get a good straining.

Then they’re off to freezer bags and that’s where they sit, just waiting to to enhance our meals. 

We picked our corn a little early because the night before we did corn, their was a huge raccoon on our back porch.  Yep, time to pick the corn.
We did the corn a little differently this year.  We boiled the corn in their husks, stripped them of the husk and silk, put them in cold water and then cut the kernels off the cob.  With cooking the entire corn first, it made it easier to husk and remove the silk.  Cutting off the kernels goes fast and easy when you place the wide end of the corn on the top of a bundt pan then cut off the kernels, letting them fall in the bundt pan.  Then all that’s left to do is bag and freeze. 
Right or wrong, that is how we did it this year.  I guess only time will tell…………..I’m thinking, it’s going to taste great.