Ah... corn harvest. Apparently I missed out on the fun at the ranch yesterday, but don't worry; I've had a fair amount of experience in the past.
For you city folks, It goes a little something like this:
Gather the tasseled corn ears by bucket and/or wheelbarrow.
Sneak in a few rides in the wheelbarrow.
Dump all the ears in a ginormous pile in the yard.
Shuck husks, hatchet any worms, and chop off the ends.
Divide "cob" ears from "kernal" ears.
Sort into water-filled ice chests.
Throw the husks over the fence to the neighbor's cows. Bovine brunch.
Move the operation inside.
Essential step: De-silk every ear of corn. Every silk, every ear.
Wash corn ears and cut out bad spots.
Freeze cobs. Done.
Cut all the kernals off remaining corn. Split up into bowls.
*The more you eat at this stage, the less you have to cook and freeze.*
Microwave bowls one at a time on a 1-2 minute rotating basis.
After approximately 500 rotations, spread kernals onto cookie sheets to cool.
Use every surface in the house to achieve the aforementioned step.
Kill all flies that have made their way into the house over the course of the day.
Bag corn in ziplocs for freezing.
Clean-up.
Eat more corn for dinner because you haven't had enough of it yet.
Wash, rinse, repeat when the next planting is ready to be harvested. Good times. I think this shot is between my Senior year of high school and Freshman year of college...
Friday!
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