How does one tell when sweetcorn cobs are ripe and ready for picking, please?

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Cheers,
Compo

when ripe, the kernel will seep a creamy liquid when you press on it with a
fingernail.

or at least that's what google said ;-)

"compo" wrote ...
How does one tell when sweetcorn cobs are ripe and ready for picking,
please?

When you push a fingernail into a kernel and get a creamy/yellow liquid (not
clear). If you wait too long they go hard and become maize, fit for cattle
feed.
We got ours picked, blanched and in the freezers today , all except for the
two we ate tonight.

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Regards
Bob
in Runnymede, 17miles west of London, UK

"atwifa" wrote in message
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when ripe, the kernel will seep a creamy liquid when you press on it with
a
fingernail.

or at least that's what google said ;-)


When the "cornsilk" begins to look a bit worse for the wear. You only need
to look at the silk without opening the husk leaves.

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:02:12 +0100, Bob Hobden wrote:

We got ours picked, blanched and in the freezers today , all except for the
two we ate tonight.

Only two? Good lord! Two cobs of corn are just an appetizer, a
warmer-upper, before more serious ingestion of the stuff starts.


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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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"compo" wrote in message
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How does one tell when sweetcorn cobs are ripe and ready for
picking, please?

Technically, when the seeds have become bone hard.

Culinarily speaking, they are edible from almost the moment they are
formed, so you may simply wait until the seeds have developed enough
for your taste. With care, you can feel their size through the husk,
if that is the word I want.

Franz

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"compo" wrote ...
How does one tell when sweetcorn cobs are ripe and ready for
picking,
please?

When you push a fingernail into a kernel and get a creamy/yellow
liquid (not
clear). If you wait too long they go hard and become maize, fit for
cattle
feed.
We got ours picked, blanched and in the freezers today , all except
for the
two we ate tonight.

I did not know it was possible to eat only one per person.

Franz

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Compo


Many thanks for your answers to the above question. When the rain stops
I shall go out and squeeze a few cobs.

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Cheers,

Compo.

"Rodger Whitlock" wrote ...
after Bob H wrote:

We got ours picked, blanched and in the freezers today , all except for
the
two we ate tonight.

Only two? Good lord! Two cobs of corn are just an appetizer, a
warmer-upper, before more serious ingestion of the stuff starts.


Well they weren't the only things on the plate, there was the pile of runner
beans (Polestar, Painted Lady and Desiree) and the Dauphinoise potatoes
(Romano) besides the chicken schnitzels. :-)

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Regards
Bob
in Runnymede, 17miles west of London, UK

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 13:57:58 +0100, Bob Hobden wrote:


"Rodger Whitlock" wrote ...
after Bob H wrote:

We got ours picked, blanched and in the freezers today , all except for
the
two we ate tonight.

Only two? Good lord! Two cobs of corn are just an appetizer, a
warmer-upper, before more serious ingestion of the stuff starts.


Well they weren't the only things on the plate, there was the pile of runner
beans (Polestar, Painted Lady and Desiree) and the Dauphinoise potatoes
(Romano) besides the chicken schnitzels. :-)

To offer such dishes, when there's fresh corn-on-the-cob at hand,
is indicative of depraved tastes.


--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
[change "atlantic" to "pacific" and
"invalid" to "net" to reply by email]

compo wrote in message ...
How does one tell when sweetcorn cobs are ripe and ready for picking, please?

When the beard starts to shrivel.