Question regarding frozen corn

[Autumn]

In Alissa's book, she refers to frozen corn in one of her recipes. Does this mean that you take the raw corn, remove the kernels, then freeze for future use? It is easy to remove the corn when it's raw? Since all of the frozen corn I know of that is sold in stores has been cooked, I wasn't sure what she means by this.

[rawpriestess]

WOW, what a great question.

I assumed she meant frozen store bought corn.

This is what I use in the enchiladas, as she suggests it.

It does make it work better though, I must admit, as I've tried it with fresh, and it gets weird.

[NoGMO!]

In Alissa's book, she refers to frozen corn in one of her recipes. Does this mean that you take the raw corn, remove the kernels, then freeze for future use? It is easy to remove the corn when it's raw? Since all of the frozen corn I know of that is sold in stores has been cooked, I wasn't sure what she means by this.

I had no idea that frozen corn is cooked! is frozen fruit cooked too? I like fresh corn much better anyway - but the frozen comes organically grown and the fresh corn never does - so I usually buy frozen. :o

[NoGMO!]

In Alissa's book, she refers to frozen corn in one of her recipes. Does this mean that you take the raw corn, remove the kernels, then freeze for future use? It is easy to remove the corn when it's raw? Since all of the frozen corn I know of that is sold in stores has been cooked, I wasn't sure what she means by this.

I had no idea that frozen corn is cooked! is frozen fruit cooked too?

[Jodi]

I was shopping with my mom today and bought some frozen corn. She says it is not cooked. The bag doesn't specifiy. I am going to research it a bit and see if I can find anything....I'm curious now.



Jodi

[Autumn]

I *think* that most frozen veggies are blanched. However, I believe most frozen fruit is not cooked in any way. I've been able to buy frozen fruit with no additives, sugars or processing (heat or otherwise), but am hard pressed to find frozen veggies in the same natural state. However, I certainly do not have access to all the brands in the world, so I'm not positive on this one.

[JustMe]

I've heard the same autumn that they are blanched before being frozen. I can't remember why this is done. I'm not sure about fruit too though. I know in alissa's book, she says to not buy anything frozen, but to buy fresh and freeze yourself, but I think there are some people that have found frozen foods that were not blanched. SOrry I wasn't much help, but I'm sure someone on here has more experience on it.

[Sweet lips]

With my consultation with Alissa, she said she cut, bagged and froze her corn herself. Hope this helps

[tracyinfo]

I am pretty sure that all frozen veggies from the store have been blanched. The blanching helps retain color!

Fruit though, I cannot imagine being blanched. I do occasionally buy store bought frozen fruit for smoothies. Usually I just use fresh fruit, but sometimes the frozen end up in my cart !

Blessings.

[Autumn]

Hey Sweet,
Thank you. Alissa wrote me the same message today. :) That clears that up!

[CAdreamer]

Using commercially frozen corn or not depends largely on how much of a 'purist' a person is. Personally, I think that frozen corn (having been blanched, but not fully cooked), has a superior flavor and texture to fresh, or fresh frozen corn, when used in dehydrator recipes. Therefore, when looking for that flavor and texture, I choose commercially frozen corn. It is great for making a flax-corn burrito, and for crackers. Since it is such a very small part of my overall raw diet, I choose it over fresh. When making salads, and other fresh veggie combinations, for immediate consumption (not dehydrating), I choose fresh.

[SedonaSun]

I buy large bags of organic frozen corn at Costco. When thawed, it has a different consistency than "regular" frozen corn after it thaws. It's whiter and still quite crunchy, not soggy. Hmmm... don't know if it's blanched or not, but like some others here, it's not that huge a part of my diet and its still better for me than the mac and cheese I just made for hubby ;)