Hairy Things... Like Corn and Beards.

Remember all of those vegetables? Well, I found a great first use for my enameled dutch oven. My first attempt at vegetable soup was pretty decent. :) And I loved this dutch oven. Best soup-cooking pot ever.

Saturday was corn day in the Searle families. The farm plants lots of corn for silage for cow feed. But, they also plant a few rows of sweet corn for canning and human-consumption purposes. Logan and Kelly (FiL) woke up early and filled 6 huge bags of corn.

We shucked (or "husked," as the Searles say) all of them right on the bed of a truck for easy clean up.

Lots of flies. Lots of hair (silk). Lot's of fun.

And lots and LOTS of corn!

 One of the best things about canning corn (which is actually freezing it, not canning) is that there is a ton of corny humor to be used. More and more of it was used as the day went longer and we got a little slap happy.

Please take a moment to enjoy this awkward picture of me holding a cobb. #frizzyhairdontcare

The summarized process goes like this:
Wash corn. Blanch corn. (Put in boiling water for 3 minutes, then an ice bath to cool.) Cut all of the kernels off. Put in bags. Freeze. Consume as desired.

Logan and I were on sink duty. We washed and cooled the corn. Logan earned the nickname "Blanch" because he really got in the blanching zone and took over Momma's job of boiling.

Rule number one of corn freezing: "You can't rush Blanch."

Brittni and Jill were the "kernels" of the operation. They stuck the blanched cobs on a long nail sticking up through a board and used these little, round cutty things (Yes, that is the technical name...) to de-kernify (also a totally technical term...) the corn.

They were speedy pros. They were sometimes "a little board" (hehe) because Blanch was too slow. You can't rush Blanch.

You gotta love a man in an apron. Especially a man named Blanch. ;)

We laughed. We cried. But, in the end, we triumphed. 

Last night for FHE we decided that it was time to cut Logan's hair and shave the beard. :( He wanted to start Hogwarts... I mean September off clean-shaven. We had quite a bit of fun with it.

Enjoy these mug shots. (Beware: Shoulder nudity. Super offensive.)

Before:

During: (Yikes!)

Hitler/ Charlie Chaplin moment:

Clean shaven baby face. :)

Remember to eat your vegetables! And if you have none, come eat some of ours!