Corn Cob Syrup
"From Nebraska Pioneer Cookbook by Kay Graber, c. 1974. I haven't made this yet, but will this summer when I have the corn cobs."
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
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1 pint
- Serves:
- 18-24
ingredients
- 12 large clean corn cobs
- water, to cover
- 2 lbs brown sugar
directions
- Cover one dozen large, clean corn cobs with water; boil one to two hours. Drain off the water and strain it (there should be 1 pint of it). Add two pounds of brown sugar to this and boil to desired thickness.
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What a GREAT recipe....talk about RECYCLING!!! I love it! Okay, so I wasn't sure from the description, but I used the cobs AFTER I'd cut the kernels off (to freeze for use this winter). And I only had 9 cobs (we started with a dozen but ate the other ones for supper), but from the taste of the syrup, nine is enough to infuse a GREAT corn flavor. Also, I TRIPLE strained the water to remove all the little bits and pieces of corn. The first strain was through my regular colander, the second & third through my really fine strainer....next time (and there WILL be a next time!!!), I would use cheesecloth and probably not need to do a third strain. I boiled the brown sugar-liquid probably 1 1/2 hours (it may have been longer....), don't know if it needs to go that long as the resulting syrup was pretty thick, but WOW it packs a punch when drizzled over my Recipe #182939 . Can't wait to add this to my KEEPER file, this is a real "down home" gem from my fellow Gnome! *Gnome Tag 2009*
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