corn out the wazoo

My parents have a small field, about half an acre, that they've planted with corn for years. My brothers and I used to ride the planter and push the kernels down when my dad was ready to plant in the spring, so we could enjoy sweet corn later in the summer.

This year has been...odd. The corn is ready and it's only June 26. Actually the corn was ready June 22 and today we had round four from the field. You know the phrase "knee high by the 4th of July?' Exactly. 

Round one: mom put up about 26 dozen ears. Then 57 Hoffmans descended on the farm for our annual family reunion.
Round two: we fed the 57 Hoffmans corn with dinner.
Round three: see below.
Round four: another 12 dozen ears.

IT'S NOT OVER YET.
This is what we call CORN OUT THE WAZOO.

In previous years we've had several dozen ears of corn, enough to put up and get us through the winter with a few extra bags. Other years it's been too dry OR the corn just didn't mature OR the cows got in the field and ate everything [that was a happy year] OR the corn planted was bad.

Round three this year: This is a year of plenty. I would like to take a moment to point out the husks that are in knee-high piles.

See that big clear tub? Six of those. Over-flowing.

BOOM.

The family stuck around and helped [HALLELUJAH!] and worked for approximately 5 1/2 hours. After the morning husking session for a couple of hours in the morning.

The way we [my mother, her mother, my great-grandmother] put up corn: pick it, shuck it, clean it, boil it [about 8 minutes, my mom goes until the water begins boiling again], cool it, take it off the cob, put it in quart sized freezer bags [squeeze the air out], lay flat to freeze. DONE.

It's a lot of corn, but we love it.

What to make with all this corn if you don't want to freeze it? How about some Corn Salad?