reduce food waste

[bradger]

I am trying my best to reduce food waist. so far i have been saving the tops of peppers vacuum sealing and freezing them for use in stock later. I know so no need to comment i am only delaying the throwing out looking into any thing else i can do like composting after it has bee cooked.
The main reason I am posting here is I'm wonder if any one here knows how to make smoking chips with corn, can you use the husk or cob. my internet search has failed so i'm contacting the collective consciousness to find the information I'm looking for.

 

[chopsaw]

I never made chips from them , but I used to throw them in an old stick burner I had .

 

[Omnivore]

I can't answer your questions on regarding corn, but if you want another idea on how to get a little more life out of some fruits and veggies without composting, look up 'fruit scrap vinegar'. It's super easy and you could use it in some finishing sauce later on.

 

[daveomak]

Slice them and dry them... Maybe a food processor can cut up the green cob into chips, chunks or a dust of sorts using the grater blade... Cobs are pretty tough... I'm just throwing out ideas...
Maybe boiling the cob, to soften it up first, would help with the toughness...
If you find something that works, let us all know how to do it...

 

[atomicsmoke]

I am trying my best to reduce food waist. so far i have been saving the tops of peppers vacuum sealing and freezing them for use in stock later. I know so no need to comment i am only delaying the throwing out looking into any thing else i can do like composting after it has bee cooked.
The main reason I am posting here is I'm wonder if any one here knows how to make smoking chips with corn, can you use the husk or cob. my internet search has failed so i'm contacting the collective consciousness to find the information I'm looking for.

Your heart is in the right place but take into account the waste from vac packing and freezing. We use veg scraps in soup all the time. Since we cook soups twice a week we don't need to "preserve" the scraps.

 

[gmc2003]

I am trying my best to reduce food waist. so far i have been saving the tops of peppers vacuum sealing and freezing them for use in stock later. I know so no need to comment i am only delaying the throwing out looking into any thing else i can do like composting after it has bee cooked.
The main reason I am posting here is I'm wonder if any one here knows how to make smoking chips with corn, can you use the husk or cob. my internet search has failed so i'm contacting the collective consciousness to find the information I'm looking for.

Dry them out really well. Depending on your smoker you can use small pieces broken with your hands, or if you need smaller chip style pieces. Then put the dried cob into a ziplock bag and pound the edges with a small sledge hammer. Using it will give off a slight pungent odor, but you won't taste it in the meat.

Chris

 

[BigW.]

You'll want to use a dried cob that has naturally sun dried in the field. Pretty easy to come by in my part of the country. That said, I don't see many people using the dried cobs for much.

 

[PolishDeli]

Sometimes I leave the husk on when grilling corn. The burning husk does give a nice mild grassy flavor to food. So, yes you can smoke with it, but i've never saved and dried the husks for the explicit suppose of smoking.
As far as smoking corn cobs: I do have a couple Missouri meerschaum tobacco pipes….but that’s not what you were asking about, is it?

For composting cooked foods/proteins/oil: look into Bokashi. Don’t buy the hype though – yes it does smell. And don’t bother with getting a “bokashi bin” or with collecting the liquid. Just use a 5gal bucket.

 

[chef jimmyj]

Dry Corn Cob makes tasty smoke in Stick Burners. Toss in whole. Green Cobs can be chopped into small chunks with a Cleaver, then dried and used in any smoker that makes smoke with Wood Chunks.
Chickens would make Recycling easy! Food Scraps in...High Nitrogen Fertilizer out...JJ