test each bag if you can if all are as bad

Selfish ass that I am.

I have a few bags of corn I vacuum sealed last year...ok but far from fresh.

Brings back memories of Bartcop and his sweetcorn fetish.

even when a recipe specifies it. I find the small cans of corn, the more expensive ones (still cheaper than frozen), taste much better and are tenderer, more like fresh corn. I think this is one area where old-fashioned canned is a lot better than the frozen. Which isn't the way it's supposed to be.

I'd save all that frozen corn to use as ice packs.

But my son was doing the grocery shopping and decided a sale was a great reason to stock up. I’ve been slowly working my way through things he decided were a good idea. I also have half a dozen bags each of frozen peas and green beans bought at the same sale. I imagine they’re better than the corn, but I’m going to have to work on using them because they’re not vegetables we eat often.

but frozen green beans are soggy. I love green beans, and I can find what the Giant calls "French" green beans (fresh) pretty much all year long. These are tenderer than the other fresh beans I can find. Even home-grown frozen beans I think are not very good.

It's pretty much impossible to get fresh peas, and even if you grow them yourself, it takes a zillion pods to make a serving. I think the frozen ones, esp. the "baby" peas are very good.

But I’m not going to keep bags of corn around on the off chance of a sprain.

Did you try steaming the corn on the stove top with a little water?