Forum Host- Joined
- May 12, 2010
- Location
- Now Florida but always a Kentuckian
Our ancestors wasted nothing. They knew how to use all types of things in many ways. An example is the corn cob. Besides Corn Cob Jelly, which I posted about, here are ten other ways to use the corn cob.
1. Give it to the animals. Chickens and donkeys love to peck and chew every sweetness out of a cob. I remember my Granny giving it to her chickens. They loved the cobs.
2. Make a corn cob doll. Here is an idea for Hannah. They are very popular in Kentucky areas of Appalachia.
3. Make a corn cob pipe. I have my Dad's pipe.
4. Stick a nail or hook in one end of the cob. Slather cob with peanut butter and seeds, tie on a tree branch as a bird feeder. They love it.
5. Boil down for vegetable soup stock.
6. Potpourri. Slice cobs in thin pieces, dry, then sprinkle with scented oil. Also makes a very pretty addition to a potpourri bowl.
7. Dry for firestarters.
8. In the old days, dried, they were used as pot scrubbers.
9. Poke a long nail in each end of a corn cob and use as a paint roller to make a neat pattern. You can also use corn cobs held upright as a brush, or cut in half to use the even, cut edge to stamp patterns.
10. Corn Cob Wine.
As posted before, "waste not, want not".
1. Give it to the animals. Chickens and donkeys love to peck and chew every sweetness out of a cob. I remember my Granny giving it to her chickens. They loved the cobs.
2. Make a corn cob doll. Here is an idea for Hannah. They are very popular in Kentucky areas of Appalachia.
3. Make a corn cob pipe. I have my Dad's pipe.
4. Stick a nail or hook in one end of the cob. Slather cob with peanut butter and seeds, tie on a tree branch as a bird feeder. They love it.
5. Boil down for vegetable soup stock.
6. Potpourri. Slice cobs in thin pieces, dry, then sprinkle with scented oil. Also makes a very pretty addition to a potpourri bowl.
7. Dry for firestarters.
8. In the old days, dried, they were used as pot scrubbers.
9. Poke a long nail in each end of a corn cob and use as a paint roller to make a neat pattern. You can also use corn cobs held upright as a brush, or cut in half to use the even, cut edge to stamp patterns.
10. Corn Cob Wine.
As posted before, "waste not, want not".
Bringing the