I clean fresh corn on the cob, put it into a boiling bath water with milk added to it for three or four minutes, quickly put the ears into ice water to cool and bag into freezer bags and freeze four ears to the package. Then when I take out a package I put each ear into the microwave for two and one half minutnes full power. Rotate the ear and give it another two and one half minutes to finish. So in five minutes, no mess, fresh sweet corn is ready to eat. My FIL at 92 years young taught me this trick. So easy to do...I even double it up to two ears with excellent results. You can still cut it off the cob, if that is your choice.