ramps today

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Still not finding morels yet, so I went to tkfurs place after work to dig up some ramps. He had recently noticed a few small patches, and todays walk and a closer look revealed 1000's of plants

I only dug a few up for now, but will be heading back to gather more for pickling and preserving

Half of this batch, I transplanted behind the house, and the other half, cleaned up for suppers this week ;D Man I love these things

[townson]

Man i'm jelous were still a couple weeks out.

[bbaloga]

digging lots of ramps here also and finaly picked a doz small grey morels yesterday, fairly late this year

[treestand13]

OK I have to ask were do you find ramps? by streams,in what kind of location do you look for them. What to they taste like. I have never heard of them before. Is there other plants that look like them that are not eatable? Thanks Jim

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Lilly of the Valley looks similar, but won't have the purple stem, nor will they smell like oinion at all. Avoid them.
Ramps like moist soil, and can be found in a variety of places. They are like a green onion and garlic, all wrapped up into one. Freak'n delicious. It might be best to just jump to youtube, and watch some videos on them. They are many out there to view.

[Jack]

I might have to try some of those. One place where I hunt morels has patches of very similar looking plants. If they're ramps....they're THICK in this place! ;D ;D

[Admin]

You guys are way ahead of us on the ramps. I love those things.

[determinator]

Not sure about ramps being around here, since they are new to me. I do get chives in the yard, which I understand are related. I never tried using them, but think that will be changing. I looked to see if they were coming up, but nope. I also get Lilly's of the Valley in the very same location, which made me think of CJ's post they they look ramps. Those usually pop up at the very end of May around here.

[wiley]

My turkey hunting woods has enough ramps to supply everyone on the forum. I have only picked a few to try. Can you guys tell me your favorite recipe using them?

[townson]

Treestand, thier strongly associated with hard maple, trout lilley and spring beauty.

[tkfurs]

Cooked up my first batch tonight. Sauteed the diced up bulbs in olive oil with some salt and pepper, steamed the greens. Family loved them!!!! thinking I may need to hide the shovel so they dont dig them all up!!!!!

Absolutly delicious, but i don't think I could eat a bunch in on sitting. My wife on the other hand said she could eat them all day.

Can't wait to try them in other recipes. I am thinking the greens would be great in place of spinach in veggie lasagna,

[patricimo54]

We have a little plant that we call wild onions, but chives with a small bulbed root would be more descriptive. Frying them up with eggs is always a good choice ;D

[coyote44]

Around my area we call ramps leeks. First time I heard them called ramps was in Asheville NC.

[Admin]

Apr 28, 2013 18:10:16 GMT -5 coyote44 said:

Around my area we call ramps leeks. First time I heard them called ramps was in Asheville NC.

We call them Leeks too. The first time I heard them called Ramps was on here. I've had Leek and Potato soup before but Ramp and Potato sounds stupid.