Post by pipewrench on Apr 27, 2014 16:53:30 GMT -5
I have seen those around here; did not know what they were. The bulbs look similar to onions? Are they cooked or eaten raw? What type flavor do they have?
I have seen those around here; did not know what they were. The bulbs look similar to onions? Are they cooked or eaten raw? What type flavor do they have?
Take a green onion and garlic and mix it....whalla...ramp. Eat raw, or cooked. The leaves make great salad fare
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I wish I had a patch like that around here. The only thing you find in abundance in the woods around here is broken bottles and tires and stuff. You've got a goldmine there.
That's all you guys dug today? would have thought you would have filled the bucket....
JC, the land that I moved on to a year ago has patches like this in several locations. Couldn't find them very often until I moved here, your always welcome to make a spring time trip to dig all you could want, maybe even try to transplant some if you wanted.
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Post by pipewrench on Apr 27, 2014 19:43:39 GMT -5
Thanks CJ; we are planning on looking for mushrooms next weekend so I will try to find some and give them a try. Traveling for work this week so wont get a chance to look until then.
JC, the land that I moved on to a year ago has patches like this in several locations. Couldn't find them very often until I moved here, your always welcome to make a spring time trip to dig all you could want, maybe even try to transplant some if you wanted.
Thank you very much for your offer, I appreciate that. I transplanted some to my land about 5 years ago. They come up every year but I see no evidence of them spreading. Still looks like the same amount that I had planted.
I could do that all day! Thanks TK and thanks CJ for all that. Here's a couple more pics. They were everywhere and they tasted great when we got home and sauteed(sp) them with some skillet steak,,,yummmy!!
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ive looked high and low, and even in between, never did find any this year. Those pics are torture to a guy like me.
did find some wild garlic, and some wild onions for the dehydrator though(garlic and onion powder)...like a distant 3rd place compared to ramps, but i'll deal with it.
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This time of year we cook everything leeks, we almost never use onions , i usually spend my days off work digging leeks... this year I'm going to try pickling some. and we're going to try freezing the leek dip my wife makes, it is awsome stuff....and an FYI, this early in the season when they are still 3 to 4 inches is when they have the strongest flavor, that's why i start low along the rivers in early april and move up into the hills in late april depending on the snow
I think the leeks you get at the store would work, but I found that the cultivated leeks are more mild than the wild ramps with less flavor. The ones I have found at the store are usually bigger and thicker than ramps. I dont think they are the same plant, but may be wrong.
I would be interested in the dip recipe too, sounds very interesting.
Here's the leek dip recipe my wife use, I don't have the amounts of everything but most of it is to taste- a hand full of leeks depends on size, a pound bacon, 2- 8oz packages of cream cheese, add ranch dressing to taste and horseradish about 2 table spoons(optional) mix everything in a food processor or blender and there ya go awesome dip especially with ritz crackers
Last Edit: Apr 21, 2015 18:32:09 GMT -5 by meatloaf: Missed a word
Had to take the wife to town this morning, so picked up the ingredients while there. Used store bought organic leeks & used a powdered ranch dressing that does not contain MSG.
All added to taste.
No idea what the real dip should be like, (with real ramps) but this is good! After the flavors blend it should be even better.
Bought a couple bunches of leeks, so I would have enough leftover to make a potato-leek soup tonight.
Fried up the bacon in the, porcelain coated, cast iron dutch oven. I let the oven cool some & it is now sitting outside in a snow bank. Original plan was to put it in the fridge once it cooled. May do so, or may just leave it outside???
Later this afternoon, bring the dutch oven & the extra bacon in it, back into the kitchen to warm up some before putting heat under it, & using it to make the soup...
Cook twice ~ wash once...
The dip recipe is great even with store bough stuff.
Post by trappermick on Apr 22, 2015 15:44:01 GMT -5
Saw I saw what looked like a cluster of ramps a few minutes ago so I got out and picked it. Smelled like garlic and had a small white bulb but lacked the red stem. It was the only cluster I could see. Was it a ramp?
Saw I saw what looked like a cluster of ramps a few minutes ago so I got out and picked it. Smelled like garlic and had a small white bulb but lacked the red stem. It was the only cluster I could see. Was it a ramp?
It may be. There are a variety of wild ramps, and one I know does not have the purple/red stems. It's as you described. There are a ton of these behind my house, just haven't dug any to take to someone who can verify.
Can you post a pic or two?
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