ramps

[sidelock]

Ain't thu ramps up yet in WV?

 

[Vaino]

Plis speaka da anglis....Fred

 

[coloradoclyde]

I'll translate.... :wink:

Are the ramps up yet in West Virginia?

 

[Vaino]

My post was not meant to correct your question.....I just didn't know what a "ramp" was.....Fred

 

[coloradoclyde]

Here you go Fred.....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_tricoccum

 

[Vaino]

Thanks for the info.....love onions in any form and under any aliases......Fred

 

[SgtErv]

Yep. They're up. I just dug a bunch up on my hill.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Went looking today.....Found a bunch in my back yard... :grin:

 

[Billnpatti]

I found, through a taste test, that true ramps just don't grow in Texas. We have some kind of wild onion that grows here but it is not a ramp. I decided to give them a taste test and they are horrible tasting things. :barf: They are strong and bitter when eaten raw and the taste doesn't improve significantly by sauteing in butter. While they are a member of the onion family, they just ain't the same as true ramps. They will put out a very fragrant flower that to me smells a lot like a gardenia.

 

[chawbeef]

Never heard them called "ramps" but knew them here as "wild leeks". I know a woman who lived in the woods and she would pickle them and enjoy with a beer.......or two. :wink: ..........Daniel

 

[KingofDerby]

We have Ramsons over here instead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_ursinum picked some a few days ago. Very happy!

 

[zimmerstutzen]

We don't have ramps here. I never tried em. We do have wild garlic. It is very strong and bulbs rarely get over 3/8 inch in diameter, when they get that big. In spring I will clip some greens off the top of the wild garlic and use them like chives. I really am not that fond of onions, yellow, sweet, red or white. But I do like shallots and leeks. And use a lot of leeks in Chinese food instead of green onion.

My wife is a southern girl and thinks onions are a side dish, like potatoes or corn. To me they are a herb like sage or basil. She used to take those huge big as cannon ball onions and bbq half inch thick slices. after they were partially cooked, she sandwiched between a 1/2 inch slice of pineapple and a big slice of tomato until they finished through.

I can tell you that if you go to west virginia during ramp season you can smell the ramps on some people, like majorly strong.