Ramps!

[Second Half]

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[Chaco Taco]

Damn, pictures like this make me miss home.....

[moytoy]

Nice patch

[Chaco Taco]

Sauteed Ramps and instant mashed taters, yummmmmmmmmm

[moytoy]

Ramps are good for the heart and can act as a blood thinner. At least that's what my elders told me

[ladytaz]

Got lots of 'em here where I live to. I eat them raw, hubby made a ramp meat loaf twice already this ramp season

[ladytaz]

Ive often wondered if any of the thru hikers eat them while on their way to Maine.

[V Eight]

Ron&Ramps.jpg

Our friend Ron, dig'n ramps coming down from Deep Gap, on our way to the April Fools
Bash 2010. Ron, myself and a thru hiker dug a big mess for Marcella.

[Mountain Mike]

Ive often wondered if any of the thru hikers eat them while on their way to Maine.

I did on mine. Any food you don't have to carry is a +++++

[Old Hiker]

I remember hikers telling me about them. Saw a TON in places. Finally tried a couple with a tortilla roll up. It was OK, but for 2 days after, I stank ! My urine, sweat and other body output was really bad. I decided regular hiker stench was bad enough, I didn't want to add to it. It was fun spotting them as I hike, though.

[Chaco Taco]

Ive often wondered if any of the thru hikers eat them while on their way to Maine.

I know I did.....

[Chaco Taco]

Ron&Ramps.jpg

Our friend Ron, dig'n ramps coming down from Deep Gap, on our way to the April Fools
Bash 2010. Ron, myself and a thru hiker dug a big mess for Marcella.

he actually taught me the right way to dig one out of the ground

[tycho]

While they're in season we pickle them so they're available year round. Also can make "sauerkraut" with them in a bucket with salt / brine.

Can get $12-20 / lb for them here in the City. Make sure not to harvest more than half of them from a given area otherwise they wont re-seed for next year and will be gone.

This time of year is crazy for foraged vegetables / leaves because spring is when everything becomes tender and mild flavored - a lot of stuff that is great now will be awful later in the year when it is more mature - Mugwort, Japanese Knotweed, Stonecrop, Chickweed, Stinging Nettles, Ground Ivy, etc etc etc

Of course foraging and LNT are kind of at odds with one another at times...

[OnlyJohn]

I am going to try and stay up wind from ya'll.

[Luddite]

I was expecting to see pictures of a mountain biking trail.

[10-K]

Y'all come to Flag Pond, TN this Saturday for the Ramp Festival!

[rocketsocks]

Now, can you make beer out of Ramps?....onion beer!

[Donde]

For the better the mess I grilled tonight was with a great meal instead of Mac n" cheese w/ tuna, on the bad side $16 a LB in Dallas TX. A full LB of them however is quite a lot, I wish I could breath on you on all right now.