Ramps

fishfryer · Apr 22, 2011

What are ramps?I understand they are wild onions of some type,that grow in the Southern mountains.I've read of them in a Foxfire book once.Are they good?Do they taste similar to onions,garlic,or chives,or leeks?How do you prepare them?

secondseason · Apr 22, 2011

Here's a pretty good thread about them:

http://forum.gon.com/showthread.php?t=612979&highlight=ramp

fishfryer · Apr 22, 2011

Thanks,secondseason.After reading that I guess the next step would be to come up where they grow, and sample some.

NCHillbilly · Apr 22, 2011

Oh, yeah-ramps are definitely good. They taste kinda like an onion, kinda like garlic, but a lot different from either one, too. They just taste like ramps. And most of us hillbillies are addicted to 'em. They go perfectly with trout, morels, and cornbread.They eat a lot of them up north, too-they just call them "wild leeks" up there instead of ramps.

fishfryer · Apr 22, 2011

I'll be sure to refer to them as ramps!If there was an easy way around Atlanta,I'd be up your way, a lot.

rongohio · Apr 23, 2011

NCHillbilly said:
Oh, yeah-ramps are definitely good. They taste kinda like an onion, kinda like garlic, but a lot different from either one, too. They just taste like ramps. And most of us hillbillies are addicted to 'em. They go perfectly with trout, morels, and cornbread.They eat a lot of them up north, too-they just call them "wild leeks" up there instead of ramps.

We call them ramps in Ohio. They grow in floodplains and other wet areas. They make me hungry whenever I mow the back field.

I have some friends who make an awesome pesto with them.

fishfryer · Apr 23, 2011

rongohio,Thanks for the reply.You know what would be fun?To sit in the shade on a summer day,talk about the war of Yankee aggression, and eat fried ramps with buttermilk biscuits.

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