Digging & Eating Ramps

**vthompson** · 02-24-2009, 02:04 PM

Have we got any ramp diggers or eaters in here? It won't be to much longer until a person can get out in the woods and start looking for them. Although I can't go running the hillsides anymore, I still like eating my fair share of them. I have to get mine from the grocery store now.
My wife and I plan on going to the little mountain town of Richwood, West Virginia this year to the annual ramp festival that they have. I have never been before, but folks say that the food is out of this world.
They claim that the women up there get together and cook a wide assortment of dishes up for the people to take part in.
My favorite way to eat them is to cook them up with a skillet of fried potatoes with a piece of cornbread to go with it. It doesn't get any better than that in my book.

**skunkkiller** · 02-24-2009, 02:56 PM

ramp are good I like them more near the end of summer . around here in wisconsin you got get them before the deer do .

**vthompson** · 02-24-2009, 03:20 PM

I like them just about anytime that I can get my hands on them.

**crashdive123** · 02-24-2009, 04:52 PM

Ramps - learned something new today. Thanks.

**welderguy** · 02-24-2009, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by crashdive123

Ramps - learned something new today. Thanks.

Me too. Thanks

**Barefoot** · 02-24-2009, 06:19 PM

ramps are a pretty big deal here in eastern ky as well. there are several yearly festivals built around harvesting and eating them. they are basically wild onions and smell worse on ones breath.

my town has a yearly poke salad festival which is centered around the pokeweed which is also not very tasty.

**Ole WV Coot** · 02-24-2009, 07:33 PM

Yep that time of the year again. They do them up right in Richwood for sure and poke, well I grew up on that. Both are good eat'in.

**Sarge47** · 02-24-2009, 07:40 PM

I just go mushroom hunting for the "Moral" of it!

**RBB** · 02-24-2009, 08:22 PM

There are two types of wild onions locally. I dig one type. They are pretty good. The other type are ramps.

**Barefoot** · 02-25-2009, 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by Sarge47

I just go mushroom hunting for the "Moral" of it!

yup, with ramps and poke salad coming up soon....the morels are not far off!

last year i seared and froze enough to last me up til about a couple of months ago which means this year i need to find many more!

enjoy!