Because of the quarantine, we've missed all of our Spring festivals. Missing the Maple Festivals was bad enough but missing the Ramp Festivals was the worst. My Daughter managed to find a guy who lives way up in the mountains and he sells ramps. She and The Chef arranged a safe meeting and they bought me 8 pounds of them.
And she cleaned them for me!!! The best gift ever.
https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_tricoccum
Allium
tricoccum (commonly known as ramp, ramps, spring onion, ramson, wild
leek, wood leek, and wild garlic) is a North American species of wild
onion widespread across eastern Canada and the eastern United States.
Many of the common English names for this plant are also used for
other Allium species, particularly the similar Allium ursinum which is
native to Europe and Asia.
Then I got busy turning them into all of our favorite ramp foods.
First off, I made lots of ramp butter to give to everyone and to freeze.
I form them into logs and wrap them tightly with plastic wrap.
And then they go into freezer bags and into the freezer. They last all year. I made 8 pounds of it.
I sauteed a bunch of them in olive oil with salt and pepper.
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They topped pizzas.
The dough is brushed with ramp butter and then topped with mozzarella, provolone and parmesan.
Then the ramps go on top. These were delicious.
The W's always get a small pizza of their own. Rampless though.
I made ramp ranch dressing.
And diced sauteed ramps to top hot dogs.
And more ramp butter.
I made hot dog buns for everyone too.
And some pao de queijo to eat with ramp butter. Appalachia crosses paths with Brazil. The bad news is that now I'm out of ramps. The good news is the mountain guy has morels and fiddleheads and My Daughter and The Chef are heading back up there soon to get some from him. They might be able to get more ramps too. I didn't quite make everything we like but with a second wave of ramps, I can do that.
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Have a great day!
Christer.