A Ramp Festival

Last Saturday was the last ramp festival for this year and we drove quite a way to get to it.  The trip was worth it.

 We bought a bunch of this ramp relish and it's the best relish I've ever tasted.  I'm going to try to duplicate it.

These woman make the trip worth it each year.  Their cachapas are delicious.

 They are griddled corn cakes topped with cheese and pulled pork
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 They are served with a side of killer ramp sauce.

 Ramp pork rinds anyone?

 Ramp seasonings and ramp salt.

 Ramp kimchi.

 Ramp salsa which made The Blog Tech very happy.  He loves his salsa.

 Fried ramps and yes, those are my old tats!

 A young ramp fan.

 An older couple chowing down on ramp burgers.

 A festival cutey.

 Ramp sausage and peppers.

 This pup would like that sausage.

 Kids enjoying shaved ice.

 On the way out of town we bought ramps for sale on the side of the road.

And though I bought "cleaned ramps",  I spend a good few hours yesterday cleaning them.  They grow in the mud so you have to be a true ramp lover to cook with them.  Cleaning them is no easy task.