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Second Half
05-02-2013, 18:19
Yeah baby:2143021431
Chaco Taco
05-02-2013, 18:21
Damn, pictures like this make me miss home.....
Chaco Taco
05-02-2013, 18:28
Sauteed Ramps and instant mashed taters, yummmmmmmmmm
Ramps are good for the heart and can act as a blood thinner. At least that's what my elders told me:)
Got lots of 'em here where I live to. I eat them raw, hubby made a ramp meat loaf twice already this ramp season
Ive often wondered if any of the thru hikers eat them while on their way to Maine.
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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
05-02-2013, 19:26
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
05-02-2013, 21:05
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
05-02-2013, 22:04
Ive often wondered if any of the thru hikers eat them while on their way to Maine.
I know I did.....
Chaco Taco
05-02-2013, 22:05
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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
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
05-08-2013, 18:30
I am going to try and stay up wind from ya'll.
I was expecting to see pictures of a mountain biking trail.
Y'all come to Flag Pond, TN this Saturday for the Ramp Festival!
rocketsocks
05-08-2013, 19:30
Now, can you make beer out of Ramps?....onion beer!
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.:p