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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.....

moytoy
05-02-2013, 18:25
Nice patch

Chaco Taco
05-02-2013, 18:28
Sauteed Ramps and instant mashed taters, yummmmmmmmmm

moytoy
05-02-2013, 18:29
Ramps are good for the heart and can act as a blood thinner. At least that's what my elders told me:)

ladytaz
05-02-2013, 19:22
Got lots of 'em here where I live to. I eat them raw, hubby made a ramp meat loaf twice already this ramp season

ladytaz
05-02-2013, 19:24
Ive often wondered if any of the thru hikers eat them while on their way to Maine.

V Eight
05-02-2013, 19:25
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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
21432

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

tycho
05-02-2013, 22:44
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.

Luddite
05-08-2013, 19:08
I was expecting to see pictures of a mountain biking trail.

10-K
05-08-2013, 19:17
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!

Donde
05-09-2013, 00:18
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