WV RAMP DIGGERS

LORDDAL · February 14, 2009, 07:15:47 PM

Ok whos gearing up and getting al ready to go dig some RAMPS its getting close to that time of year again when the little buggers start poppin up all over the place got tons of em here in Pocahontas county will get some pics up soon as I start seein RAMPS Logan loves to dig em only one problem with that he will get one ramp for the bag and 25 or so for him 1 for the bag 20 for him and so on little rat eats em as fast as he can grab em

Todd Rahm · February 14, 2009, 07:20:22 PM

LORDDAL · February 14, 2009, 07:24:43 PM

I take it Todd your akin to Jimbo on this subject and have never eaten a good old WV RAMP http://www.richwooders.com/ramp/ramps.htm this is a festival about 30 mins away from my home they have every year we have several ramp dinners here in my town as well people come from all over the world to eat them things

Todd Rahm · February 14, 2009, 07:25:55 PM

Nah, after some research. I think we called them leeks or something like that where I grew up, but I do like'm.

alscalls · February 14, 2009, 08:15:51 PM

I do not think I will get to this year but I will be buying some if not.......

iahntr · February 14, 2009, 09:21:40 PM

Never heard of em. What do they taste like?
Where, and how do they grow? Is it like huntin for mushrooms?

FinsnFur · February 14, 2009, 09:31:12 PM

WHo in the hell names these things

alscalls · February 14, 2009, 09:40:09 PM

A ramp is a flower bulb......It tastes like real strong garlic and onion mix.....frying them weakens the strength yet you can smell them the next day even on a persons sweat if the have eaten them. They go great with fish, steak, chicken, hamburger. or for some brave souls even raw on a salad. I love em!!

LORDDAL · February 14, 2009, 09:43:52 PM

Quote from: iahntr on February 14, 2009, 09:21:40 PM
Never heard of em. What do they taste like?
Where, and how do they grow? Is it like huntin for mushrooms?

Taste hmm well think of an onion the had a wild night with a garlic clove and that should come close they are great fried with taters and eggs why around here we have ramp burgers ramp pizza ramp spagetti you name they most likely make it with ramps they grow all over the applachins in areas why here in pocahontas county WV they grow on one side of the greenbriar river but not the other as far as huntin them they arent all that hard to find in the areas they grow its almost like a carpet of them in the forest and takes very little time for 1 or 2 folks to dig several busshel as for how they grow they sprout usually one of the first greens to be found coming up have dug tons in the snow that get interesting. the earlier you get them the smaller they are and the milder the taste once they get to big then we stop diggin cause they can get pretty stout tastein .

LORDDAL · February 14, 2009, 09:45:47 PM

Quote from: alscalls on February 14, 2009, 09:40:09 PM
A ramp is a flower bulb......It tastes like real strong garlic and onion mix.....frying them weakens the strength yet you can smell them the next day even on a persons sweat if the have eaten them. They go great with fish, steak, chicken, hamburger. or for some brave souls even raw on a salad. I love em!!

hey AL Logan loves eattin them as we dig little bugger eats em as fast as we can dig em hes a tought little rat as for the next day yep they'll smell em on your breath and if you fart look out most likely alarms will go off and a hazardous materials response unit will be called

alscalls · February 14, 2009, 09:51:08 PM

We used to dig em over by little river and the Greenbriar .......around here they are hard to find so I tried growing them and they took right off till the turkeys decided they liked them and wiped out the whole patch.....

msmith · February 24, 2009, 07:33:32 AM

Quote from: alscalls on February 14, 2009, 09:51:08 PM
We used to dig em over by little river and the Greenbriar .......around here they are hard to find so I tried growing them and they took right off till the turkeys decided they liked them and wiped out the whole patch.....

Hey Al. Come up here. We can drive around and dig 'em mostly by the road. Just don't eat one in the truck.

LOL! Seriously though, we will chop up the bulbs and use them to season eggs, taters, and venison, as well as other things.

Hidehunter · February 24, 2009, 08:26:11 AM

A really good friend of mine picked a freezer bag full just the other day out of his backyard.

cathryn · February 24, 2009, 01:41:21 PM

theyre good in fried taters.

Hidehunter · February 24, 2009, 02:46:28 PM

Quote from: cathryn on February 24, 2009, 01:41:21 PM
theyre good in fried taters.

Ramps, Fried Taters, Scrambled Eggs, Tenderloin, and Homemade Bisquits.

cathryn · February 24, 2009, 05:51:43 PM

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.......................YUMMY!!!!

alscalls · February 24, 2009, 05:53:42 PM

Quote from: msmith on February 24, 2009, 07:33:32 AM
Quote from: alscalls on February 14, 2009, 09:51:08 PM
We used to dig em over by little river and the Greenbriar .......around here they are hard to find so I tried growing them and they took right off till the turkeys decided they liked them and wiped out the whole patch.....

Hey Al. Come up here. We can drive around and dig 'em mostly by the road. Just don't eat one in the truck. LOL! Seriously though, we will chop up the bulbs and use them to season eggs, taters, and venison, as well as other things.

This should be my last week at work mike then I will do a lot more stuff like that for sure....