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Ramps in WV
3/31/2012 10:27:51 AM
FYI, I found some ramps in Monongahela County near Morgantown. Yummy:) Looks like maybe morels will be early too with the weather everything is running 2 weeks ahead of time.
3/31/2012 1:24:44 PM
They have been up for a few weeks now, I dug some last weekend here in Randolph co. Going camping next weekend plan on eating a bunch.
4/1/2012 11:11:36 PM
I've not had ramps in almost 10 years. Miss 'em.
4/2/2012 1:35:10 AM
Elkins Ramp Festival 1995 (or '96) was the last time for me... 
Was thinking about them on a burger yesterday.
Was thinking about them on a burger yesterday.
4/2/2012 10:44:40 AM
Dug some last weekend
4/3/2012 9:56:59 AM
What is this ramp you guys speak of? Im assuming its a thpe of mushroom. GOOGLE..........
4/3/2012 1:15:08 PM
I have a real nice set of ramps in my equipment shed.
4/3/2012 1:27:57 PM
Originally Posted By MikeSH:
I have a real nice set of ramps in my equipment shed.
I have a real nice set of ramps in my equipment shed.
If you don't know what a ramp truly is your not a true West Virginian.
You EPH folks just don't fit in
4/5/2012 12:37:56 AM
Originally Posted By jnk556:
If you don't know what a ramp truly is your not a true West Virginian.
You EPH folks just don't fit in
Originally Posted By MikeSH:
I have a real nice set of ramps in my equipment shed.
I have a real nice set of ramps in my equipment shed.
If you don't know what a ramp truly is your not a true West Virginian.
You EPH folks just don't fit in
Well I'm not, I'm a Calif. transplant. BUT I do know what the flora "ramps" is.
Us EPH folks really should have stayed part of VA. But that damn Yankee SCOTUS forced us to be a part of West by God.
4/5/2012 3:41:55 PM
Originally Posted By MikeSH:
Us EPH folks really should have stayed part of VA. But that damn Yankee SCOTUS forced us to be a part of West by God.
Us EPH folks really should have stayed part of VA. But that damn Yankee SCOTUS forced us to be a part of West by God.
Mehhh.... not missing living in Loudoun, with it's extra taxes, etc. for the 'privilege' of living there.....
Would like to try ramps, I always heard my grandparents talking about them, but Mrs. Tanker isn't a fan of onion-type plants, so.....
4/5/2012 6:58:36 PM
I always looked at the EPH as a mix. You have WV, and you have VA, the EPH was always the middle......
4/6/2012 2:18:41 AM
The local yokels have been bringing in some ramps to our kitchen. They fit our mise en place very well this time of year. I totally dig the flavor. Farm fresh eggs, homemade bacon, and hash browns with ramps is a breakfast of champions.
4/6/2012 4:58:37 AM
Im from Long Island NY, aint too many ramps I ever saw
4/8/2012 7:49:10 PM
Originally Posted By UNIT6639:
Im from Long Island NY, aint too many ramps I ever saw
Im from Long Island NY, aint too many ramps I ever saw
Gee I work with a bunch from LI, from around Brookhaven, most of them moved here in 98 & 99, same time I moved from Calif.
4/11/2012 9:13:46 PM
Ramps are sort of like wild leeks. Or, imagine a wild onion with a much bigger bulb and much wider/flatter blades. They grow in the woods. Some people like to dig them when the are barely sticking up through the leaves. Others like to dig them with the blades are 6 to 9 inches long. And other wish everyone else would just leave them alone in the woods.
I can remember the school sending notes home with us asking our parents not to send us to school with ramp sandwiches. If someone else is eating them you'd better eat some, too, or you won't be able to stand the smell.
When we used to ride ATVs in the spring I like to pick them and put them on a sandwich raw like onions. They taste great that way.
You dig, em. You wash'em. You cut the roots off the bottom of the bulb. You peel the skin off the bulb and you cook'em. Some people boil them a little and then fry them but most people just fry them in a skillet with some bacon grease. Then they cut up boiled eggs in them and spoon'em out on a plate to eat with bacon and/or fried potatoes or ham.
We we're driving through northern Michigan one time and when we stopped at a road side park to eat lunch and stretch our legs we found them growing all through the woods around the picnic area. I don't think the "michiganders" use them/know what they are. That was in the UP.
I can remember the school sending notes home with us asking our parents not to send us to school with ramp sandwiches. If someone else is eating them you'd better eat some, too, or you won't be able to stand the smell.
When we used to ride ATVs in the spring I like to pick them and put them on a sandwich raw like onions. They taste great that way.
You dig, em. You wash'em. You cut the roots off the bottom of the bulb. You peel the skin off the bulb and you cook'em. Some people boil them a little and then fry them but most people just fry them in a skillet with some bacon grease. Then they cut up boiled eggs in them and spoon'em out on a plate to eat with bacon and/or fried potatoes or ham.
We we're driving through northern Michigan one time and when we stopped at a road side park to eat lunch and stretch our legs we found them growing all through the woods around the picnic area. I don't think the "michiganders" use them/know what they are. That was in the UP.
4/11/2012 9:31:22 PM
Originally Posted By M1A4ME:
Ramps are sort of like wild leeks. Or, imagine a wild onion with a much bigger bulb and much wider/flatter blades. They grow in the woods. Some people like to dig them when the are barely sticking up through the leaves. Others like to dig them with the blades are 6 to 9 inches long. And other wish everyone else would just leave them alone in the woods.
I can remember the school sending notes home with us asking our parents not to send us to school with ramp sandwiches. If someone else is eating them you'd better eat some, too, or you won't be able to stand the smell.
When we used to ride ATVs in the spring I like to pick them and put them on a sandwich raw like onions. They taste great that way.
You dig, em. You wash'em. You cut the roots off the bottom of the bulb. You peel the skin off the bulb and you cook'em. Some people boil them a little and then fry them but most people just fry them in a skillet with some bacon grease. Then they cut up boiled eggs in them and spoon'em out on a plate to eat with bacon and/or fried potatoes or ham.
We we're driving through northern Michigan one time and when we stopped at a road side park to eat lunch and stretch our legs we found them growing all through the woods around the picnic area. I don't think the "michiganders" use them/know what they are. That was in the UP.
Ramps are sort of like wild leeks. Or, imagine a wild onion with a much bigger bulb and much wider/flatter blades. They grow in the woods. Some people like to dig them when the are barely sticking up through the leaves. Others like to dig them with the blades are 6 to 9 inches long. And other wish everyone else would just leave them alone in the woods.
I can remember the school sending notes home with us asking our parents not to send us to school with ramp sandwiches. If someone else is eating them you'd better eat some, too, or you won't be able to stand the smell.
When we used to ride ATVs in the spring I like to pick them and put them on a sandwich raw like onions. They taste great that way.
You dig, em. You wash'em. You cut the roots off the bottom of the bulb. You peel the skin off the bulb and you cook'em. Some people boil them a little and then fry them but most people just fry them in a skillet with some bacon grease. Then they cut up boiled eggs in them and spoon'em out on a plate to eat with bacon and/or fried potatoes or ham.
We we're driving through northern Michigan one time and when we stopped at a road side park to eat lunch and stretch our legs we found them growing all through the woods around the picnic area. I don't think the "michiganders" use them/know what they are. That was in the UP.
This man is a ramper
There up pretty big now, I may head out this weekend and get one last batch for the year.....
4/13/2012 9:27:04 AM
My dinner last Friday night in the MNF. 
4/13/2012 10:52:50 AM
Next time throw a couple eggs in there too
4/13/2012 4:20:38 PM
Originally Posted By Waldo:
My dinner last Friday night in the MNF.
http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38847
http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38849
http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38850
My dinner last Friday night in the MNF.
http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38847
http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38849
http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38850
That skillet and spatula look strangely familiar, doubles well as a good deep frier too
(inside joke fellas Waldo knows what I'm talking about)
4/14/2012 4:10:57 AM
I knew I was smelling them early around motown. My wife says "what the hell is that smell?"
That my dear is the smell of some awesome soup beans in the making. I'm in P county, so we are a little behind, but I guess it is time to take to the woods and find me some ramps.
That my dear is the smell of some awesome soup beans in the making. I'm in P county, so we are a little behind, but I guess it is time to take to the woods and find me some ramps.
