ramp butter

[in. pred]

in spring i harvest a bunch of ramps. they are all over the place around me and nobody digs them! well as asome of you know you can only eat so many. i found awaty to preserve them and use all summer and winter. make yourself some ramp butter. i put some butter in a pan and warm it up add the minced ramps into pan and stir them in. let this cool down so it firms up and you can handle it. then plop some on plastic wrap and twist up like sausages. freeze them and just slice off when you need it. its rgeat for all kinds of cooking. i love it to finish steaks with. great garlic onion flavor!

if you dont know what ramps are do yourself a favor and google them! spring is coming and they are some of the first forgeable items.

 

[crazymoon]

IP, I love ramps and ramp butter, the dried leaves are good in soups, stews etc. In my neck of the woods they aren't very plentiful. It is best to keep quiet if you know where a patch is in my area !

 

[Brokenhandle]

I'd sure like to stumble on a patch!

Ryan

 

[DRKsmoking]

Well I had to look up Ramp and where it grows, now I am a big onion fan and it seems to grow here all the way down to Georgia.
Now an other good reason to start walking in the woods more , and only around here from mid April to Mid May.

So a wild edible leek, thanks for the heads up.

David

 

[JckDanls 07]

It is best to keep quiet if you know where a patch is

We had to do that with our mushroom patches too ... LOL

 

[jcam222]

Love it. I have some in the freezer from last year. Didn't get out and get any this year. Tons of them near me all on state park land. In my opinion it's ridiculous i can't harvest them there so sometimes I do anyway lol

 

[WaterRat]

Nice. I got some ramps a couple years ago while stumbling through the woods unsuccessfully looking for morels. The ramps are a much easier find

 

[crazymoon]

I'd sure like to stumble on a patch!

Ryan

Here's what a patch looks like

 

[in. pred]

there is more than 100 men could use around here! about every lowland woods has them scattered about. i harvest heavily but skip around so not to thin them out.

thats a meal for me lol
i harvest 2 sacks when i go each trip. and they are packed in there too! i share with friends.

we have both varieties of them up here too. just depends on what woods you hit. wont be long!

 

[forktender]

I love Ramps, unfortunately they don't grow in NorCal.

 

[ajbert]

First I've heard of them, but they don't seem to be in Colorado.

 

[in. pred]

they are a wild leak of sorts. taste like onion and garlic mixed.

 

[JckDanls 07]

First I've heard of them

Same here ..

 

[WaterRat]

A little thing if you only find a small patch: just take one leaf off a plant. The plant can live and still reproduce. More ramps next year. The ramp seed-maturity- new ramp cycle is 5yrs. Some people just prefer the leaves as the bulb can be pretty strong.

 

[in. pred]

yes i always harvest sparingly to the patches. i have collected seeds in the fall to spread in other places. the seeds are a wicked cool color to look at. kind of a black green with an iridescent shine to them. a friend dug some up and transplanted a clump in his garden. they have survived 2 years now.

 

[in. pred]

Here's what a patch looks like

you new pickers just make sure you learn what your after. there are other leafy things you dont want to mix these up with. lily of the valley the main one. easy to tell the difference but they grow together so hastily grabbing n going harvesting can be problematic.

dont need anyone sick!