Recipes

[Evie2004]

not dandelion, but sure miss the ramps I grew up eating with fried potatoes & scrambled eggs in the morning..My Mom hated them but my Grandma & Aunt made  them for us..yum! They are in right now...

[Harpa]

I was raised on dandelion! I would go out there and pick it now, however, not with all the weed killer my DH put down in the past (he's got a new weed puller, thank God), or with the car polution.

Every time he put weed killer on the dandelion, I said he was cutting off our food supply!

We also made dandelion wine, and when I tasted it as a kid, all I could taste was the yeast. It was kind of thick and chalky looking as I remember. Maybe we just didn't let it ferment enough.

[PhilaLady1]

One more thing I can say that I've learned from you kind folks on this message board.  I did not know that people ate dandelion.

[tiny 2]

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@Evie2004 wrote:

not dandelion, but sure miss the ramps I grew up eating with fried potatoes & scrambled eggs in the morning..My Mom hated them but my Grandma & Aunt made  them for us..yum! They are in right now...

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My house up in the mountains has 4 or 5 natural springs and there is an abundance of ramps. The local real mountaineers know where they are and always come and ask if they can pick them. The other thing that my property grows is something they call branch lettuce and they love that too. They always pick some for me. After the tender leaves are cleaned they heat the lettuce and dressing. They even have a Ramp festival and competition with their recipes.

[Harpa]

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@PhilaLady1 wrote:

One more thing I can say that I've learned from you kind folks on this message board.  I did not know that people ate dandelion.

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Best to pick it when it is young, when the "poppy" has not come up yet. Later it turns a little bitter. I like the young buds, too.

[Nomorebirthdays]

@Evie2004. What is a ramp?

[Nomorebirthdays]

@tiny 2. I was raised eating wild things too. Right now the wild water cress is ready. I never heard of a ramp, what are they?

[tiny 2]

They are  wild leeks and very good.

[Evie2004]

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@Nomorebirthdays wrote:

@Evie2004. What is a ramp?

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@Nomorebirthdays wrote:

@Nomorebirthdays, it is a little wild plant, looks like a wild onion, & tastes like a combo leek & onion..kinda like garlic though, very odd smell after you eat it, some people hate the smell, but very delicious. 

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[tiny 2]

 Wild Ramps