Not sure how many know what ramps are but the season is wrapping up. My brother was able to get to the mountains to grab some.
Basically they are wild leeks with a flavor some where between spring onions and garlic. Strong little buggers. Pack some real heat to 'em.
Anyhow aside from the pickled ramps I mentioned in the What are You Drinking thread. I made ramp butter. Can't wait to use this as a finish to a great grilled steak. Or a sous vide steak with a grill sear.
The pile of leaves with the purple part of the stem are what I used for the butter.
Ramps and the juice and zest from one lemon.
Fold into room temp butter
Now you're ready for some anti-dry-otics!-BeerMakesMeSmarter
If worms had daggers, birds wouldn't fuck with them-Todd Snider
They're up where I'm at, but the honey holes I hit are further north and still about a week out due to a late season snowfall. There's about 20 acres worth along a river that we go in and harvest selectively every year, ie. not wiping out the whole damn patch so they can't propagate.
Interesting to note, they dehydrate pretty well for preservation. Just cook them up in a little butter, wine or beer to bring them back to life.
Here in MN, we're also about a week out on morel season. Should be a banner year with all the rain we've had. Happy hunting!
I'm booked for the last week of July at a resort roughly 10 miles from the border of Canadia.
Gonna do a little fishing, a lot of drinking, and the wild blueberries should be plump and ripe with all the alternating sunshine and rain. I can expect to pick about 100 quarts over several days which will be packed away neatly in the freezer back home.
People have asked: what do you do with all those blueberries?
Well, if you curious fucks really want to know, I eat them. I've also used them for bartering other precious commodities such as homebrew, venison, wild rice and smoked fish. They also make amazing jam which, when canned, lasts for years.
I am also severely disappointed that none of you dicks commented on Patchez' delicious looking ramp butter.
For shame. You're all a bunch of culinary cattle grazing on your potato chips and your supersized, high fucktose corn syrup beverages. People, wake up and smell the ramp butter. Jerks.
I'm booked for the last week of July at a resort roughly 10 miles from the border of Canadia.
Gonna do a little fishing, a lot of drinking, and the wild blueberries should be plump and ripe with all the alternating sunshine and rain. I can expect to pick about 100 quarts over several days which will be packed away neatly in the freezer back home.
People have asked: what do you do with all those blueberries?
Well, if you curious fucks really want to know, I eat them. I've also used them for bartering other precious commodities such as homebrew, venison, wild rice and smoked fish. They also make amazing jam which, when canned, lasts for years.
Blueberry picking! Fuck yeah!
That sounds like a fun time. Blueberries are awesome. Berries in general are my favorite fruit.
Life is effin' awesome up in Canadia! My favorite cheesecake is blueberry. Any huckleberries up there? A gf of mine in Montana sent me some huckleberry syrup type stuff to put in cocktails a while back and that was awesome.
Yeah I like everything...from ramps, chives, spring onions, berries, herbs, both nuts and un-nuts (like peanuts) alike.
We have wild red raspberries and red currants in full effect right now. Oett's mom makes marmalade and preserves out of everything and it rocks as it doesn't have all these sugar additives.
I don't know why but lime marmalade caught my eye at the grocery store recently. I've never seen it before so I got it. Don't even know what to do with it.
In other food related news last week and this week were canning days from mu buddies garden. The only item made that would really be of interest here would be the Honey Pilsner Pickles I made with Pilsner Urquell.
Now you're ready for some anti-dry-otics!-BeerMakesMeSmarter
If worms had daggers, birds wouldn't fuck with them-Todd Snider
In other food related news last week and this week were canning days from mu buddies garden. The only item made that would really be of interest here would be the Honey Pilsner Pickles I made with Pilsner Urquell.
They look great! Didn't you make some salsa too? Whatever it was, that looked good.
In other food related news last week and this week were canning days from mu buddies garden. The only item made that would really be of interest here would be the Honey Pilsner Pickles I made with Pilsner Urquell.
They look great! Didn't you make some salsa too? Whatever it was, that looked good.
Yep. It is pretty good considering it was from canned stuff not fresh.
Now you're ready for some anti-dry-otics!-BeerMakesMeSmarter
If worms had daggers, birds wouldn't fuck with them-Todd Snider
