New to P.E.M.U.? Start here: https://bigpigblog.com/2015/03/20/p-e-m-u-project/ Do the work!! Use a good field guide for identification and start your journey. Items in “bold” are first hand experience.
This week’s featured plant are a mountain favorite, Ramps…
Ramps. Wild Leeks (Allium tricoccum)
Amaryllis Family – Onion Subfamily – Page 196 Botany in a Day Elpel
Identification – Page 144 Forager’s Harvest Thayer
- Flat thickened leaves with onion smell
- Flowers appear after leaves wither
P-oisonous
E-dible
- Bulbs – raw
- Bulbs – cooked
- Bulbs – pickled
- Leaves – raw
- Leaves – cooked
- Flowers – raw
M-edicinal
- Used like garlic
- Earaches
U-seful
- Insect repellent
Ramps can be easily over-harvested due to their slow growing nature and commercial demand, so go easy on your ramp patch.
Ramp dip – http://ediblemadison.com/recipes/view/creamy-ramp-dip
Ramps, morels, and scrambled eggs…
More ramps and eggs…
And ramps, crappie, and a wild salad…
Resources:
PFAF – http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Allium+tricoccum
Interested in learning more about the Poisonous, Edible, Medicinal, and Useful plants around us? Check out BPO’s foraging classes – http://www.bigpigoutdoors.net/poisonous–edible–medicinal—-useful-plants.html