My first job out of college I worked for General Mills in West Virginia. I had at the time the lone territory where Gold Medal flour was not the market leader. My first spring there I was asked to go harvest ramps. Being a city kid from the midwest, had no idea what they were, but hey I was game. Besides hiking in the woods and mountains East of Charleston is beautiful country. I was introduced to this truly mountain delicacy in soup, stuffing, salads etc....I would not think about ramps again until I saw them at Wholefoods a few years back. Now a hip food from the wild forest with a price in the stratosphere. I had to laugh too, as one of the things about ramps is in many people they metabolize and leave a unique odor lingering on those that eat them.......it’s not that you smell like a walking voodoo lily but the scent is uniquely ramps.... Allium Tricoccum : ramps, wild leeks, rampons.....in WV it’s getting to be ramp season soon.....the ritual my friends tied to finding and preparing them was almost like a crawfish boil. So that’s my edible bulb tale. Anyone else have a ramp story...they sure tasted great to me. Mike San Diego _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>