[Magdalen] Wild Onions.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Wasn't rampion the vegetable that was stolen from the garden of 
Rumplestilskin?  Onions?? really?

Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Jo Craddock" <jocraddock at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2015 8:46 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Wild Onions.

> Only slightly. My mother, who taught school in central WV near the home of 
> the Ramp Festival, told stories of children whose families were ramp 
> farmers being excused from school during harvest -- the odor was so strong 
> it made others ill.
>
> I have seen on Eric+ Funston's Facebook page that the WV Ramps & Rail 
> Festival seems to have become an annual event he enjoys attending:
> http://www.wvcommerce.org/travel/featured/ramps.aspx
> Elkins is easily one of the top five loveliest WV towns, IMNSHO, with or 
> without ramps or a festival.
>
> Peace,
> Jo, who wonders what a Cajun would do with a ramp. Of course, "First you 
> make a roux."
>
>
> On 08/04/2015 8:33 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>>
>> I watched a cooking show just now on the PBS "Create" Channel.
>> This one features a young chef from North Carolina, who integrates
>> a lot of local food into her cuisine.
>>   This episode dealt with what turns out (after consulting wiki) to be  a
>> wild onion, and which is becoming increasingly popular with cooks
>> in the USA.  It apparently grows in the eastern half of the USA,  but
>> I've never seen them during their season which lasts a month in the early
>> spring.
>>   Anyone with experience with these wild onions?
>>   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_tricoccum
>>   David Strang.
>