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| JojoNH |
Posted - May 18 2010 : 06:24:23 AM
 Hi Everyone,
Just posted on my blog about our wild onions with a quick tutorial on drying them for use later on. Enjoy!
Joanna #566
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| Calicogirl |
Posted - May 22 2010 : 07:21:16 AM
I have heard of them called ramps before. In fact someone posted about ramps here about a month ago I think :)
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| herblady55 |
Posted - May 21 2010 : 9:34:09 PM
Hi Jojo. My mom said to tell you that in W.Va. where she grew up, they use to call these "Ramps." Anybody else ever hear of that name?
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| Rivergirl_2007 |
Posted - May 21 2010 : 10:48:25 AM
I haven't seen anything like that around our neck of the woods, but we do have a wild garlic/onion. I use the green part (when it is young) the same as I would chives. It has a very mild onion and garlic flavor. When it gets older and forms a head, I use the bulbs as a mild garlic. Most people in this area just mow them down and you can smell the aroma everywhere. My lawn is full of them all summer and I harvest and dry them for future use. |
| Bear5 |
Posted - May 20 2010 : 5:49:14 PM
Are these wild onions similar to onion tops? My dh and I grow onion tops and use them in gumbos, etc... I love the smell!!!
Marly
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| JojoNH |
Posted - May 20 2010 : 4:08:50 PM
Nigella, Now is the time to find them. . before the leaves die back.
It is harder to find them when you are looking for only the seed head.
You will know you have found them when you break open a leaf and instantly smell onion!
Homesteddinmom, Wow, how lucky for you!!! Just love it when we find something we can forage. I have discovered Angelica, Peppermint, Spearmint, Pineapple Chamomile, wax flower and lovage so far. . . didn't plant any of it!! Think it is from the old farm that use to be here over 80 years ago. Just found where the old well is, although it is filled in. . . could be some treasure near it
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| homsteddinmom |
Posted - May 20 2010 : 1:07:12 PM
I have some onions growing that i call wild since i didnt plant them....lol. i pick them and eat them after they have dropped their seeds!
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| Nigella |
Posted - May 19 2010 : 11:36:19 AM
Wow! They are beautiful! I wish I could find a patch around here I'll have to keep my eye out....
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| Calicogirl |
Posted - May 19 2010 : 11:14:54 AM
Joanna, I have only eaten that part as one would chives or scallions but I was thinking as I was looking at the pictures that I will try the bulb come late Summer :)
~Sharon
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| JojoNH |
Posted - May 18 2010 : 10:02:07 AM
Wow! those are wild!! you are right, very different from the wild onions. Can you eat the "tops" as well as the onion it's self? I think you can, like chives or scallions. Thank you for posting the picture for me!
Joanna #566
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| Calicogirl |
Posted - May 18 2010 : 09:39:10 AM
Joanna, they are different from what I can see in your photos, kind of like a giant scallion or green onion. Here is a picture on this site:
http://www.sierravistafarms.com/egyptonion.html
~Sharon
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| JojoNH |
Posted - May 18 2010 : 08:28:51 AM
thanks Sharon!! Do you have a picture of the walking onions? Do they look similar to my wild onions? I am not familiar with those.
Joanna #566
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| Calicogirl |
Posted - May 18 2010 : 07:25:13 AM
What a neat tutorial Joanna :) I wish we had wild onions growing here (who knows maybe we do in the mountains :)) We have Egyptian or Walking Onions in our garden a friend gave us, talk about multiplying! I like to dry them for future use too. Thanks for sharing :)
~Sharon
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