Ramps: The Topic

[weinoo]

A friend gifted me this:

 

 

It's about a pound+ of ramps, sustainably harvested.  So I got a little busy:

 

 

Couple of cups of ramp pesto, and some rather "rustic" ramp butter.  Like, it could have been finer had I used the food processor, but I chopped the ramps and mushed them with the butter by hand.

 

AS I do when I make pesto with basil, this has no cheese added at this point.  I learned from an old Italian cook not to add the cheese if it's not going to be used right away, as the cheese doesn't get any better sitting in the pesto.  And for this ramp pesto, pistachios.

Edited Wednesday at 12:44 AM by weinoo (log)

[Katie Meadow]

On 5/6/2025 at 5:43 PM, weinoo said:

A friend gifted me this:

 

 

It's about a pound+ of ramps, sustainably harvested.  So I got a little busy:

 

 

Couple of cups of ramp pesto, and some rather "rustic" ramp butter.  Like, it could have been finer had I used the food processor, but I chopped the ramps and mushed them with the butter by hand.

 

AS I do when I make pesto with basil, this has no cheese added at this point.  I learned from an old Italian cook not to add the cheese if it's not going to be used right away, as the cheese doesn't get any better sitting in the pesto.  And for this ramp pesto, pistachios.

This piece from Eater pretty much sums up how we on the west coast feel about ramps. For two or three weeks a year we have to listen to east coasters ranting on about these over-picked and over priced alliums. I've eaten them. They are delicious on a pizza. Every year I look forward to the end of ramp season.

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https://www.eater.com/23706623/ramps-seasonality-overrated-wild-leek-garlic

 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

$39/lb at Bryan's yesterday.

[weinoo]

3 hours ago, Katie Meadow said:

This piece from Eater pretty much sums up how we on the west coast feel about ramps. For two or three weeks a year we have to listen to east coasters ranting on about these over-picked and over priced alliums. I've eaten them. They are delicious on a pizza. Every year I look forward to the end of ramp season.

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https://www.eater.com/23706623/ramps-seasonality-overrated-wild-leek-garlic

 

 

Sorry, these were not over-picked.  However, eater is.