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"Ramps:" an Appalachian delicacy A wild leek, this onion relative with a garlicky flavor may have anticancer properties, with edible leaves and roots. Found in the rich woods of upper elevations, it's eaten raw or fried with eggs or just make plain old ramp sandwiches. The plants grow about a foot tall and, when eaten, a strong odor emanates from the skin of the ramps gourmand. Scientific Name for Wild Ramp (Allium tricoccum Aiton) better known as a wild leek, some other common names: rich woods leek, ail des bois, ail sauvage.
Richwood Ramp Fest Contact: Richwood WV Area Chamber of Commerce, Phone: 304-846-6790 for the most accurate information and date. Ramps are the first green things to show their heads in spring in the Appalachian rich woodlands. They taste somewhat like an onion with a strong odor. They add a little life to Richwood and Nicholas County after a long winter. Richwood, West Virginia is the Ramp Capital of the World! Check out their Feast of the Ramson . This good old fashioned Richwood Ramp Festival in West Virginia is held in middle of April and all food will be prepared by locals Richwooders especially the ramps, the "little stinkers" will be served with ham, bacon, fried potatoes, brown beans, cornbread, and dessert. Hope you can make it to the Rampfest. Ramp Festivals are Everywhere Rampfests occur in many other mountain communities of Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, South Carolina, Pennsylvania and West Virginia but Richwood appears to be the birthplace of the Ramp Festivals for the United States and the world.
2010 Ramp festival dates will be added as they become available and all events are subject to change.
April Please check the websites or call the numbers provided to confirm times and dates. ( April, ) Menu includes: Ramps, Salad with Bacon/ Ramp Vinaigrette Dressing, ham, potatoes, Ramp Quiche, Ramp Chowder, Dinner Rolls, Corn Bread, Apple Dumplings and Peach-Blueberry Cobbler. Catered by the 88 restraunt and Lounge. All proceeds benefit the Upshur County Library (304) 473-4219.  richwoodwv.com> - The Richwood Ramp Festival is the oldest on-going ramp festival in West Virginia and the USA, a celebration of Wild Ramp (Allium tricoccum Aiton) or wild leek. Hope you can make it to the Feast of the RamsonHiawassee River Trout Lodge Hiawassee, GA 30546 2:00 - 10:00 p.m. Naoma, West Virginia 25140 Pickens Ramp Supper Third Saturday in April at the American Legion Hall in the town of Pickens, WV. 26230. The supper will include ramps, ham, brown beans, fried potatoes, coleslaw, applesauce, cornbread, dessert and drink. A dance will follow with a small admission. Sponsored by Pickens Post 122 American Legions. For more information call 304 - 924 -5415. The Original Mason-Dixon Historical Park: Located at 79 Buckeye Road, Core, WV and Mount Morris, PA. Park facilities are available to rent year-round, including pavilions with modern restrooms, a ballfield, small camper hooks, and a large red barn with cooking and dining facilities. Visitors have enjoyed ramp dinners in the spring and buckwheat/sausage dinners in the fall for many years at the park. The 295 acres of meadow and woodland is always available for hiking. Dunkard Creek is a popular fishing stream and the park is headquarters of the Dunkard Creek Watershed Assn. Seasonal festivities include the annual Ramp Festival, Purple Martin Festival and Frontier Festival. The 295-acre public park is divided nearly in half by the Mason-Dixon Line with acreage in Greene County and Monongalia County, WV. FMI, call 304-879-4101 or visit www.masondixonhistoricalpark.com. Camp Caesar Ramp Dinner, (Date April.) Camp Caesar in Cowen, at Camp Caesar Dining Hall. Route 20 North of Cowen in Upperglade West Virginia. Dinner includes Ramps a vegetable of the lily family that looks like a little green onion, but, tastes like powerful garlic., Ham, Bacon, Brown Beans, Fried Potatoes, Scrambled Eggs, Cornbread, Desserts, and drinks... For more info call, 304-226-3888 http://www.campcaesar.info/ or email <campcaesar frontiernet.net>The South Fork Grange Annual Ramp Dinner, ( April) all-you-can-eat, at the grange in Ritchie County WV. Bradshaw Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) Annual Ramp Dinner, (April) beginning at noon and continuing until the food is gone. 29 Pigeon Roost Road, Green Mountain, NC. 28740 Big Otter Ramp Dinner, (April) Big Otter, WV. 25113 at the Big Otter Community Building starting at 12:30 pm. until the food runs out. Sponsored by the Big Otter Volunteer Fire Department. Menu includes: Ramps with all the trimmings. Take exit 40 off Interstate 79, go south on WV. RT 16 for approx. 3 miles. For info call (304) 286-2212 April 24. 2010, starting at 11:00 a.m. until the food runs out. Buladean Fire Department Hwy 226 North Bakersville, NC 28705 will be having their annual Ramp and Soup Bean dinner. Cost will be $7 per plate for soup beans, streaked meat, corn bread, coleslaw, fried potatoes with ramps or onions, ramps and eggs, relish and pickles, dessert and drink. Carry outs will be available. Live local music during the scheduled event. Call (828) 688-4322 for more information or e-mail any questions to Heartland243@netscape.com. 5th Annual Ramp Dinner will be held at Alderson Community Center in Alderson, WV on Saturday, April 24, 2010 from 11 a.m. till ?? Carryout is available. Menu includes varieties of ramps, fried potatoes, brown beans, ham, corns, scrambled eggs, cole slaw, cornbread, desserts, and iced tea or coffee. The dinnier is sponsored by the Greenbrier Valley Association of the Deaf. For more information, email: jwburdette@sprint.blackberry.net Helvetia Ramp Dinner, ( April ) Fourth Sat. in April Elkins, Annual Ramp Festival - (April__ & __,) Ramp Dinner and International Ramp Cook-Off and Festival, Elkins, West Virginia 26241. Prize cooking contest, taste testing, entertainment, crafts, ramp food vendors and a traditional ramp dinner. LOCATION: Of the International Ramp Cook off Elkins WV is Elkins City Park (Always held in April) No info at this time on the 2010 spring and Fall Ramp Dinners. Graham County North Carolina, (April __-__,) Saturday – nature walks, workshops; Rompin-Stomping Music Concert and Appalachian Dinner at Stecoah Arts Center. Stonewall Resorts (Weekend of April, 23/24 2010) Annual Ramp Celebration Weekend 940 Resort Drive, Roanoke, WV. 26447 from 11:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m, Stillwaters Restaurant. May Our annual ramp dinner is scheduled for Saturday, May 1st. 2010 (Proceeds go towards the church van project) $8 per person. All you can eat buffet style. Menu includes: Cooked Ramps, Raw Ramps, Ramps & Potatoes, Ramp Salad, Soup Beans, Cornbread, Ham, and Deserts. Refreshments include Tea and Coffee. Starts at 11am and goes to 3pm (or until the food runs out). Directions: Go to South Parkersburg, and take Gihon Road to Lost Pavement Road. Faith Gospel Church is 1 ½ miles out Lost Pavement Road, on the right. Questions? Call Pastor Jason Stutler @ (304) 483-1079 Or go online to the church website: www.faithgospelchurch.org Fried potatoes with or without ramps, soup beans, ham, cornbread, applesauce dessert, drink. The Williamsburg Elementary School Annual Ramp Dinner (Saturday, May) 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. The Annual Roan Mountain Chapter 29 of NC. Eastern Star ramp dinner; (Saturday, May) 4.00pm and continuing until the food is gone will be having their annual ramp supper at the Bakersville Masonic Lodge on Highway 226. Bakersville, N.C. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All you can eat Menu includes: ramps (raw or cooked), ramp salad, and fried potatoes with or without ramps, tavern ham, beans, cornbread, drinks and dessert. Entertainment will be music and dancing at Mt. Grove Community Center, Mt. Grove, Tucker County, West Virginia 26716 The First Upper Delaware Ramp Festival ( Newstories ) The Annual H.E. White ramp dinner, (May) at H E White Elementary School 501 Bomont Road, Bomont, Clay County, WV 25030, 12:00 am to 4:00 pm. This annual event features delicious home cooked foods and EVERYONE IS WELCOME! So come join us for all the Appalachian Heritage fixing’s. Call for the most accurate information and date 304-548-7101 Cosby Ramp Festival in Tennessee (Sunday May 2, 2010 ) starting at 9 am Romney, Hampshire County, WV. ( Always the first Sunday in May) The Springfield Valley VFD holds an annual RAMP Dinner the first Sunday in May. We feature soup beans, brown beans, fried potatoes, eggs, salad, meat loaf, cornbread, and ramp cake. We also prepare the same food without ramps. Located 6 miles north of Romney off Route 28 on Springfield Pike at Springfield Community Building. 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Bayard Vol. Fire Department's Annual Ramp Dinner - (May) Bayard West Virginia This annual dinner features delicious ramps-raw, cooked, and in ramp salad, fried potatoes (with or with-out ramps), ham, beans, cornbread, drinks, and dessert. Location: Bayard Vol. Fire Department Bayard West Virginia. Bayard is a town in Grant County, West Virginia Waynesville Annual Ramp Convention - (May) Starting at noon at the American Legion Post in Waynesville, North Carolina Celebrate ramps by eating dishes including the wild ramp, raw or cooked ramps, baked beans, scrambled eggs, country ham, meatloaf, potatoes, cornbread rolls, and (Rampless Hamburgers and Hot Dogs) and by listening to country and bluegrass music. It's probably Western North Carolina's biggest ramp festival. Phone (800) 334-9036 or (828) 456-8691 Flag Pond Tennessee 25th Ramp Festival - (Saturday, May 08, 2010) Sponsored by Graysville Community Assoc.- (May 8, 11 a.m.-until sold out) at Graysville Community Bldg. Graysville, WV. Contact Bob Riggenbach, 845-0858. Whitetop Mountain Ramp Festival, (May 16, 2010 - 11:00 AM-6:00 PM), at the Mount Rogers Vol. Fire Dept. & Rescue Squad Fire Hall, 51 Firehouse Road, Whitetop, VA 24292 - third Sunday in May. Offers mountain arts and crafts, ramp eating contest begins at 5 pm., Bluegrass Mountain music, a BBQ chicken dinner is offered with fried potatoes and ramps. Whitetop, Grayson County, Virginia Ramp dinner at Jenkins Church, Mathias, WV., is May. Last year the dinner was onMay 23, 2009 Don't know the 2010 date keeps changing from year to year Jenkins Chapel Annual Ramp Dinner ( May ) at Mathias, Hardy County, WV. Jim & Jennie's Music Barn and Campground Ramp Event, ( May __-__ 2010, on Saturday from 12:30 to 11:00 p.m. and Sunday, from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.) at Jim & Jennie's Music Barn and Campground located at 677 Hawshaw Fire Tower Road in Crossnore, NC. Crossnore is a town in Avery County, North Carolina is about 20 miles from Boone, down 105 past Grandfather Mountain.
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Ramps is offered in other locales in West VirginiaRamp is offered in other locales in Nicholas County West Virginia, Leivasy grade school and Craigsville Grade School has a really good dinner. Jenkins Chapel United Methodist Church, Mathias, WV. Has a really good dinner of ramps, fried potatoes, brown beans, ham, and corn bread at the church’s social hall.Don’t know the exact dates….Mary H Brown Fairfax, Va. By following these links below, the viewer leave the www.richwooders.com website. Ramp Country Pictures, see (1) Pictures of the H.E. White Ramp Feed May 4, 2003 Clay County, West Virginia 25164. (2) Pictures of the Flag Pond Ramp Festival May, 13 2006, Unicoi County, Tennessee. (3) Pictures Digging Ramps in the Big Otter Community area of Calhoun County , West Virginia. (4) Pictures 2009 Richwood Ramp Fest Pictures Richwood , West Virginia. (5) Spirit of the Mountains |
Order ramps (wild leeks) here when in season.To buy Wild Leeks, visit (1) earthy.com Earthy Delights, a specialty foods company who was one of the first, if not the first company selling ramps nationwide. (2) G&N Ramp Farm (http://www.rampfarm.com/) Ramp Farm Specialties in Richwood, West Virginia. Was one of the first ramp farms in West Virginia and in the country selling ramps. |
| Link to Cultivating Ramps: Cultivating Ramps: Wild leeks of Appalachia Links from the Library of Congress Ramp Suppers, Biodiversity, and the Integrity of "The Mountains" http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/tending/essay4a.html http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/collections/tending/essay4a.html A FIELD TRIP TO DIG THE EASTERN RAMP (Polk County, Tennessee) Saturday, April 13, 1991 http://home.chattanooga.net/~henson3/ram.html ( Digging Deep For Ramps) Thursday April 19, 2001, Calhoun County http://home.chattanooga.net/~henson3/ram.html Link to how to cook ramps: How to Cook Ramps How Many Ramps Do You Need for a Festival?: How Many Ramps Are Ramp Festivals Sustainable?: Are Ramp Festivals Sustainable? In 2004, a documentary on Ramp Festivals was recorded, entitled The King of Stink. The film aired a year later on Public television stations. Documentary on PBSFor more information, the web site (Golden Lion Media) Get your daily dose of New York, NY Gothamist info on Ramps.Better Pans Don't Make You A Better Chef? Wild ramps and wild-leeks will make you a better chef.Anything that is "a cross between onion and garlic" would be prized by any chef.
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