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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, New York, Ohio, Canada and West Virginia but Richwood appears to be the birthplace of the Ramp Festivals for the United States and the world.
2011 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. Saturday April 2 2011 (begin at 12 noon) (April, 10 2011) For more information, contract: Angela Whittington 304 532 3380 Menu includes: Stir Fried Ramps, Salad with Bacon/ Ramp Vinaigrette Dressing, Tavern Ham, 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 or (304) 472-4858 to make reservations. (To be held on Saturday, April 16, 2011 Description: (Ramp Fest) - The Harlan County Ridge Runners will sponsor their fifth annual Ramp Festival beginning at 9 a.m. at the North Evarts RV Campground. Everybody is welcome and the ramps is cooked with polish sausage and potatoes and dug the week of the ramp fest. Richwood Rampfest (To be held on Saturday, April 16, 2011 .) Annual Ramp Festival Description: (Ramp Feed) - The National Ramp Association's Feast of the Ramson dinner at Richwood High School from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.  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 RamsonNaoma, 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 or 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. Offered by VFW Post 6878 and Ladies Auxiliary. (Date: Always held on the third Saturday of April) Located on Ohio Rt. 7 in Proctorville. Dinner includes Ramps a vegetable of the lily family that looks like a little green onion, beans, corn bread, fried taters, dessert, and a beverage. This is one of the largest ramp dinners in the state of Ohio and people come from as far away as Columbus and Detroit to feast on the ramp. Camp Caesar Ramp Dinner, (Date April 16, 2011) 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>Big Otter Ramp Feed, (April 17 2011) 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 (To be held on Saturday, April 23, 2011 Bradshaw Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) Annual Ramp Dinner, beginning at noon and continuing until the food is gone. There will be live music. Admission is $10 for adults, $6 for children under 12. 29 Pigeon Roost Road, Green Mountain, NC. 28740 The Annual Roan Mountain Chapter 29 of NC. Eastern Star ramp dinner; (Saturday, April 23) 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. Ramp dinner fund raiser for April 23 2011 has been canceled. Maybe we will try again next year. ( April 30, 2011 ) (2:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.) Dinner will be served as long as the food lasts For more information, contact Lynn Boyce at (304) 266-9160. ( April 30, 2011 ) (11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.) Helvetia Ramp Dinner, ( April 30, 2011 ) Fifth Sat. in April (April 30, 2011) 11:30 to 4 p.m. WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY APRIL 28TH 2012 FROM 9AM UNTIL 2PM AT THE POLK CO 4-H CAMP LOCATED 2 MILES OFF HWY. # 64. AT 1058 HWY. # 30 IN RELIANCE. TN. PHONE # FOR MORE INFORMATION 706.581. 8000 Webster County, West Virginia Hacker Valley Parents and Teachers (HVPT) hosts ramp dinner at Hacker Valley Elementary. The dinner is always held on the 4th Saturday in April from 2:00pm - 7:00pm. and the fall dinner is held on the first Saturday in November from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. For information call: Hacker Valley Elementary School 1-304-493-6488 or Fire Department of Hacker Valley 1-304-493-6470. Stonewall Resorts (Weekend of April, 29/30 2011) Annual Ramp Celebration Weekend 940 Resort Drive, Roanoke, WV. 26447 from 11:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m, Stillwaters Restaurant. April 30, 2011, Hiawassee River Trout Lodge Hiawassee, GA 30546 . Elkins, Annual Ramp Festival - (April 30 2011 10:00AM - 5:00PM) The Ramps & Rails Festival, Randolph County, Elkins, West Virginia 26241. All day festival featuring food vendors with ramp dishes as well as craft and artisan vendors with live music. Short Train rides (10:30am and 2pm) Train $9 per ticket LOCATION: Elkins Historic Town Square (Always held in April) Info: 304-637-4667 Brought to you by the Elkins Depot Welcome Center. 304-635-7803 (Saturday April 30 2011 (1:PM - 5:00PM) 10 Chefs from the Hudson Valley and New York City, each offering an original dish featuring Ramps, food drink and live music! Graham County North Carolina, (April 30 - May 1, 2011) Rompin-Stomping Music Concert and Appalachian Dinner at Stecoah Arts Center. May (Sunday May 1, 2011) Last year Schedule: starting at 9 am Appalachian Crafts and festivities held outdoors. Music, Country, Gospel, Bluegrass and Rock & Roll and food for the annual ramp festival is ramps and green eggs, BBQ chicken served with ramps. Please check http://www.cosbyrampfestival.org to confirm time and date. May 1 at 11-? at Bayard firehall features ham cornbread beans fried potato with and with out ramps stewed ramps dessert and drink. 8.00 adults 4.00 children under 3 free Bayard is a town in Grant County, West Virginia Menu includes: cooked ramps, fried potatoes with/without ramps, raw ramps, ramp salad, Ham, northern and pinto beans, cornbread, dessert, and drink. LOCATION: Mount Grove Volunteer Fire Department. Mt Grove Vol. Fire Dept. dinner hall, 1671 Slaubaugh Rd. Eglon, WV. Adults $10, Children 7-11 $5, Children under 6 free. Phone: (304) 735-6801 (Sunday, May 1, 2011) 11 a.m. Menu includes: Ramps, Fried Potatoes, Soup Beans, Corn bread, Bacon, Salad, Dessert & Drink. LOCATION: Lost Creek Community Building. Adults $10, Children 12-Under $5, Phone: 304-623-9309 or 304-745-5267 for more information. Our annual ramp dinner is scheduled for Saturday, May 7, 2011. Starts at 11am and runs till 2pm. Faith Gospel Church, 1228 Lost Pavement Rd. Parkersburg, WV 26101 All you can eat buffet style ramp dinner. $10 per person. Menu includes: Raw ramps, Cooked ramps, Ramp Salad, Ramps and Fried Potatoes, Plain Fried Potatoes, Soup Beans, Ham, Cornbread, Dessert Tea and Coffee ramp dinner is scheduled for Saturday, May 7, 2011. Starts at 11am and runs till 5 pm. Location: Erbacon Community Center. $9 per adult, $7 age 7 - 12. Menu includes: Ramps, Fried Potatoes, Ham, Bacon, Scrambled Eggs, Brown Beans, Cornbread, Dessert and Drinks. At the Williamsburg School Community Center (the old Williamsburg Elementary School) (Saturday, May 7, 2011) 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. The Springfield Valley VFD holds an annual RAMP Dinner the first Sunday in May (depends on growth of the ramps). 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. The First Upper Delaware Ramp Festival ( Newstories ) Sponsored by Graysville Community Assoc. (May , 8 a.m.-until sold out) at Graysville Community Bldg. Graysville, WV. The 2010 menu: ramp soup, fried potatoes, soup beans, ham, scrambled eggs, hot dogs, dessert, and raw ramps. All menu items can be cooked with or without the ramps. Eat in or take out. Contact Bob Riggenbach, 304-845-0858. The Annual H.E. White ramp dinner, 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 Waynesville Annual Ramp Convention - (Always the first Sunday in 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 26th Ramp Festival - (Saturday, May 14, 2011) Whitetop Mountain Ramp Festival, (Sunday, May 15, 2011 (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., May 21, 2011 The supper, which is supported by donations from visitors, features ramps and fried potatoes, scrambled eggs with ramps, ham, brown beans, cornbread, cakes, pies and beverages. For more information on Jenkins Chapel Annual Ramp Dinner call (304 897-8700) In the Spring the Barn hosts a Ramp Festival that also features bluegrass music. 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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