What the hell are ramps anyway? For most of my life I’d never heard of the things and then about five or six years ago, they started popping up everywhere. The way folks go on and on about them you’d think they’d cure cancer, world peace and the international debt crisis. How can something possibly live up to that hype? Then I tasted some. Huh. Oniony, garlicy with an ever so slight funky edge that is so much more interesting than a scallion or straight up onion. Worth it? I think so. They’re also a sure sign that spring has arrived, even more so than the season’s first asparagus or rhubarb. I think that’s what we’re all really looking for after a few dreary months so maybe a little crazy behavior is expected.
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