Comments on: I’m on a rampage http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/05/29/im-on-a-rampage/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:42:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/05/29/im-on-a-rampage/#comment-23399 mamster Wed, 30 May 2007 23:42:27 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/05/29/im-on-a-rampage/#comment-23399 <p>That sounds really good, Jess. I'd like to try it, especially since it will help me earn my ramp merit badge.</p> That sounds really good, Jess. I’d like to try it, especially since it will help me earn my ramp merit badge.

]]> By: Jess http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/05/29/im-on-a-rampage/#comment-23398 Jess Wed, 30 May 2007 23:12:15 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/05/29/im-on-a-rampage/#comment-23398 <p>I've made a sort of pesto with ramps and herbs and a little butter and shoved it under a chicken's skin before roasting it . . . delicious! And my, the paintball analogy is right on.</p> I’ve made a sort of pesto with ramps and herbs and a little butter and shoved it under a chicken’s skin before roasting it … delicious! And my, the paintball analogy is right on.

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/05/29/im-on-a-rampage/#comment-23396 mamster Wed, 30 May 2007 17:11:06 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/05/29/im-on-a-rampage/#comment-23396 <p>Jason, that looks really great. I'm going to make it, or something close.</p> <p>Brandon, that counts. Although, just to be safe, if you're out to eat and the waiter comes over bearing a dish with ramp leaves, throw yourself in his path. At least until the wedding.</p> <p>Wendy, do girl scouts go ramp-picking?</p> Jason, that looks really great. I’m going to make it, or something close.

Brandon, that counts. Although, just to be safe, if you’re out to eat and the waiter comes over bearing a dish with ramp leaves, throw yourself in his path. At least until the wedding.

Wendy, do girl scouts go ramp-picking?

]]> By: Wendy http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/05/29/im-on-a-rampage/#comment-23395 Wendy Wed, 30 May 2007 14:14:49 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/05/29/im-on-a-rampage/#comment-23395 <p>Now you're thinking like a Girl Scout! (We like to cook things wrapped in other things.)</p> <p>I bet roasted eggplant would be good.</p> Now you’re thinking like a Girl Scout! (We like to cook things wrapped in other things.)

I bet roasted eggplant would be good.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/05/29/im-on-a-rampage/#comment-23394 Brandon Wed, 30 May 2007 05:30:29 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/05/29/im-on-a-rampage/#comment-23394 <p>I won molly's heart with a salad of ramp leaves. Does that count?</p> I won molly’s heart with a salad of ramp leaves. Does that count?

]]> By: Jason Truesdell http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/05/29/im-on-a-rampage/#comment-23393 Jason Truesdell Wed, 30 May 2007 05:20:54 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/05/29/im-on-a-rampage/#comment-23393 <p>One Japanese preparation of grilled fish involves cutting the fish lengthwise and spreading miso inside, and adding a scallion or two...</p> <p>On my recent trip to Japan I noticed ramps at a little vegetable stall outside a mountain hot spring spot, where they were called "Ainu negi", or Ainu scallions. I bet that the ramps would be fairly respectable standing in for ordinary scallions.</p> <p>This was my most notable ramp dish this season: http://blog.jagaimo.com/archive/2007/04/08/easter-brunch.aspx</p> One Japanese preparation of grilled fish involves cutting the fish lengthwise and spreading miso inside, and adding a scallion or two…

On my recent trip to Japan I noticed ramps at a little vegetable stall outside a mountain hot spring spot, where they were called “Ainu negi”, or Ainu scallions. I bet that the ramps would be fairly respectable standing in for ordinary scallions.

This was my most notable ramp dish this season: http://blog.jagaimo.com/archive/2007/04/08/easter-brunch.aspx

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