Preserving Ramps: Freezing and Dehydrating

Ramps can only be harvested for less than a month. Here's how I preserve them to enjoy all year long.
-- Roast Chicken With Ramps, Honey and Lemon: • RAMP-licious Feast
-- How ID Ramps & Ramps Greens recipe: • Delicious RAMPS! and R...

[@JamieHitt]

Here in WV, ...ramps are a serious topic that people mostly refuse to talk about in polite society. Much like ginseng and moonshine stills, their locations are well guarded (and well protected) secrets. Everyone here is very "Copperhead Road" about our ramp patches. Trespassing in WV would be a very, very "Wrong Turn" mistake to make anyways, ...but things can really get out of hand over ramps and ginseng. You might even hear a local magistrate say something like, "Walter, ...dang it, ...you had no right to beat that man unconscious! It's not like you caught him in your ramp patch!" (I'm not even kidding)

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Completely understood. We are a bit like that about our morel mushroom hunting grounds. We are so lucky to have ramp patches all to ourselves.

[@johnlord8337]

ramp pesto - neat idea. Even having ramp rings or ramp leaf rings .... could even make a great gazpaucho dip with them.

[@PrepperPotpourri]

and delicious!

[@madelinehall8944]

Blessings from Chicago. I get them from the farmers market. I dehydrate them and mix them with green onions and green garlic. I give jars to friends that cook a lot. I use the leaves with spinach and cilantro to make green rice.❤❤

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Thanks for the tips!

[@Diebulfrog79]

Love this channel, you are best and only that talks about ramps. Most city folk are just crazy. You got my support forever. Thanks for the share, great video, PP.

[@mtstream55n]

Hey Uncle Al! I've have been here a short time too and I love this channel! Prepper Potpourri is awesome!

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Thanks for the support

[@PrepperPotpourri]

City folks don't know what they are missing!

[@synocrat601]

You can dehydrate the leaves, then powder them and jar that as a spice. We mix it with salt and other things for spice rubs.

[@H.O.P.E.1122]

Lol. Should've read the comments first. I just asked that question.

[@HomesteadTessie]

Wow this is a great Idea I make this with Basil ! never thought of Ramps !!!!

[@PrepperPotpourri]

BTW, I just love your videos

[@HomesteadTessie]

@@PrepperPotpourri Wow I am so honored !! I been watching you a long time You are a Mentor to me !!!

[@mtstream55n]

I like that you show the successes and the fails. Do's and don'ts. Awesome video/tutorial!

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Thank you Sue

[@jennifercline6866]

Thanks, I just got some from the farmers market and will be using some and dehydrating powder.

[@ebonycombs1677]

Thank you for this because I was literally dreaming about ramps last night

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I'm making some Strawberry Ramp Jam tonight

[@massachusettsprepper]

A lot of very good ideas on how to store ramps. Thanks for sharing my friend.

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I hope you and your family had an enjoyable holiday weekend

[@massachusettsprepper]

We had a pretty good weekend and I hope you and your family did as well.

[@thevictorianedge5465]

I have never heard of ramps. Gotta go do some research now. Thank you.

[@angelamitchinson8439]

We have ramps all over the place here in Arlington, VT. We call them leeks around here. Just foraged some today and preparing to freeze them. 👍

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I hope to harvest some this weekend

[@melodytenisch6232]

Good grief! I'm 64 yrs. old and this is the first time I've even heard of a ramp! Wow! Since you mentioned about breath guessing it's in the onion family, and grows wild I take it. Can you regrow it like green onions? Amazing. I am going to Google this pronto. As always your videos are awesome and I thank you for sharing. Blessings!😊🙏🌺 You have a lovely place and are a hardworking lady.🐾

[@throughmykitchenwindow198]

That is what I was wondering. Can you re grow from the root like green onions. I am in coastal Mississippi, I would like to find some of these?

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I don't think they grow that far South. According to Google: As far north as Canada, west to Missouri and Minnesota, and south to North Carolina and Tennessee

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I never tried so I don't know. You can try replanting them but they are very picking about where they grow.

[@EileenHagerman]

Nice. I'm actually trying to cultivate ramps. :)

[@troutfishin9770]

I cut off the root ends leaving some bulb with dirt don’t rinse first! Then plant the root bulb end and they will pop up in the fall , wait three years to harvest and do t harvest all of them!

[@cherylhirschdiyfun4636]

Great video thanks for sharing the information. Details like you give make a big difference. Have a great day.

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I hope you were able to enjoy ramps this Spring.

[@cherylhirschdiyfun4636]

@@PrepperPotpourri no unfortunately I have no place to go hunt for them.

[@KahlestEnoch]

Yes we have onions that grow year round here but we don't have these delicious ramps. I freeze a lot of my onion greens every time I harvest and getting lots of babies on my walking onions now ready to harvest in about a week for me.

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Happy picking

[@trueholyoak5273]

Thanks

[@elizabethcope1502]

You can buy ramp seeds. They take long time to germinate according to info under seeds. Long time to get patch you can cut.

[@madelinehall8944]

Ramp seeds germinate well to grow micro greens.

[@Georgia-WRBNS]

Oh No!!! Not Soylent Green! It's People!!! Soylent Green is People!!! No! Everyone Stop, They're feeding us People!!! What a great old movie!!! I will be on the hunt for these! I don't know if they grow this far south? I know dandelions are big here! But I guess I'm not a die hard fan of them!!! On occasion my Mother In LOVE makes poke salad with them! She puts them with scrambled eggs at breakfast! Maybe Ramps are what we call wild onions! Hey Google... LOL! Anyway, Thanks for the video! I just love that you are a wealth of information! Have a Greasy Weekend! Love and Hugs!

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Thank you. I know ramps grow in West Virginia but I don't know about Georgia.

[@EdibleWildFood-1]

Thanks for sharing you info!! I do not have a food vacuum sealer and now am in research mode! Are you satisfied with the one you use? If so what make is it? Thanks!!!

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Yes. It is a FoodSaver but is an older model and no longer manufactured.

[@pennyeden2048]

Take the dried leaves and grind into a powder..that way you can get some of the flavor

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Yes, green power powder

[@LetsTalkAboutPrepping]

Ramps? Im not sure i have ever heard of them

[@LetsTalkAboutPrepping]

Oh it's an asparagalas! That's pretty cool

[@johnlord8337]

Ramps are wild onion-garlic, like green onion-garlic.

[@LetsTalkAboutPrepping]

@@johnlord8337 yeah im looking into them now :) like a leek

[@Diebulfrog79]

Let's Talk About Prepping : you Yankee. I'm country boy and I know about ramps.

[@PenntuckytheCrag]

Yea Leeks

[@hydroman911]

I have only seen ramps on one hillside. It was on the application trail in NC I think?

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Ramps do love hillsides

[@H.O.P.E.1122]

Hi. Do you think the dehydrated leaves could be crumbled and used like you would oregano or rosemary?

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Yes

[@troutfishin9770]

Ramp butter is the bomb difgoty

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I'll be picking ramps this weekend

[@johnlord8337]

These ballbs are made for walking and talking, not even gonna think about freezing my ramps off !

[@HollerHunter]

Do you think the dehydrated leaves would make a good herb butter?

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Maybe. I haven't tried it.

[@PenntuckytheCrag]

Thx Dear. Wish I knew a place to find them

[@Diebulfrog79]

Penntucky Survival : try the Carolinas, there is a town that celebrate ramps day. Really good. Try that on google search.

[@PenntuckytheCrag]

Thanks Al. I know they’re around here too just don’t know where exactly

[@edieboudreau9637]

Penntucky Survival check eat the weeds vids.

[@PenntuckytheCrag]

I’ve seen some of those I really like that stuff Alfie is pretty amazing smart dude too

[@edieboudreau9637]

Penntucky Survival yes.

[@CorsairTrainers]

Ok may sound like a silly question. Why did you spin them?

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Too get rid of the extra water

[@CorsairTrainers]

@@PrepperPotpourri ok, sorry if that sounded like a lame question. I really did not know.

[@timschannel910]

They are big

[@mustangsally0928]

You need a new salad spinner!

[@4bennybear]

have you eveer made a soup with them

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I have not. Maybe I will try that next year's season. Do you have a good recipe?

[@4bennybear]

@@PrepperPotpourri No sorry. but i have made potato and leek soup. not the ramp leek. i wonder if it would be to strong with the ramps. i guess its worth a try.

[@gailreese4699]

I am 70 years old but i have never herd of ramps. Are they like an onion?

[@PrepperPotpourri]

They taste more garlicky than an onion. They are found as far north as Canada, west to Missouri and Minnesota, and south to North Carolina and Tennessee.

[@gailreese4699]

@@PrepperPotpourri Thank you very much.

[@laylaqasrany7696]

no pickling ?

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I haven't yet. My husband is not a fan.

[@wval4379]

Soylent Green! Ewww!! But love the sound of this recipe!

[@gibsongirl6816]

Nvr heard of it.

[@PrepperPotpourri]

It is very popular in the Appalachia area

[@conundrumcontingencies2495]

Good cinema, comrade. IMPORTANT!!! i just discovered by sheer accident, that flip top cans don't last nearly as long as cans of old. Someone with a bigger channel needs to put the word out that that the expire dates on the new ones are real and Dead on! I have reached out to some of the heavy hitters in our genre and been ignored. If you or someone like you does not speak up, Joe Six Pack and Mary sue are going to wake up one day and find out they have 200 lbs of catfish bait and puppy chow by accident...Merci

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I have heard that too. What has went bad for you?

[@conundrumcontingencies2495]

@@PrepperPotpourri specifically treat, which is generic spam. i was trying to get someone to put the word out about quick spoilage since flip top cans might be better suited for emergency food in the back of the car, motorcycle saddle bags and the like, that way someone won't loses cases and cases of grub by accident. Lord Humongous said he mentioned it long ago.

[@edieboudreau9637]

Very country dish. Good for what ails you. Lol

[@PrepperPotpourri]

Yes. Eat too much and you will have gastric distress -- much like eating too much sauerkraut.

[@rubbnsmoke]

"Solyant" Green? I think you mean "Soylant" Green.