What a week!! Ramps (wild leeks) were plentiful from the south. We picked up a load every day this week, and sold them all the same day..
The next couple of days are going to be in the 80's however, so we'll be moving north to Michigan for ramps next we
ek. The Michigan ramps will be a little larger, with a milder flavor than the "little stinkers" from W Virginia.Ramp Festivals will be coming up in the next couple of months, including the Cosby Ramp Festival in Cosby TN http://www.cosbyrampfestival.org/
There are more festivals in West Virginia and North Carolina. Many are listed at this site
http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/site/voice_stories/ramp_festivals_a_sure_sign_of_appalachian_spring/issue/532
Meanwhile the Orchard Morels from California
have come to a halt, and snow in Oregon has made the NWest morels very very expensive and almost impossible to find. We're hearing stories about Morels from Texas and Oklahoma, and hope they'll be coming to the upper mid-west soon.
We are looking for supplies of fresh morels from the south, the mid-west or the eastern US. True morels only -- no verpas, no caps, no broken pieces, and stems must be trimmed.If you might have commercial amounts of nice morels, contact us at morels@earthy.com. Let us know where you are, how to contact you, how many morels you may have, and the nearest major airport and we'll get back to you.
And finally, I can't sign off with out saying GO GREEN to Tom Izzo and the MSU Spartans, in their 6th Final Four in 12 years. What a record, what a team. Victory for MSU!!
