Graveyard Dirt: Two Worlds and In-between

Ramson Foraging

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We spent a lazy afternoon foraging ramsons (better known as wild garlic) at a local castle for tonight's supper. (<- Homemade wild garlic and pancetta risotto served with ramson Irish soda bread.)

For some fucked up reason I thought we needed "at least 100 grams for one recipe and several large handfuls for the other", but when we came home I discovered we only needed five smallish handfuls in total for dinner, which means I'll have enough leftover to either make flavored oil or a wild garlic paste.

MAINS:
* Grilled Scallop Salad w/Wild Garlic
* Ramson alla Carbonara
* Wild Garlic & Pancetta Risotto
* Wild Garlic Ravioli

SIDES:
* Potato, Leek & Wild Garlic Gratin
* Skordalia
* Wild Garlic & Mustard Sauce
* Wild Garlic Pesto
* Wild Garlic Soda Bread

SOUPS:
* Cream of Wild Garlic Soup
* Nettle & Wild Garlic Soup
* Potato & Bread Soup w/Wild Garlic
* Ramson Spring Soup
* Wild Garlic Pancake Soup

This forum post provides useful information on harvesting wild garlic, including a foraging trick that allows the plant to regrow cut leaves. (The trick? Cut at the BASE of the leaf, not at the stem.)