Great morning in the mountains of West By Gawd.







Freshly shot-in-the-face turkey, bacon, and ramp burgers with aged white cheddar, horseradish, pickle and mater on a kings hawaiian bun.

Fat, dumb, and happy right now.

Speaking of Wild Turkeys..............

In southern Oregon, they apparently don't know they are supposed to be wary, wily and difficult to hunt. These birds were imported from Texas a couple of decades ago & they are everywhere. Almost like geese in the park.

The love the urban life & have become a nuisance by flying into power lines and causing outages and tearing up shake roofs. Kinda cool to see them walking around though.

FWIW

You sir have been uninformed on how to properly make a turkey burger, watch this video on how it is correctly done.

Never heard of Ramps until a week ago when a co-worker brought several, which he dug in the mountains around Gatlinburg. Wow, what a treat!

ToddyHill said:

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Never heard of Ramps until a week ago when a co-worker brought several, which he dug in the mountains around Gatlinburg. Wow, what a treat!

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I LOVE ramps. They signal spring, and they're quite the delicacy in the Appalachians. They are pretty much the first green thing to stick their head above ground after a long winter, and for the pioneers, they were a lifesaver after nearly six months with no produce. Ramp festivals are a widespread occurrence around here throughout April... there is one six miles from home today.

They're a bit like a hot garlic green onion. I use them in any recipe that calls for garlic or green onion, and even love them fried whole in lard and lightly salted.

This morning, I had morel, bacon and ramp hashbrowns for breakfast.

Ramps are becoming a "thing" on the foodie scene now, but they're old news in these hills.

http://www.eater.com/2015/4/10/8384255/everything-youve-always-wanted-to-know-about-ramps

For me, ramps, morels and wild turkey are harbingers of spring.

Great article AC!