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Morels and Ramps in the Great White North PDF Print E-mail
Written by Christopher Hapka   
Thursday, 27 May 2010 00:00

Today's Ottawa Citizen has an interesting first-hand account of foraging for morels, one of my favorite foods of all time.

If you don't have a secret morel hunting ground of your own nearby, there are companies that will sell you morel spawn--but since nobody is quite sure what morels need to thrive and it can take two years for newly "planted" spawn to form fruiting bodies, take any claims that you can grow these delicacies at home with a grain of salt.

The recipe in the article also calls for ramps (Allium tricoccum, sometimes called
"wild leeks"), which can be easily grown if you have the right climate and a suitable spot of shady ground or, even better, a forest floor; here is a link to one source of seeds and bulbs.

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