Saturday, April 18, 2009

oo ooh that smell

House of Sophanne went on a field trip today to the Greene County Ramp Festival. I don't know the ins and outs of ramps but have read that school children used to be sent home for smelling like ramps. We did not eat ramps but watched others eat raw ramps, deep fried ramps, ramp burgers and drink ramp wine.


There were the high-tech corn dog makers,



The deep fried ramps,



A man and his ramps


The redneck windchimes



The "For Rednecks By Rednecks" booth





And still, in a corner there was some beauty to be found.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

not big on ramps here, however they are pretty tasty with fried potatoes!

Virtuous said...

LOL! @ windchime! ;op

Glad you had a good time!

Marie said...

Oh ramps are wonderful. I hate gathering and cleaning them though. Hubby dug some up last year and planted them in the garden last year.

Carol said...

I love food festivals. Especially the ones in honour of the odder things. Like ramps!

Lydee said...

i was thinking of going to the festival. hubby went bike riding instead.

Yarnhog said...

What the heck is a ramp? (I note that Billy Bob and Ella Mae seem to be enjoying them.)

5elementknitr said...

Another Californian wondering what IS a ramp??

YawnOver said...

I'm with the other two up there - what the heck is a ramp??