What is this (possibly wild garlic leek)

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johnnytheboy

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Hi Folks,

Found this today and wondered what it is, it smells very onion/garlicy


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phill_ue

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Jan 4, 2010
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I would stake my dog on that being ramsons/wild garlic. You can eat the lot, I like to use the flowers before they open up and the roots are nice too. Blitz them up with some mayo for a nice garlic mayo!
 

Melonfish

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Jan 8, 2009
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Ramsons 100% sure. great eating and keeps the in-laws away (at least mine)
you can eat every part of the plant without trouble, leaves are great in salads or chopped as an ingredient to anything, the bulbs are sweet and delish, the heads before they've opened are like little firecrackers of pepper/garlic and when the heads have opened you can batter and fry them!

In the words of bill and ted a "most excelent" plant ;)
 

gowersponger

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Oct 28, 2009
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ramsons,wild garlic,shed loads of the stuff grows around here where i live. i did find something on youtube last year saying good ways to eat eat
 
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The Ramsons I saw last week looked pretty much like that as its not flowering yet, still edible though and makes a good addition to a salad.
Seems to lose a fair bit of flavour when its cooked though.

Make sure it smells like Garlic when crushed though cos you don't want to mistake it for Lilly of the Valley.
 

calibanzwei

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Jan 7, 2009
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I think Crow Garlic has much different leaves, more akin to those on onion - more tubular.

Edit - Plus you'll know when it flowers :D
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....as opposed to
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Acorn62

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Mix with some toasted pine nuts, a bit of parmesan and blitz with a drop of olive oil hey-pesto! still got some in the freezer from last year. Also try making soup with a hand ful of ransoms, four handfuls of nettles (nice and fresh) one large potato and some veg stock. (got some of that in the freezer too as I made up 17 litres of it last spring. it makes a good base for pasta dishes and chicken/squirrel/rabbit stews.
 

Jumbalaya

Tenderfoot
Cannot quite make out if there is a sharp 'keel' along the underside of the leaf (making it a sort of crushed Y shape). If that is present then it's very likely to be Three-Cornered Leek (tho. that is generally found in the southern part of the UK as it generally requires a warmer climate). If the flowers appear as white bell-shaped types, along with the 'keel', then it is 3CL. The leaves are too thin to be ramsons, and there also appears to be a midrib or reinforcement in the V bottom. Ramsons leaves, even when they are young, are almost flattened, and they also begin to quickly broaden out as they mature... unlike the more grass-like leaves in your pic.
 

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