Tag: spring tonics

The salient feature of ramps is the smell

This is a diagram of the general life cycle of Allium tricoccum—ramps.

Sassafras’ most famous attribute has always been the healing properties of the springtime tea –a spring tonic- made from its roots.

Up till the mid 20th century, many Appalachian residents, like Americans elsewhere, downed an annual spring tonic of sulfur and molasses.

For folks in Flag Pond, TN each spring brings again the age-old combination of ramps, potatoes, bacon grease, and black iron.

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