West Virginia Ramp Dinners and Festivals
"After a long mountain winter, settlers in West Virginia hungrily welcomed the appearance of the wild leek or “ramp,” one of the first edible plants to ripen in the forest in spring. The ramp became the focus for a tradition of communal feasts, a ritual that lingers today in rural Appalachia."
They are STINKY little leeks, but you learn to love them. When the Fire Dept holds the tradition ramp dinner/fund raiser you can smell them cooking before you pull into the parking lot!