Date:  Mon, 9 Oct 1995 09:20:00 -0400

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: Polk salad and rampy stuff



>Saturday night I had dinner with a native of Asheville, NC, who told of

>the culinary delights of ramps. I believe that he also said that

>Asheville has a ramp festival. The proximity of Ashville to eastern

>Tennessee obviously suggests a regional term; I had never before

>encountered ramps here in eastern NC.

>

>Regards,

>

>Bruce Southard





Is "ramp" equivalent to "rape"--the vegetable, not the crime?





Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu