On 14/9/06 16:54, in article
, "John McMillan"
wrote:

In article ,
Sacha wrote:

On 3/9/06 17:05, in article , "Sacha"
wrote:

I recently read of this somewhere but can't remember where. Is it for real
and if so, does anyone know what it's called?

Thanks to the many who answered this query. I've just found the Telegraph
magazine in which it was mentioned. It was in an article about cooking in
Manhattan with 'unusual produce', such as fiddlehead ferns. The cross
between leek and garlic is called 'ramps'.

"Ramps" seems to be the common name for Allium tricoccum, native to
North America. Its only a cross between leek and garlic in that it
tastes somewhere between them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_leek
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-133.html

Thanks very much - this explains it!

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