There is one time of year in Indiana where we can potentially experience the perfect culinary storm. I will put it up against French wild boar or truffle season any day. It is when ramps, morels and wild turkey all hit in the same two weeks. April is wild turkey season and it just so happens it coincides, if we are lucky, with ramps and morels. Now that probably only happens once, or twice in a life time but generally you will get two out of three. First off you have to be careful. Turkey hunters do not have to wear hunters orange they wear camo so you can't see them, second a human rustling around in the woods sounds an awful lot like a turkey and third people are protective of their morel and ramp patches. But if you eat seasonally this makes for such a different and exceptionally wonderful turkey dinner and so opposite from Thanksgiving. Asparagus with morels, roast wild turkey and ramp stuffing just to name a few. If you wonder how good ramps are in Tennessee they are called the Tennessee truffle and I just might have to agree. The finale to a great dinner is rhubarb ginger downside-up oatmeal cake or rhubarb pie. Oh!, its a great day to be alive.

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