Winter in Oklahoma doesn’t seem to truly begin until you’re completely ready for it to be over with. By the time we make it to that point in late February I only have one meal on my mind: wild onions and eggs.

It’s late March now, and the redbuds are blooming, the henbit is covering yards, and the wild onions are emerging from the ground. My grandma and I head out each Spring to pick us a “mess of ’em” as she always says. It’s a time that I look forward to spending with her each year, and we pick and clean them just as she did with her mom and grandma growing up.

Here’s a video that shows you how to pick them, how to tell the difference between wild onion and wild garlic, and how to make the traditional meal of wild onions and eggs.

Enjoy friends!