Milkweed pod season!

[Stickhead]

This is my favorite wild veggie, and it’s peaking now in VA.  Snip ‘em, rinse and boil ‘em.  A little salt and butter, and you can’t beat ‘em.  (Just leave some buds for the Monarch butterflies.)

[Stoker]

Interesting.. Ours are just blooming.. Taste like chicken???
Thanks Leroy

[KHalverson]

I harvested and tried these yesterday.
I boiled twice.
tasted like a cross between wax beans and asparagus.
added butter and a touch of minced garlic.
delicious!!

[tattoo dave]

So I have to ask, why boil them twice?

Tattoo Dave

[KHalverson]

So I have to ask, why boil them twice?

Tattoo Dave

Dave.
i know that the sap is bitter.
i done it to make sure it was all gone from the pods.
unfortunatlly i think the pods are too far along to do this now.
next year i will definatelly try this again and try only boiling once.

[tattoo dave]

I have more milkweed in my yard then I could possibly eat, and more coming up everyday. I'm pretty sure I'll have plenty to eat for a while. I'll be trying this soon. Maybe tonight.

Tattoo Dave

[tattoo dave]

So, I had some last night. Only boiled once, but did soak them in cold water for about 5 minutes. No bitter taste. They were yummy. I have 2 daughters, one is suspicious of darn near everything I put on the table, the other is more than happy to eat experimental foods with me. She loved them, said they were yummy and will eat them again.

Tattoo Dave

[bjrogg]

I tried it, I liked it.
Bjrogg

[bjrogg]

Just starting to bud today. I picked a baggie full. Rinsed them in cold water a couple times then boiled, drained and added some butter. Not to bad.
Bjrogg

[JEB]

You guys got something against a can of veggies, lol

[Danzn Bar]

I'm with JEB.
DBar...

[Hawkdancer]

Not sure about the milkweed out here, but I got a bunch of zucchini and yellow squash coming in!  If I verload real bad, I have a friend who feeds her dogs raw food, and they like zucchini!.  Won't be foraging much with the bum knee, but there is a bunch of choke cherries just down the road! 
Hawkdancer

[bjrogg]

Yah I don't care for most caned vegetables. I do like caned peas. Otherwise I'll gladly take fresh and often time raw. I love asparagus and if it taste anything like asparagus I had to try it. I don't think it's exactly like asparagus, but it is pretty tasty. Even my daughter thought it was good.
Bjrogg

[Deerhunter21]

fresh corn on the cobs my favorite. then it has to be my dads bok choi, chinese brocoli, and baby bok choi in soy sauce and brown sugar.