Comments on: Wild Edibles: How to Eat Common Milkweed http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-milkweed.htm Intelligent Know-How for the Concerned Citizen Mon, 20 May 2013 01:46:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Traj http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-milkweed.htm/comment-page-1#comment-41373 Traj Thu, 16 May 2013 18:52:04 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=1880#comment-41373 I used to eat it when I was a kid. Just natural curiosity got me to eat it. I haven’t eaten any since then and when I would tell my wife about it, she’d call me crazy. Thanks for setting the record straight.
Time to try it again. I would just open a new pod and eat the moist white innards. Yum!

]]> By: star http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-milkweed.htm/comment-page-1#comment-41213 star Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:37:25 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=1880#comment-41213 Hmm i am eating a weed cant post pic here so email me for it that I was told is milk weed but I don’t know and I eat it in salads not cooked .

]]> By: Dee Hurst http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-milkweed.htm/comment-page-1#comment-40781 Dee Hurst Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:45:53 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=1880#comment-40781 The only thing besides the info above I would add is “Don’t get the sap in your eyes.” I have read in multiple articles that it can cause pain, blurry vision, etc…. if gotten in the eyes…obviously requiring a trip to the doctor I would think.

]]> By: Tactical Intelligence http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-milkweed.htm/comment-page-1#comment-40750 Tactical Intelligence Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:26:29 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=1880#comment-40750 You’re welcome Veronica. As with any wild plant be sure to try only a “little bit” first since some people are still sensitive to Milkweed among others.

]]> By: Veronica http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-milkweed.htm/comment-page-1#comment-40683 Veronica Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:55:31 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=1880#comment-40683 Your articles on edible plants are so helpful, i have been researching edible plants to try in the spring but milkweed was questionable. There are so many different opinions about it being edible or not, but your article helped me confirm they are safe if you are aware of look alikes and how to prepare them.
Thank you!

-Veronica

]]> By: kat http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-milkweed.htm/comment-page-1#comment-40046 kat Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:14:59 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=1880#comment-40046 Are you sure its edible? I read somewhere else that its poisonous

]]> By: iris http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-milkweed.htm/comment-page-1#comment-39973 iris Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:34:46 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=1880#comment-39973 There is a caution with milkweed but I can’t remember what it is? Many wild plants can only be eaten in the spring time as some plants become poisonous with age. The potatoe is opposite. Spring potatoes with green is poisonous. Fall potatoes have aged beyond the spring potatoes. Milkweed? It may be toxic if taken in large amounts daily. Aboriginals use to carry the “latex balls” that they rolled up. I don’t remember why so I am going to have to experiment with the milkweed all over again. Not necessarily haulucinatic? I have experience with living in the wild and there is “caution”…we will wait and see. I planted thousands of milkweed seeds to encourage bees, pollen, and honey growth.

]]> By: Elma McKeown http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-milkweed.htm/comment-page-1#comment-38642 Elma McKeown Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:06:44 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=1880#comment-38642 Yes, i try a little bit at a time..i enjoy it…thanks Erich!

]]> By: Tactical Intelligence http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-milkweed.htm/comment-page-1#comment-38641 Tactical Intelligence Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:20:24 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=1880#comment-38641 Elma,

Just be aware that some people are sensitive to milkweed so be sure to try just a little bit first.

Happy foraging!

- Erich

]]> By: Elma McKeown http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/blog/how-to-eat-milkweed.htm/comment-page-1#comment-38640 Elma McKeown Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:43:32 +0000 http://www.tacticalintelligence.net/?p=1880#comment-38640 Thank God i found your site after browsing milk weed..my neighbor have told me about the plant is edible..and so have many milk weeds in my property..15 years here now..thought i would like to try…and so i got your info much so helpful..i just tried to cook today. Thank you so much & God bless!

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