Every year I can barely keep my wife from pulling up some Milkweed we have which grows perennially in a few areas of our yard. I always hope we'll have a few monarch butterfly caterpillars take up their residence on the milkweed, their source of food.........and mine!

Yep, eating poached young milkweed pods and the immature "down"/seeds each Summer is one of my favorite treats. The pod flavor is like asparagus and the down is chewy like melted mozzarella and has more of a cauliflower flavor. The milkweed flowers have a wonderful scent similar to lilacs.

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