Uses of Milkweed Hildegard Kuse Loretta Kuse Milkweed
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Uses of Milkweed Hildegard Kuse Loretta Kuse
Milkweed Shoots • Young shoots can be picked, boiled in several waters and eaten as a green vegetable.
Milkweed Flower Buds • Young milkweed buds can be eaten after being boiled in water several times. They can be seasoned to taste and eaten as a green vegetable.
Small Milkweed Pods • Small milkweed pods can be used in hot dishes or eaten as a green vegetable. They too need to be processed in fresh boiling water several times before eating.
Milkweed Silk • During World War II people collected the milkweed silk for use in life preservers. Kapok was not available from the countries that ordinarily produced it.
Crafts • Pods and the silk in them can be combined with other natural materials to create beautiful craft items.
Bibliography These and Other Sources Contain Recipes for Preparing Milkweed. • Angier, B. (1974). Field guide to edible wild plants. Harrisburg Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. • Thayer, S. (2006). The forager’s harvest. Ogema, Wisconsin: Forager’s Harvest. • Thayer, Samuel. 2010. Nature’s garden: A guide to identifying, harvesting and preparing edible wild plants. Birchwood, Wisconsin: Forager’s Harvest Press. • Witty, H. (Ed. ). (1976). Billy Joe Tatum's wild foods cookbook and field guide. New York: Workman Publishing Company.
