so we collected a few milkweed seed pods. These pods are about the size of small plantains, and they're packed tight with seeds - each of them a tiny, brown kernel surrounded by fine white floss ...

While the pods are immature, before the silk has strengthened and the seeds hardened, the entire milkweed pod is edible. (Later, as the capsule toughens, the seed-and-silk cluster inside can be ...