. American homes and gardens. y she enjoyed it as much as themale enjoyed his tuneful idleness. MILKWEED AS A FOOD </ age is the utilization of waste ma-terial, and the use of weeds as food staplesis a phase of this triumph, says a writer inLeslies Weekly. The most interesting ofthese new weed foods is milkweed, thecommon, wild variety, that grows in everyrocky pasture, in meadows, and by road-sides in abundance. Its large, thick,smooth leaves are familiar to all, and itsdeep, dull pink tuft of flowers, and laterits seed pods, filled with delicate floss andflat brown seeds. When it is broke
. American homes and gardens. y she enjoyed it as much as themale enjoyed his tuneful idleness. MILKWEED AS A FOOD </ age is the utilization of waste ma-terial, and the use of weeds as food staplesis a phase of this triumph, says a writer inLeslies Weekly. The most interesting ofthese new weed foods is milkweed, thecommon, wild variety, that grows in everyrocky pasture, in meadows, and by road-sides in abundance. Its large, thick,smooth leaves are familiar to all, and itsdeep, dull pink tuft of flowers, and laterits seed pods, filled with delicate floss andflat brown seeds. When it is broken off, athick, white, milky juice exudes. This isrich in nutrition. This common and luxu-riant weed is now being cultivated in gar-dens as a valuable food staple, and makesone of the most delicious of vegetables. Ittastes almost exactly like asparagus, and iscooked in much the same way as has been found to be rich in natural saltsand nutrition, and is easily
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