Unless I really needed food I wouldn't be eating milkweed pods. The monarchs need them and they are in trouble. Monarchs are pollinators and pollinate things bees can't. My club makes an effort not to spray milkweed when we spray our crep fields. It may seem like a small thing but many small things make a big thing. As someone who has an apiary and raises pollinators, I am surprised you posted that.