I think you must be talking about plantain (platanos) which are bananas tha=
t
are eaten cooked rather than raw. Green plantains are starchy and flavored
much like potatoes. They can be fried or boiled.
When they begin to ripen, the sugars in them develop and they become
slightly sweet. When they are black they are at their sweetest.
They are generally grown in South America and Latin America. They also have
them in Puerto Rico and that is where I first ate them. They were served
with almost every meal and were generally fried with either salt added or
sugar. I think they were sliced at an angle and about 1/2 inch thick.
~Karima
On 6/21/07, luis valera
> Hola Vikki- I am not a great cook! But as I remember, they would cut the
> semi-green bananas into one and a half inch shunks, thick, and then they
> would boil them for about five minutes or so, and then they were mashed d=
awn
> in a paper towel-flating them- then they were fried until lightly brown.
> Salt them and eat them!
> I'll try them myself as soon as I go to the market since it is going to b=
e
> a while until my banana plants have fruit; they bloom too late here in
> Brunswick to do anything with them!
> Luis A. Valera
> Vikki
> -I want to know how to fix the fried bananas ! Sounds
> interesting. Pebbles in
> Arizona -- In
> gardenmessenger@yahoogroups.com
When they begin to ripen, the sugars in them develop and they become
slightly sweet. When they are black they are at their sweetest.
They are generally grown in South America and Latin America. They also have
them in Puerto Rico and that is where I first ate them. They were served
with almost every meal and were generally fried with either salt added or
sugar. I think they were sliced at an angle and about 1/2 inch thick.
~Karima
On 6/21/07, luis valera
> Hola Vikki- I am not a great cook! But as I remember, they would cut the
> semi-green bananas into one and a half inch shunks, thick, and then they
> would boil them for about five minutes or so, and then they were mashed d=
awn
> in a paper towel-flating them- then they were fried until lightly brown.
> Salt them and eat them!
> I'll try them myself as soon as I go to the market since it is going to b=
e
> a while until my banana plants have fruit; they bloom too late here in
> Brunswick to do anything with them!
> Luis A. Valera
> Vikki
> -I want to know how to fix the fried bananas ! Sounds
> interesting. Pebbles in
> Arizona -- In
> gardenmessenger@yahoogroups.com
