Well Fed Buff: Deep Fried Plantains

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3-20-2008 @ 3:40PM

CaffeineRage said...

Call me crazy, but I would have thought you would have cooked plantains for this dish.

Ah well, still a good recipe.

3-20-2008 @ 3:55PM

Steve_S said...

did you somehow miss this:

You can tell the Deep Fried Plantains are ready when the sugar has caramelized and the bananas are tender to the touch (of your spatula! Not your fingers).

3-20-2008 @ 6:21PM

Lilith said...

Yea plantains =/= bananas.

3-20-2008 @ 9:21PM

Zach said...

Common dessert bananas -
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Musaceae
Genus: Musa

Cooking plantains (also commonly known as cooking bananas or banana plantains):
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Musaceae
Genus: Musa

The difference is in the species. Dessert bananas are eaten raw, while plantains require cooking. The bananas/plantains shown above cannot be eaten raw. They're called saba, a fatter kind of plantain.

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