plantains

     

Musa × paraisiaca

Trivia about plantains

  • These large green banana relatives are usually available in Hispanic markets as platanos
  • Puerto Ricans make mofongo by frying & mashing these "cooking bananas"
  • Yes, we have no bananas, so we'll saute these starchier "cooking bananas"
  • Many low-growing herbs are common weeds called these, a term also used for a kind of tropical banana
  • How about some Cuban food? Garlic chicken, black beans & rice & fried slices of this starchy banana relative