[Sca-cooks] Late-period Caribbean food (was Asking a favor ofPhlip]

[Olwen the Odd]

Are those the tiny bananas?  hmm..that would be very nice if it were true.  
I am quite fond of the tiny ones.
And would the plantains then be served with honey as the custom currently 
does?
Olwen

>It should be noted that plantains and bananas are of Old World origin.  I
>think that the "dominicos" referred to in this paragraph are from the
>bananas originally brought to the Caribbean in 1517 by Fra Tomas Berlinga
>(the name may be mispelled), who later became the Bishop of Panama.  They
>should be similar to the standard bananas (Cavendishes) in the supermarket
>today.
>
>Bear
>
> >Hay unos plátanos pequeños y más delicados y blandos, que en la
> >Española llaman dominicos; hay otros más gruesos y recios y colorados.
> >
> >There are some plantains which are small and more delicate and softer, 
>that
> >in Hispaniola are called dominicos; there are others which are larger and
> >coarser and red.
> >
> >
> >Brighid ni Chiarain *** mka Robin Carroll-Mann
>
>
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