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

[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
>
>Plantains, can, I believe, be tiny, but the difference between plantains 
>and
>bananas, for practical purposes, is that plantains require cooking to
>release the sugars, whereas banans can be eaten raw, since the sugars are
>already developed.
>
>Raw plantains, whether green or ripe, can be pretty nasty- they're pretty
>starchy, and are generally used as a starch in the cuisines that use them,
>sorta like potatoes, whereas bananas, as we all know, are used as a fruit.
>
>Saint Phlip,

I was talking about two different things.  Bananas and plantains.  I was 
referring to the tiny bananas that are usually found in latin shops and 
occasionally at the regular market, sometimes they are even red.
As for plantains, I cook those on a regular basis and am very familiar with 
them.
Olwen

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