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From: kamath@reed.UUCP (Sean Kamath)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Plantains - what can I make with them?
Message-ID: <2203@reed.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Nov-85 20:03:33 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 27 20:03:33 1985
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In article <1058@lll-crg.ARpA> booter@lll-crg.UUCP (Elaine Richards) writes:
>In article <7679@ucla-cs.ARPA> korfhage@ucla-cs.UUCP writes:
>>
>>   My roomate decided to be adventurous this week and picked up some odd
>>looking bananas, about 5 inches long with a dark greenish-maroon skin.
>>He neglected to get their name, but I presume they are some type of cooking
>>banana. What in the world should we make with them?
>>   Willard Korfhage
>
>Saute them in butter and serve with cinnamon; steam them and serve with a
>meat dish, Microwave them and soak them in booze.
>
>Plaintains are very versatile. They taste like a cross between spuds and
>bananas. This frees them from usual categories and allows you to eat
>them as dessert or as a side dish.
>
>E
>*****

Another thing to do with plantains is to slice them very thin and fry
them in oil.  Banana chips are found all over the country in
supermarkets.  You can add verious things to them once they are fried.

Sean Kamath