you're all invited to my house for dinner!

FloridaNative said:
Ya'll sound so deprived! I think you definitely need some cuban food. lol
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Mesa gosa tusa Senor Burritos in Boca Ratono, muy bueno plaintanos:D
 
Me and 78 other forum members are on our way over to your house and we just want to make sure you still have enough food left for all of us. Also do you have enough parking for 36 cars?
 
FloridaNative said:
You sound like Ja Ja Binks from Star Wars. :p
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Gary Sword said:
Me and 78 other forum members are on our way over to your house and we just want to make sure you still have enough food left for all of us. Also do you have enough parking for 36 cars?
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To late, I ate all the plaintains and palomia!
 
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To late, I ate all the plaintains and palomia!
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I didn't make palomia loco! lol Hey BTW Bravo Supermarket has a sale on platano right now 10 for $2.00 can't beat that! You'd have enough for tostones and maduros. :D
 
Gary Sword said:
Me and 78 other forum members are on our way over to your house and we just want to make sure you still have enough food left for all of us. Also do you have enough parking for 36 cars?
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Trust me, in a Cuban house there is ALWAYS enough food! lol :p As for the parking, the lot across the street is empty at night. :)
 
FloridaNative said:
Yeah they're delicious and super easy to make. Just wait until the peel is all black on the outside and then peel it and cut them into lengthwise strips and fry them in hot oil and you're done. Nothing easier.:)
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Jen, do you put any sugar or cinnamon on them? Just curious. I want to get some tomorrow and try them. Always wanted to, but never have.
 
dengood1 said:
Jen, do you put any sugar or cinnamon on them? Just curious. I want to get some tomorrow and try them. Always wanted to, but never have.
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Nope. For maduros, you have to let the plaintains get all black on the peel, then you peel them and slice them in long diagonal cuts along the length of the platano. Then you fry them in hot oil turning them over once before removing them to drain on a paper towel. Then you just eat them just like that. :)

Maduros should look like this...
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For tostones, you use green green plantains, the greener the better. You have to cut the peel off with a knife and then you cut the plantain into slices about and inch or so thick. You fry them really fast in hot oil and flip them over, they should be turning yellow but not brown yet, then you take them out of the oil and drain them on a paper towel. Then you mash them flat one at a time in a tostonera or you can use the bottom of a glass if you don't have a tostonera. Once they are flattened to about a 1/4 inch thick you return them to the oil and let them cook some on one side and then flip them over in the oil and let them cook on the other side. When they are just starting to get golden brown you remove them to a paper towel and sprinkle salt and pepper over them on both sides. Delicious. :) Tostones should look like this...
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FloridaNative, I have a bunch of Banana trees that have these fat and short bananas that are real sweet. I think plantains are longer. I don't know what kind they would be but they are not like a regular banana. They are very good and 3 out of my 4 parrots really love them. One of my neighbors likes to take them when they are green and make something like mash potatos with them. Do you know what kind of bananas they would be?
 
plantains are like massive bananas(atleast all the ones ive seen) so i dunno what you have....although we have almost the same thing across the street from my house, my dad planted the banana trees like 20 years ago haha

den, ive had plantains when they were sweetened with sugar/cinnamon and its absolutely disgusting.make the maduros like jen said, theyre better tasting than tostones in my opinion
 
Gary Sword said:
FloridaNative, I have a bunch of Banana trees that have these fat and short bananas that are real sweet. I think plantains are longer. I don't know what kind they would be but they are not like a regular banana. They are very good and 3 out of my 4 parrots really love them. One of my neighbors likes to take them when they are green and make something like mash potatos with them. Do you know what kind of bananas they would be?
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Gary, those could be Baby Nino Bananas or Manzano bananas.

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General Information:
One of hundreds of specialty bananas, the Manzano banana is also known as an apple or finger banana. It is a stocky, pale yellow banana, measuring about 4 inches long or finger length. Its flavor has apple and strawberry overtones. Manzano bananas are available year-round.

Selection and Storage:
Look for firm, pale-yellow bananas without bruises or cracks. Manzanos are ripe when their yellow skin turns completely black. Store at room temperature until ripe. Overripe bananas can be frozen, if wrapped airtight, for up to 6 months or mash the bananas, add 1 teaspoon of lemon juice for each banana and freeze in an airtight container.

Preparation and Cooking Tips:
Manzanos can be eaten fresh, but they cook well. Halve them lengthwise and sauté in butter with brown sugar; flambé with rum. Manzanos are the perfect size for fritters.

Baby Bananas:

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Baby Banana Musa Paradisiaca
Although there are many types of Bananas, the Baby Banana (or Lady Finger) is regarded as the most delicious to eat because of its fresh, sweet taste. The fruit is 10 to 12.5 cm long, with thin, light-yellow skin and soft flesh. The fruit comes in hands consisting of 7 to 9 fingers each (the actual fruit).
 
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FloridaNative said:
Nope. For maduros, you have to let the plaintains get all black on the peel, then you peel them and slice them in long diagonal cuts along the length of the platano. Then you fry them in hot oil turning them over once before removing them to drain on a paper towel. Then you just eat them just like that. :)

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Jen, these look really thick, how thick do you slice them, what temp. of oil and for how long? Thanks!;)
 
dengood1 said:
Gary, those could be Baby Nino Bananas or Manzano bananas.
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Thanks dengood1.

The ones I have are a little bigger then that and really fat. Fatter then a normal banana you buy at the store. Sometimes it will get 60-70 bananas on one hand.
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You guys are making me hungry, here in Canada it's rare to see reall bananas...when I got back home I eat and eat and eat till nothing fits in my belly hehehehe
 
Gary Sword said:
FloridaNative, I have a bunch of Banana trees that have these fat and short bananas that are real sweet. I think plantains are longer. I don't know what kind they would be but they are not like a regular banana. They are very good and 3 out of my 4 parrots really love them. One of my neighbors likes to take them when they are green and make something like mash potatos with them. Do you know what kind of bananas they would be?
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They sound like manzano bananas or lady fingers. Do they taste like apples? My aunt has some of those in her garden that they brought over from Cuba they're really good.:) As far as eating mashed green bananas, if is a very common breakfast food in the carribean to eat mashed green bananas or mashed green plantains. You peel them and boil them with water and salt and you mash them in a pilon and then trasfer them to a plate. You heat up some oil in a frying pan with some onion and peppers and then when they are starting to get soft you add some eggs and add salt and pepper. When the eggs are cooked but the yolk is still soft you take it out of the pan and put it on top of the mashed plantains. Then when you break the yolk of the egg it mixes all together with the plantain and you eat that for breakfast. It's called "mangu". I myself never eat it for breakfast because that much starch first thing in the morning will give me a wicked headache by noon, but my husband loves it and I make it for him. :p
 
Nica said:
You guys are making me hungry, here in Canada it's rare to see reall bananas...when I got back home I eat and eat and eat till nothing fits in my belly hehehehe
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LOL Do you eat the same foods in Peru? I know that the platano is all over latin america, but I'm pretty sure mangu is just the carribean. :p
 
Nica said:
You guys are making me hungry, here in Canada it's rare to see reall bananas...when I got back home I eat and eat and eat till nothing fits in my belly hehehehe
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Nica, So where are you from originally and why would you want to move to a cold place like Canada?
 
FloridaNative said:
They sound like manzano bananas or lady fingers. Do they taste like apples? My aunt has some of those in her garden that they brought over from Cuba they're really good.:) As far as eating mashed green bananas, if is a very common breakfast food in the carribean to eat mashed green bananas or mashed green plantains. You peel them and boil them with water and salt and you mash them in a pilon and then trasfer them to a plate. You heat up some oil in a frying pan with some onion and peppers and then when they are starting to get soft you add some eggs and add salt and pepper. When the eggs are cooked but the yolk is still soft you take it out of the pan and put it on top of the mashed plantains. Then when you break the yolk of the egg it mixes all together with the plantain and you eat that for breakfast. It's called "mangu". I myself never eat it for breakfast because that much starch first thing in the morning will give me a wicked headache by noon, but my husband loves it and I make it for him. :p
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Thank you very much for the banana information. About 10 years ago when I first moved to Florida my dad gave me 3 small banana trees. Now I must have about 40-50 trees. Every time one tree has bananas and I cut it down about 3 more trees come up.
 
Gary Sword said:
Thank you very much for the banana information. About 10 years ago when I first moved to Florida my dad gave me 3 small banana trees. Now I must have about 40-50 trees. Every time one tree has bananas and I cut it down about 3 more trees come up.
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You must have a big back yard! lol I love banana trees. They really make a garden look tropical. :)
 
FloridaNative said:
You must have a big back yard! lol I love banana trees. They really make a garden look tropical. :)
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I like the banana tree tropical look too. I have 1/2 acre but my back yard is not that big. On each side of my house I have my little banana tree forests. I live on the water and my house sits back far with a lanai on the back then there is a concrete dock so the back yard is not that deep. At one part the linai goes almost all the way back to the dock.
 
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