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Old 03-25-2010, 06:57 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
In the market they are usually green, but yesterday they had yellow ones with a sign that said, "Ripe Plantains". Do you have to wait until they ripen before you cook them?
Yeah, otherwise it's hell getting the peel off. It hangs on stubbornly unless you either let 'em sit until quite black all over, or do those cooking tricks described above. Think of a plantain as an armored banana that is tastier cooked than raw.
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