• Piers@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Have you ever had the chance to try plantains? They’re a bit like bananas but for cooking and while they can be used yellow, generally they are used green.

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      1 year ago

      I think I’ve had them once or twice and found them ok? But that was eating them like a banana. If they’re more intended for cooking, that may require another attempt…

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        1 year ago

        Yeah they’re only ever really used cooked. (I gather that they aren’t nearly as nice to eat raw and might make your stomach a bit upset if eaten raw but possibly are not actively bad for you like eating a raw potato is.) Cooked they’re pretty nice. Kinda like if a banana thought it was a potato.