Comments on: Fried Plantains http://www.foodess.com/2009/01/fried-plantains/ Come Hungry Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:45:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Native West Indian http://www.foodess.com/2009/01/fried-plantains/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Native West Indian Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:42:34 +0000 http://www.foodess.com/?p=47#comment-547 Plantains should also be ripe and soft (not mushy though!) when you cook them, not hard as rocks. They taste sweeter and more robust that way. You can fry them when they are hard and not ripe but it's definitely a different flavor. Plantains should also be ripe and soft (not mushy though!) when you cook them, not hard as rocks. They taste sweeter and more robust that way. You can fry them when they are hard and not ripe but it’s definitely a different flavor.

]]> By: Native West Indian http://www.foodess.com/2009/01/fried-plantains/comment-page-1/#comment-1821 Native West Indian Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:42:00 +0000 http://www.foodess.com/?p=47#comment-1821 Plantains should also be ripe and soft (not mushy though!) when you cook them, not hard as rocks. They taste sweeter and more robust that way. You can fry them when they are hard and not ripe but it's definitely a different flavor. Plantains should also be ripe and soft (not mushy though!) when you cook them, not hard as rocks. They taste sweeter and more robust that way. You can fry them when they are hard and not ripe but it’s definitely a different flavor.

]]> By: foodess http://www.foodess.com/2009/01/fried-plantains/comment-page-1/#comment-27 foodess Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:20:24 +0000 http://www.foodess.com/?p=47#comment-27 I think I have to get in on that plantains-for-breakfast action. ASAP. Trust me, they looked like compost when I used them - maybe it's the lighting? I think I have to get in on that plantains-for-breakfast action. ASAP.

Trust me, they looked like compost when I used them – maybe it’s the lighting?

]]> By: foodess http://www.foodess.com/2009/01/fried-plantains/comment-page-1/#comment-1820 foodess Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:20:00 +0000 http://www.foodess.com/?p=47#comment-1820 I think I have to get in on that plantains-for-breakfast action. ASAP. Trust me, they looked like compost when I used them - maybe it's the lighting? I think I have to get in on that plantains-for-breakfast action. ASAP.

Trust me, they looked like compost when I used them – maybe it’s the lighting?

]]> By: Obi http://www.foodess.com/2009/01/fried-plantains/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Obi Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:27:51 +0000 http://www.foodess.com/?p=47#comment-26 Slice them long and thin (at an angle)! Sprinkle salt on them prior to frying! Lay them on a paper towel after removing them from the fryer to drain the oil! Eat them for breakfast with eggs in the morning! (Ok, that's a personal bias.) I'm really glad someone else feels me on how awesome a food they are. And yes, they most definitely need to be eaten when the skin is black (even though the above picture doesn't seem congruent with that statement). Anyhow, sweet. Slice them long and thin (at an angle)!

Sprinkle salt on them prior to frying!

Lay them on a paper towel after removing them from the fryer to drain the oil!

Eat them for breakfast with eggs in the morning! (Ok, that’s a personal bias.)

I’m really glad someone else feels me on how awesome a food they are. And yes, they most definitely need to be eaten when the skin is black (even though the above picture doesn’t seem congruent with that statement).

Anyhow, sweet.

]]> By: Obi http://www.foodess.com/2009/01/fried-plantains/comment-page-1/#comment-1819 Obi Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:27:00 +0000 http://www.foodess.com/?p=47#comment-1819 Slice them long and thin (at an angle)! Sprinkle salt on them prior to frying! Lay them on a paper towel after removing them from the fryer to drain the oil! Eat them for breakfast with eggs in the morning! (Ok, that's a personal bias.) I'm really glad someone else feels me on how awesome a food they are. And yes, they most definitely need to be eaten when the skin is black (even though the above picture doesn't seem congruent with that statement). Anyhow, sweet. Slice them long and thin (at an angle)!

Sprinkle salt on them prior to frying!

Lay them on a paper towel after removing them from the fryer to drain the oil!

Eat them for breakfast with eggs in the morning! (Ok, that’s a personal bias.)

I’m really glad someone else feels me on how awesome a food they are. And yes, they most definitely need to be eaten when the skin is black (even though the above picture doesn’t seem congruent with that statement).

Anyhow, sweet.

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