First time I have had this combo for breakfast: fried plantain, fried egg, parched corn, and diluted orange juice. And it might be the last time I eat this combo, unless I can make the parched corn easier to chew.

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[–]Musky 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

We need the cooking or food sub as a default.

I've never heard of parched corn before. I made fried plantains once, or tried to anyways. It wasn't really my thing. Do you enjoy them?

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

In my experience, you have to let plantains get black before they are edible. Something with the starches turning to sugar and then they caramelize when you cook them.

[–]Musky 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I believe I did wait. I probably could have fried them better but I don't think it's ever going to be a food I love.

Speaking of bananas though, I had three ripe ones I froze before camping. I was thinking of making apple banana bread.

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've never had apple-banana bread, although I love banana bread.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have heard the same, and it seemed that I was chewing up an occasional crystal of sugar in the fried plantain.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We all have our preferences, but yes, I have enjoyed eating plantains, something new to me this year. My wife ate one from a food truck when we recently visited Dallas. They called them "canoes", the way they prepared them, and she raved about them. So we fried some at home and both like them. The taste reminds me of a fried potato sprinkled with fresh squeezed lemon. My wife said she tasted a hint of mango.

[–]HiddenFox 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Can I ask why you diluted the OJ? Are you trying to watch calories?

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's a reasonable question. No one else in my house does it. To me, I think of it as flavored water. I mostly want the water in the morning to get my body hydrated for the new day, but I prefer to add some flavor and nutrients to the water. By diluting the juice, it also makes the bottle of juice last longer, with fewer trips to the grocery store.... and I already had plenty of other carbs in the meal.

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have started diluting juices. I hated it when I was younger, but now get the flavor without as much sugar.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Haha. Whats parched corn. Looks good.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I didn't know what it was either. I recently read about it in the Old Testament and wondered what the ancient people were eating, so I tried it. Thousands of years ago, the Hebrews were living in the wilderness, in tents, before we knew anything about North American Indians. The tent dwellers that were migrating away from Egypt did not have the modern kitchen appliances we enjoy today, but they had another quick way to cook corn, without needing electricity to preserve it or cook it. It does have a good flavor, but it is too hard to chew. I would prefer popcorn. However, they may have had a better variety of corn back then with a better texture.

[–]Zapped 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I didn't realize corn was available in the Middle East during Biblical times. I thought it was cultivated by American Indians. Parched corn was a staple of American Civil War soldiers. One of my ancestors wrote home about his food rations when supplies were low, and the letter said that he received only a palm-sized amount of parched corn a day.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The KJV Bible called it corn but that word might have been used in 1611 to describe any grain, so I am not 100% sure it was corn as we think of it today, or wheat, or something else. But I am sure the Hebrews lived in tents in the wilderness before they settled in the land of Canaan, which was long before the North American Indians were discovered in the "New World", who also have a reputation for living in tents.

Your civil war story is interesting. The poor man sounded hungry. War and food shortages do go together. And another civil war is soon to start, so prepare.

My father told me about one of his fathers (grandfather or great grandfather, I'm not sure) who was in the civil war like your ancestor. He was shot, but survived. He dug a bullet out of his backside using a pocket knife, and my father inherited that knife as memorabilia from the war.

I was born in the north, but now live in the south, and made good friends in both. I hate the idea of our people fighting against each other simply because of what state they live in.

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Burned potatoes, scorched egg, watered down OJ, and dry corn. What a fucking feast.