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.