I had stuffed potatoes for lunch today. We have a Dominican cook that supplies our meals Monday to Friday.
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Time to eat plantains!
I'm not a fan but my fav is mangu if I have to pick ( I'm not a potato fan either unless they are baked and covered with plain yogurt and a little butter. But if bananas are included I'm in with eating more. I love frozen bananas. I eat every day and my dogs like frozen bananas too. They are better that any ice cream I've ever had. I love them dipped in chocolate..yummy.
Oh there we go, with mayonaise, you must be Dutch. Friet met mayonaise.
Tostones give me heartburn. I fry them for the family but don’t eat them. Mangú sometimes but with butter not that margarine they use.
Or I fry them ripe, Indonesian style. With a batter.
Anyways, personally I prefer yuca or ñame.
Geezer comes past our house in central PP most days, 20 for 100p or 10 for 50p, and they are biiiiig ......
This Price makes no sense at all. For the Farmer it's cheaper to throgh them away. Only Transport cost alone are more than this.
The other day in Bonao it was 3 pesos each on the street, and in LaVega 5 pesos each at the Jarabacoa intersection.....
Well, its a fact cause I bought some yesterday. His message includes 'de la finca de mi papa'
Meanwhile, they are ridiculously expensive in NJ. $1 each in some stores. DR should export them here!
5 pesos per unit at the street trucks
19-25 pesos per unit at small supermarkets
35 pesos at more expensive big box markets
Here where we are (South West USA) they were $1.49 last time I looked. I am not a big plantain lover but maduros I will eat. Boiled green plantains get a big no from me.
Wow that’s quite a big variation! Last time there we paid 20 pesos by racimo at roadstand, 24 pesos at Sirena.
Oh definitely agree on the boiled platanos. My in-laws love them though
I assume all Sirenas and Jumbos are the same in that Sirena sell platano by the pound, whereas Jumbo sells by the unit. Maybe it all comes out about the same when buying, but I know at Jumbo I always look for the largest ones! Anyone try rulo? I sometimes buy them in Jumbo here in POP, not sure if Sirena also has them. About half the size as a platano, they boil up pretty quickly and are a little different in flavor. Usually around 7 or 8 pesos each.
I don’t usually buy fruit or vegetables at Sirena unless I catch the 40% off day, but I’ve always seen platanos priced by unit at their store in San Cristobal
I have eaten Rulo a few times both ripe and raw, plus cooked. I am ambivalent about them. I have a big bunch (cluster) of bananas on several trees that will be ripening in the next several weeks. I usually give half of them away to my MIL and our teachers. Very good organic bananas....mmm delicious.
Supposedly good for people with diabetes vs platanos...... No idea though, just what folks say.