India’s “plantain man” has traveled widely to collect unusual banana varieties
I'm so glad to see this post and be reminded of the variety of banana kinds that are available in my home country. In the US, I think it's only the Cavendish and maybe Plantain that are commonly seen in the markets. When people say 'buy banana' in the states, we know it's to buy cavendish. But in my home country, when I asked my mother to buy banana when she goes shopping, I had to tell her what specific kind.<p>I truly miss the variety of food and vegetables available in my home country. In the US, I will have to be rich to afford such variety of food and even then, I might not be able to access them immediately/fresh. I guess that's the price we pay for efficiency in the developed world (of food production which is more or less monoculture and corporatized).