The City of Fort Pierce invites the public to attend a Community Input Meeting on the future redevelopment of the former HD King Power Plant site, on Wednesday, August 24, between 5:30 and 7:00 pm at Old City Hall (315 Avenue A).
Large and thick skinned, the plantain is a starchy banana. Their skin can be yellow, green, red, brown, or black. However, plantains always have pale yellow, firm flesh. It's easy to confuse plantains with with bananas. Plantains are a member of the banana family, but they are large, thick-skinned, starchy and low in sugar. Black plantains can be eaten raw. Other color plantains are cooked- baked or fried- before serving. The plantains flesh will always have pale yellow, firm flesh regardless of the skin color. Plantains are highly nutritious and considered a good source of potassium, vitamins A and C.
Cutting and frying plantains is just one of many ways to prepare the fruit that tastes more like a starch. (Dan Marschka / Intelligencer Journal). You reach for them at the grocery store because you think they are big bananas, then you realize they are not.They look a little like bananas on steroids-extra long and extra strong and extra green. Sometimes, though, they will be yellow or black.They are plantains, or platanos, if you prefer to use the Spanish word for them. All colors are good for use. Green plantains are firm and taste relatively bland and starchy.ou reach for them at the grocery store because you think they are big bananas, then you realize they are not. They look a little like bananas on steroids-extra long and extra strong and extra green.