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.
Plantains are always cooked; never eaten raw. When the peel of a plantain is green to yellow, the flavor of the flesh is bland and its texture is starchy. As the plantain ripens its high starch content changes to sugar and the peel changes to brown or black.hen green, the plantain is like a starchy vegetable with qualities similar to a potato. When a plantainâs skin is bright green and it feels firm to the touch itâs perfect for making delicious snack treats â tostones and plantain chips and for making a delicious soup.