Do you Know How to Peel a Plantain?
April 28, 2009 by Meseidy
Filed under In My Kitchen, Techniques
Growing up in a Puerto Rican household I became very familiar with the plantain and I LOVE THEM! You can eat them like 20 different ways, fried, boiled, baked, covered in cheese….the possibilities really are endless. I remember when I was about 15 years old, my parents sent me ahead of them to PR, to live with my Abuela (Grandmother). My Abuela made great use of me and had me peeling plantains, yucca and potatoes almost everyday. It wasn’t easy but I am grateful because now I can peel a plantain with my hands tied behind my back……well not really, but you know what I mean.
Do you know how to peel a plantain? Do you know what a plantain is? Plantains look like a big mutated banana, but unlike a banana you do not eat these raw. Plantains do become sweeter and ripen turning the skin yellow and black. The skin also becomes softer and thinner when ripe. Depending on what dish you want to prepare you will need the plantain either ripe or green.
