Plantain, Getting to Know the tropical fruit Plantain.

Plantain: A Quick Look.

A article about getting to Know the tropical fruit Plantain.

AKA: The Cooking Banana

Overview

Plantain, is a larger, not as sweet,

cooking banana. It's used for cooking

because it's harder than a regular banana,

so it holds up well to the abuse of cooking.

Origins

The plantain is a food staple in Mexico

and the Yucatan.

Best when it is brown ripe, 

which my take a week.

Plantain is the large green bunch on the left.

Plantain is mainly used for cooking.

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HAWAIIAN LUAU FOOD Terms. Common Types of Tiki Party Food Names

Learn HAWAIIAN LUAU FOOD Terms. 

Common Types of Tiki Party Food Names.

Haupia is a pudding made from coconut.
Kaulolo is a pudding mad from the taro plant.
Laulau are meat and fish wrapped in tea leaves.
Liliko'i is the passion fruit. The juice is often used in sauces and desserts.
Lomi Lomi is a salad of tomatoes, onions, chili peppers and salted fish, usually salmon.
Papaya is a very common island fruit.
Pineapple another very common available island fruit.
Poi a very popular hawaiian staple consists of taro roots cooked and mashed into a paste.
Poke is chopped raw fish sprinkled with Hawaiian salt, ground kukui nuts and limu (seaweed).

Pu Pu is a appetizer.



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