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Rolly

Mar 11, 2008, 11:42 AM

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Adriana invited me to lunch

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More good food from the kitchen of my friend Adriana Rosales.

Lunch was a very delicious Pechugas con Queso, chicken breast stuffed with ham and cheese. The chicken was adorned with Salsa Chile Verde con Queso, a salsa of green chiles and cheese. Dessert was fried Plantainas.

The chicken was outstanding and the salsa was a very tasty accompaniment. I was a bit underwhelmed by the plantainas.

See it all in her column at http://rollybrook.com/kitchen.htm

Rolly Pirate

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Mar 11, 2008, 12:18 PM

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Rolly - the seasoning she is using is something she buys - right? Do you have the brand name?

Rolly

Mar 11, 2008, 12:29 PM

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She uses items from a company called Tone's who makes a large line of different seasoning combinations. They are sold at Sam's, and probably in other stores.

Rolly Pirate

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Mar 11, 2008, 12:56 PM

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I'll keep an eye out for it - from the photo it is Costco/Sam's Club size!

esperanza

Mar 11, 2008, 3:33 PM

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Dessert would have been fried plátanos, yes?

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Rolly

Mar 11, 2008, 6:07 PM

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plátano = banana

plantaina = those banana looking things. In English, plantain. This what Adriana calls them.

As is my usual habit, I did a lot of googling before writing the text for the stories. I found that the two names are sometimes used interchangably causing confusion.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantain and http://en.wikipedia.org/.../Musa_%28Musaceae%29

Rolly Pirate

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Mar 12, 2008, 7:21 AM

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The plantain is usually called plátano macho. They're delicious fried.

I've never heard plantaino, but your mileage obviously varies. Ask Adriana sometime if she ever says or hears plátano macho.

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Rolly

Mar 12, 2008, 12:50 PM

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Well, Christina, you have sent me on an interesting quest.

Is it Plantaina or is it Plátano Macho, or is it both?

My search of the internet shows a preponderance, but not unanimity, for Plantaina.

The sign on the display at my Soriana says Plátano Macho.

A quickie survey of friends and family finds some use one, some the other. Two people voted for both names.

So to cover all bases, I have edited my webpage to include both names.

But I don't agree with your delicious description. I can give them only an OK.

Rolly Pirate

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Mar 12, 2008, 3:04 PM

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Maybe Adriana made what we call tostones. Tostones are green to greenish yellow plÃ¡tanos machos, sliced about 1/2" thick and smashed with the side of a knife or the bottom of a heavy bottle. The smashed slices of plÃ¡tanos machos are then fried till crispy and golden brown, then salted to taste. They're so-so, IMHO.

Very, very mature plÃ¡tanos machos are a whole other story. When the peel of the plÃ¡tano macho turns dark black--some mold on the outside is actually desirable--the plÃ¡tano is sliced on the diagonal, about 1/4" thick, and fried until golden brown and soft. IMHO, there's nothing better.

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