tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210893914479574505.post2808688491825843152..comments2008-07-24T08:15:53.212-05:00Lesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03114168635296592781noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210893914479574505.post-17281062399133671862008-07-24T08:15:00.000-05:002008-07-24T08:15:00.000-05:00it sounds like some green plantains got mixed up in the banana bin. <BR/><BR/>if you end up getting (overly) green bananas again try cooking them like green plantains. they are great boiled and mashed or, my favorite, making tostones. cut up the plantain or green banana into inch chunks and fry them 'till golden on both sides. then, mash them slightly so the middle mushes out the sides. then, fry again quickly to deepen the golden color. <BR/>serve with a garlic/tomato/mayo sauce.J-Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08511955537405777854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210893914479574505.post-57818378056291983402008-07-19T03:33:00.000-05:002008-07-19T03:33:00.000-05:00They sound great Lesley and if I try them I promise not to have that much!! Thanks for the great idea though, I've never heard of fried green bananas before.Janeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01575677048814713287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210893914479574505.post-62530542058183201162008-07-17T12:34:00.000-05:002008-07-17T12:34:00.000-05:00cef: you would have definitely enjoyed them. And you have better self control than myself, so you wouldn't have overdone it, I'm sure.<BR/><BR/>Tab: Ripe banana eaters unite!<BR/><BR/>Nicole: carmelized bananas were my back up plan if the fries were bad. But I still didn't think about the volume of bananas I was dealing with. Oopsie.<BR/><BR/>John: I don't have a dehydrator, but I bet they are nice. Wonder if it would have been useful for the green ones since they weren't terribly hydrated to begin with!Lesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03114168635296592781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210893914479574505.post-72462322418198755242008-07-17T08:14:00.000-05:002008-07-17T08:14:00.000-05:00Should have read "the store-bought kind," not "time." I was distracted by something.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656497823028071167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210893914479574505.post-71904122985079522172008-07-17T08:12:00.000-05:002008-07-17T08:12:00.000-05:00If you have (or can borrow) a dehyrdrator, slightly green bananas are much better for making banana chips -- and homemade banana chips are much better for you than the store-bought time, which are coated with oil.<BR/><BR/>Slice the bananas with a hard-boiled egg slicer and dunk the slices in a solution of Fruit Fresh before you put them into the dehydrator.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656497823028071167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210893914479574505.post-53271707686188624822008-07-16T21:15:00.000-05:002008-07-16T21:15:00.000-05:00interesting! Personally, I like to fry my bananas in honey for desert. YUM! Tom and I split one banana though.Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13211656780188737718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210893914479574505.post-42388745577916701692008-07-16T20:51:00.000-05:002008-07-16T20:51:00.000-05:00Damn skippy you wait till they're yellow all over with a few dots on them!<BR/><BR/>I knew I heart you for many reasons! Now you can chalk up "eating bananas in the state they're supposed to be eaten" on there.Tabithahttp://www.lifealamode.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210893914479574505.post-41406753271305421342008-07-16T19:08:00.000-05:002008-07-16T19:08:00.000-05:00yikes -<BR/>BUT i'm sure i would've liked them... fried anything is always a treat.cook eat FREThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466840130053606273noreply@blogger.com