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Yes, plantains do look a lot like bananas.
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Can you eat plantains raw?
When ripe, plantains can be eaten raw, just like bananas.
What is the name of a banana like fruit?
Plantains are a banana like fruit. Also mini or sweet bananas. Plantains are much like a banana, but are firmer and usually cooked into recipes rather than eaten raw, like bananas.
What looks like a banana but has a bitter taste until it is cooked?
Plantains. They are bigger than bananas but look the same and when cooked, they can be made as sweet mushy plantains or they can be made as tostones, which are fried and harder with salt.
What is the collective noun for plantains?
There is no specific collective noun for plantains, but you can borrow the collective nouns for bananas, a hand of plantains or a bunch of plantains.
What is the difference between bananas and bananas?
Plantains are firmer and have a lower sugar content than bananas. Also, plantains are starchy and can be cooked and eaten like a potato when unripe (green). When overripe, plantains are sweet. Bananas are mostly eaten raw and are much sweeter. According to Wikipedia: "There is no formal botanical distinction between bananas and plantains, and the use of either term is based purely on how the fruits are consumed."
Is a banana a vegetable?
No. Bananas are definitely in the fruit family.noBanana is not a vegetable its a fruit.
What is another awesome word for bananas?
plantains
What's the difference between bananas and plantains?
Unlike bananas, plantains are unsuitable to be eaten raw and should be cooked before consumption. They are very starchy, where bananas are sweet, and they are usually both longer and greener in color than bananas.
Is plantain tree a gymnosperm?
Bananas and plantains are shrubs, not trees
What do plantains look like?
A large green banana
What are small yellow bananas called?
Small yellow bananas are called plantains.
What is the biological name for musa acominata?
musa acominata are bananas or plantains
