Red Banana's

[TexFest]

Hey I was wondering if anywhere here has ever tried red banana's. I saw some in Wal-Mart tonight and never knew they had red one's. I thought they were old blacked up yellow ones until I took a closer look.

So post your thoughts if you guy's have ever eaten them or eat them regularly.

[atcmatt]

They are dipped in wax, thats why they are red.....well in aus they are anyway....

Matt

[TexFest]

Aren't red banana's grown in mexico? That's what my cousin told me.

Never heard of the wax dipping thing, maybe it's an aussie thing.

[atcmatt]

LOL, maybe it is an aussie thing.....

I bet they taste the same...

Matt

[Dan Tenn]

I think that they are plantains, a first cousin to bananas. They tend to be quite firm and less sweet than a yellow. Most of the time they are cooked, by slicing them and frying in butter or oil with some type of seasoning. Not bad, but not something I'd eat everyday. Ive had them in Jamaica and Mexico.

[Wickedfinger]

Yes those are plantains ... I've had them in the islands. They go good with fried ice cream.

[BigGreenMachine]

fried ice cream?

[Billy Golightly]

fried ice cream?

Thats what I was wondering....

[cliff2302]

its icecream with a dough around it. you can drop it in the deep fryer till the dough is cooked, and the ice cream will still be cold. its a mexican thing i think

[Mr. Sandman]

Try an anti-biotic cream. It should clear that red banana right up.

[200xman]

Try an anti-biotic cream. It should clear that red banana right up.

LMAO!!!!!! I allmost fell out of my chair when I read that.

[olderthandirt]

:D it's bad when your banana is red,and the embarassment of asking the pharmacist for the antibiotic cream. maybe the wifey will rub it on,if she's not carefull she'll get some lotion of her own :eek:
and i'm not dipping it in any hot wax for no amount of ice cream,fried or not!
seriously tho, i have seen them in the local food stores,never tried them yet.

[ScottZJ]

Red bananas are almost identical to yellow bananas, but when they're truly ripe, they have a creamier texture. They are ripe when patches of black start showing on the skin.

[Beer_Smurf]

I don't know if it is still there but there used to be a place north of Ventura, CA that was a small banana plantation.
They had every kind of Banana you could imagine, green, yellow, red, brown, tiny, small, huge. I was pretty cool.