Unlike bananas, a blackened plantain is the ripest it will get, but depending on several factors, the speed in which it will ...

Factors like temperature, air moisture, the time of year, and even the elevation you live at can make your plantains ripen quickly or dance along that precipice of "not quite ripe enough" for what ...

Typically, a blackened peel is an indicator of an overripe banana that is useless even for baking, but when it comes to ...

Plantains are cooked green, semi-ripe or fully-ripe. Treat them like a starchy vegetable and use in savoury or sweet dishes. Before cooking, peel by top and tailing the fruit, then cut along the ...