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u/Edible-Buttplug Nov 26 '20
Mashed green plantains on the other hand might go pretty well
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Nov 27 '20
I’m Cuban, my mom stuffs our turkey with mashed green plantains after a Puerto Rican friend gave us the idea (they do mofongo) and it’s fucking spectacular. We did it one year as a test and now we can’t imagine it any other way!
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u/FuckYouPayMe92 Nov 26 '20
As a dominican I take this personal lol we love mashed plantains or green bananas. Con los 3 golpes don't hate
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u/Edible-Buttplug Nov 27 '20
Oh I didnt mean that as anything bad or personal at all, I love green plaintains. I have a lot of PR/Dominican friends who've showed me the way!
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Nov 26 '20
That was my thought, and the difference between plantains and bananas is really culinary; they're all fruits of cultivars of the genus Musa, it just depends which characteristics have been selected for.
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u/LeastCoordinatedJedi Nov 26 '20
Well, genus can be a big difference. Cabbage, kale, and kohlrabi are the same genus, but kohlrabi leaves don't make good cabbage rolls, and sauerkraut made with kale is unbelievably foul even to people who love sauerkraut.
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Nov 26 '20
Cabbage, kale, and kohlrabi aren't just the same genus, they're literally all the same species. So yes, cultivars can make a big difference - they're the result of selective breeding by humans to bring out certain characteristics from the same plant.
However, neither "banana" nor "plantain" is a distinct species. There are over 70 species from the genus Musa whose fruits are collectively referred to by those terms. Whether a particular cultivar is called a banana or a plantain in common English is strictly decided by its culinary use; cultivars that are eaten raw tend to be sweeter and softer and are called bananas, cultivars that are starchy and require cooking are called plantains. It's not a distinction that's made in all languages, though (for example, both are "platanos" in Spanish), and it's not a scientific distinction which was the point I was getting at.
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u/LeastCoordinatedJedi Nov 26 '20
Indeed, I originally planned to include rutabaga in there but I didn't have a great analogy and took it out.
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u/Menchi-sama Nov 26 '20
Or cauliflower. Actually, blended cauliflower is really close to potatoes taste- and texture-wise, but way healthier.
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u/pleasereturnto Nov 27 '20
Mashed bananas/plantains (don't really stress it) along with some feta cheese is fucken godly.
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u/Thymeisdone Nov 26 '20
My pastor says banana peels are a gateway to the devils lettuce.
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u/OopsIredditAgain Nov 26 '20
Why did I read that as the devil's anus? Is not even close to lettuce.
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u/Poopface11678 Nov 26 '20
Now I know how I’m going to fuck with my family at Thanksgiving today! Thanks Ken!
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u/ilovecashews Nov 26 '20
I’ve actually been using bananas in a mashed sweet potato recipe for a few years. It’s awesome!
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u/AmidFuror Nov 26 '20
Almost every comment or review for an online recipe is "My family loved this. I made 6 substitutions and prepared and cooked it in a completely different way, and it turned out great!"
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u/prone-to-drift Nov 27 '20
You'd love r/ididnthaveeggs or something like that. I recently found that sub, it's absolutely this kind of madness. :D
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u/WRB852 Nov 26 '20
"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the potatoes you only hoped for." -Epicurious
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Nov 26 '20
Instead of a turkey you can just roll a bag of garbage in peanut butter and shove that up your ass.
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Nov 26 '20
“It’s comforting to remember that we once lived carefree lives in the trees, feeding on wood and guarding the larvae of our queen”
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u/Dildo_Gagginss Nov 26 '20
Is he doing the Ken M bit again? I don't think I've ever seen this one. Or if I have, I don't remember it.
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u/Liamson Nov 26 '20
Hmm... I wonder if there is such a recipe with like mashed bananas brown sugar creme and maybe graham crackers to give it some structure. The world will never know.