There seems to bee a debate on whether this delicious fruit is pronounced "plantin" or "plantain".

I am team "plantin" spelled plantain

Here are some facts

Referred to as the cooking banana as it is very starchy and needs to be cooked before eating where are the regular banana is considered s desert banana that can be eaten without cooking

Plantain is indigenous to South Asia made its way to African and Brought to the Caribbean by the Spanish and African slave traders.

It has become a staple in Caribbean cuisine.

Let’s get into the stories

Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantain

Breinburg, Petronella Stories form the Caribbean, 2000

Story retold in this episode:

Bre-Nancy and the 13 Plantains

Bre-Nancy needs to find for for his family when he spots Bre-bush Rats plantains, what happens next

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