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By Jim Romanoff / The Bulletin
February 3, 2009
It may resemble a banana, but you’re probably not going to want to gnaw on one raw.
Though closely related to bananas, plantains (often called cooking bananas) more often are treated like a vegetable, in part because they are too starchy to be eaten raw.
Common in tropical cuisines,....
