What is the difference between a Banana and a Plantain?

Question

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Answer 1

A banana is tropical treelike plant and the elongated curved fruit it bears.  Plantains tend to be firmer and lower in sugar content than dessert bananas and are used either when green or under-ripe (and therefore starchy) or overripe (and therefore sweet).

Answer 2

There are several types of Bananas,   Plantains look like bananas, but they are not as sweet. , they are more likely a potato consistency...  You can fry them,

Answer 3

the taste and i think you have to cook plantains i have never eaten them before but i know what they are

Answer 4

they taste superr different.

and i dont think a plantain is a fruit...

it tastes kinda like a potato.

Answer 5

plantains=Spanish/Hispanic bananas used for cooking, there smaller, bananas are, well bananas

Answer 6

Plantains are also green and very hard.  They do not ripen like bananas.  They are also typically sliced, fried  and then

salted and then flattened.

Answer 7

Plantains are twice as large, more starchy (like a potato), & less sweet. Plantains are best fried.

Answer 8

Plaintains must be cooked before you eat them.. Banannas can be cooked or not.

Answer 9

The plantain (pronounced [plæntɪn] or [plæntɛɪn]) is a species of the genus Musa and is generally used for cooking, in contrast to the soft, sweet banana (which is sometimes called the dessert banana).

The population of North America was first introduced to the banana plantain, and colloquially in the United States and Europe the term "banana" refers to that variety. The word "banana" is often used incorrectly to describe other plantain varieties as well, when in fact the generic name is "plantain" and the specific varieties are cooking plantain, banana plantain, bocadillo plantain (the little one), etc. All members of the genus Musa are indigenous to the tropical region of Southeast Asia, including the Malay Archipelago and northern Australia.

Plantains tend to be firmer and lower in sugar content than dessert bananas and are used either when green or under-ripe (and therefore starchy) or overripe (and therefore sweet). Plantains are a staple food in the tropical regions of the world, treated in much the same way as potatoes and with a similar neutral flavour and texture when unripe. They are grown as far north as Florida, the Caribbean and Central America, the Canary Islands, Madeira, Egypt, and southern Japan or Taiwan and as far south as KwaZulu-Natal and southern Brazil. The largest exporter of plantains to the United States is Colombia.

The common plantain species Musa paradisiaca, has many varieties. Bananas (or sapientum) are a sub-species of plantains, and were formerly regarded as a separate species. Bananas are eaten raw, while plantains require cooking. The species is likely native of India and Southern Asia. It is assumed that the Portuguese Franciscan friars were responsible for the introduction of plantains to the Caribbean islands and other parts of the Americas. The Spaniards, who saw a similarity to the plane tree that grows in Spain, gave the plantain its Spanish name, plátano.

Answer 10

You could fry Plantains! I don't think its a  good idea to fry bananas!