I'll let you in on a little secret - up until yesterday, I had never deep-fried anything in my entire life. Truth be told, I was always a little scared of it. It seems like it would be easy to accidentally deep fry your fingers along with the food, and I like my fingers just how they are, thank you very much.
But the other day at the store, I saw a bunch of fresh plantains.
I can put aside my fear of deep-frying for delicious, delicious plantains. Have you ever had them before? If the answer is "no," you are seriously missing out! Plantains are relatives of the banana, and in fact look very much like oversized, thick-skinned bananas. They are more starchy, however, and taste kind of like a cross between a potato and a banana. Or something like that.
