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Old 01-12-2008, 09:36 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Joy Ripe Orinocos!

I've been eating some of my Orinocos that have gotten too ripe to cook and man are they great!!! I'm so gonna be hating life when I have to go back to the crappy store bought one's. These are the one's I posted a pic of in my gallery a few weeks ago sitting atop my fridge waiting to ripen.

I made some great tostones out of some of them the other night and they were great as well. I took some pics of them as they were cooking and my wife heard the camera go off and she said: "What was that sound?" When I told her you could tell she really thought I'd gone off the deep end. Maybe I have, so what?! I'll try to post the pics soon.
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Old 01-12-2008, 10:10 AM   #2 (permalink)
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congrats
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there is an awsome recipe in the recipe thread for nana smoothie, its from bikoro child. it is really good. congrats on your fruit!!!!
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You're a lucky person! Congrats!
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CONGRATS! I hope to feel your joy next year!
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Congratulations, And I hope to feel your excitement THIS SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 01-20-2008, 07:43 PM   #9 (permalink)
 
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really hope i have as much luck as you! congrats!
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Old 01-23-2008, 06:21 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Just posted 2 pics of the tostones from my 'Orinoco'.
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Mine are just starting to show a sign of yellowing...I cant wait much longer!!!!! lol
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Old 06-16-2009, 11:52 AM   #12 (permalink)
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You'll love them! When they turn a nice yellow and they yield to pressure when you squeeze them a bit that's when they are ready.
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Is there a plant food that could help my otehr nanas to produce fruit? Tomato Miracle Gro maybe? Also, could that help my tree with the nanas..to hurry them up?
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Congrats! Cant wait to get some of my own.
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Silly question, but are Orinoco's a plantain or banana???? I've heard it's a plantain, but I've never seen anyone eat a raw ripe plantain... o_O
In PR we fry, roast, or bake green and ripe plantains (boil the green ones too).
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Silly question, but are Orinoco's a plantain or banana???? I've heard it's a plantain, but I've never seen anyone eat a raw ripe plantain... o_O In PR we fry, roast, or bake green and ripe plantains (boil the green ones too).
Gabe wrote a while back on a different thread there's a difference between a plaintain and a cooking banana. I have no idea what can happen if you eat a plaintain raw & don't want to find out. I do know your not suppose to eat raw however. A cooking banana when ripe can be eaten. :^)
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Old 05-19-2010, 10:34 AM   #17 (permalink)
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'Orinoco' is not a plantain. It can, however, be cooked when green and used like a plantain. As my original post mentioned, they are quite good as well when allowed to ripen well.
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Congrats and thanks for posting! Orinoco is such a strong plant, I am glad to read that the fruit is good also!

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Well, I like it. There may be others that are superior in taste but it's a good one for our area where we have to sometimes endure freezing temps.
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Nice to see that people read also what was posted a long time ago. I missed this thread the first time I read the archive, but can clearly remember reading it in the second round.
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