Comments on: Fernando Rodney’s Dominican plantain fraud!!

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:23:35 +0000

This time tomorrow, I will be in Costa Rica, perhaps with a bowl of patacones (thick cut potato chips made from plantains) between me and my wife.

By: proudlycanadian

proudlycanadian — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:52:33 +0000

If Mae West was still alive, she would have asked Rodney, “Is that a plantain you have in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?”

By: sabatimus

sabatimus — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:23:01 +0000

Never had a plantain. But I’ve heard that you should absolutely NOT eat them raw, for they are apparently unpleasantly starchy if not cooked.

By: heyblueyoustink

heyblueyoustink — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:55:50 +0000

Mofongo, due to it’s versatility, is very kick ass.

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:42:31 +0000

No, unlike Te’o, we have photographic evidence that Fernando has had a face to, uh, fruit meeting with the plantain.

By: albertmn

albertmn — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:40:18 +0000

We know they are different. That doesn’t make the joke unfunny. But thanks for stepping all over someone else’s humor.

By: number42is1

number42is1 — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:18:26 +0000

This is worse than Te’o

By: Detroit Michael

Detroit Michael — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:17:49 +0000

The plaintain has been treated with performance-enhancing drugs!

Or at least there’s been no drug testing for the plaintain, so that’s going to be my working assumption.

By: indaburg

indaburg — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:59:58 +0000

My momma taught me to never believe a man and his magic banana.

By: professormaddog31

professormaddog31 — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:56:31 +0000

If you can’t believe a man and his magic banana, who can you believe?

/rimshot

[Yes, I know a plantain isn't a banana.]

By: indaburg

indaburg — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:53:35 +0000

MLB needs to investigate this. Someone needs to think of the children.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:45:05 +0000

Plantains are not, strictly speaking, bananas. They’re related but quite different in size, flavor and versatility. I grow both in my yard and cook merrily with all of them. Banana walnut honey bran muffins? Coming right up….

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:42:41 +0000

There is nothing fraudulent about my recipes, though. Welcome to the Republica Platinosa de Macondo, folks. Oh, and a quick tidbit - if I may call it that - about mofongo. You can use my mofongo recipe as a crust for a baked casserole. Press it into a chafing dish and bake until crisp. Fill with your favorite - I've made a killer jerked chicken pot pie that way - and bake again until bubbly. You could lay a thin crust of mafongo over the top of your casserole too. Doesn't matter. All indulgence is of a piece.

By: darthicarus

darthicarus — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:37:11 +0000

This story is just bananas.