My banana peel gets spots sometimes, because I put it in the fridge to retard the ripening. The peel gets spots, but the banana inside is still in that state of just turned from being green. It only can be done for a couple of days and then the fruit does start to change.
I tend to not like mushy food. I don’t dip my bread in sauce or au jus and I don’t like most creamy desserts. When I eat out Cuban food they usually serve sweet plantains, I swap mine for tostones, which are more like french fries in a round instead of like sticks. I not only prefer the texture, but I prefer the salt taste rather than the sweet.
@jca2 That makes sense. Probably how people eat their fruit has something to do with custom.
My Mexican SIL jokingly (meanly) says maybe the Dominicans are how they are because they eat so many bananas. Basically, she’s calling them brain damaged. Keep in mind her dad eats a banana almost every day, but her usual state of hypocrisy would be blind to that. It’s just a commentary on how much bananas are part of the cuisine in Dom Rep. Think about the phrase banana republic. So much of Dom Rep is extremely poor, they aren’t going to throw food away.