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Canary Islands have sprung into unwon–
ted prosperity thanks to the banana
plantations recently sown there.
In Cuba, as in the other Antilles
the varie ty of bananas is infinite: they
are_ devided . into two principal sorts.
Those that are eaten raw, designated
as bananas, and the cooking kind,
known as plantains, which are much ·
larger and employed in four different
stages .of maturity: green, half ripe, ripe
and over ripe and are prepared in
different fashions accordingly.
1FRIED
PLANTAINS.
The plantain, or cooking kind will
only be considered . here : the others
requirmg no preparation. The favorite
manner of using them is fried. They are
peeled and cut into four or five pieces,
then put into lard to fry. The tempera–
ture of the fat is important for it must be
hot, yet not over hot, great care being
taken that they do not brown too rapidly
so as to cook throughly without burning.
They should be sent to the table as
soon as done.
The most approved manner is to