Charles Barkey- "Plantains are nasty"

[Phillyrider807]

I agree. Plantains are nasty as shyt.

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

people that don't care or like bananas don't fukk wit em.

I'm hit or miss wit em. Depends on how well they are cooked and if I'm in the mood for em with my rice n peas and curry chicken (my personal favorite).

I love bananas but plantains are just hit or miss for me Even though the Black population out here is predominantly ADOS, we do got a decent size African and Caribbean segment in the DMV with their own restaurants and lil carryouts so some of us out here have tried their plantains at least once. It’s funny tho because my mom made plantains from scratch (me and the whole fam are ADOS for full disclosure) and hers tasted better than ones I’ve had at the aforesaid establishments. Add some shyto on them bytches for an extra kick and you got yourself a nice lil side dish


But yeah, plantains ain’t bad per say. I just think they’re a lil overrated and they seem easy to fukk up on. At the end of the day tho, it’s the sweet potato and candied yams for me

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Sweet plantains

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

idc about him liking the food or not, everybody has something they don't like ... but pronouncing it as "plan tane"? wtf?

I thought everybody pronounce it like that tho lmao, I’ve heard Jamaican ppl pronounce it that same way too.

 

[K.O.N.Y]

A lot of people getting on him waste no time disrespecting soul food staples

Dude is fba why would he fukkk with plantains

 

[ViShawn]

I find them to be delicious but they are more of a non-FBA dish.

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

A lot of people getting on him waste no time disrespecting soul food staples

Dude is fba why would he fukkk with plantains

You see the pattern too?

 

[Gold]

They are

negged

 

[Darts]

there is nothing c00nish about not liking plantain. he probably ain't some plantain that wasn't ripe and was still green.

these are the stages of a plantain

the greener it is, the harder and tasteless it is.
the more dark it is, the more sweeter but not too dark like the last on.

Chuck is a c00n though

The third to last one is the sweet spot imo. Some people are too impatient (or unaware) to let it ripen to get the best taste.

 

[Tom Foolery]

How are some of you eating your plantain?

When my mother would fry them up, that shyt is crack.

 

[get these nets]

,

We been telling y’all about these folks

These folks?

If you're talking about Black immigrants(+descent), then I'm one of those folks.
hehehehehehehehe

The schism on this board isn't along ethnic lines, it's between people who generalize about other groups of Black people based on heritage, and those who don't.

 

[MoneyTron]

He's from Alabama. Most of us in the black belt weren't raised on eating plantains. I didn't like them the first time I had them either.

 

[GoAggieGo.]

I never even heard of them until I got into adulthood. I’m from NC and lived some in MS.

Chuck didn’t even say anything bad about them. He just doesn’t like them or bananas. I’m with him on that.

 

[ElMorenoFeo809]

Boiled baby bananas, yuca and red onions with oven smoked burnt chicken

 

[MajesticLion]

You can eat a decent amount of healthy options within Southern soul food as well as a vegan version of the cuisine too. Not a shot at you or anything breh but it’s long overdue that we ADOS start dispelling this “Southern soul food is unhealthy slave food” nonsense.

I'm a big fan of the healthier versions

But let's not pretend the majority, especially the elder generations, won't fight you down on some "authenticity" mess.