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Here’s the “Cuadrado”, as it’s commonly known in Costa Rica. This tasty friend is a squarish shaped banana that’s also known as the “Guineo Cuadrado“, “Burro Banana“, “Bluggoe Banana” or the “Orinoco Banana“. It can be used much like a Plantain.
Below is a video that we made showing how we make flour from cuadrados and plantains.
This variety is featured in the survival plant database due to its tolerance to wind, heat and drought as well as its nutritive qualities and stellar production. If any crop could help us weather through a disaster or food crisis, it’s this amazing variety of banana.
We eat them on a daily basis by cooking them green. Or, we let them ripen to sweetness resulting in a tasty version of the traditional banana. They rarely last long once ripe and yellow. Our boys attack them like crazed monsters. The green cuadrados make an amazing dished pureed with celery, onions salt, butter and garlic. We use them to make Patacones and they’re simple to slice up and fry with your morning eggs. (I suggest using pig fat or coconut oil)
Read up on them and the other interesting perennial vegetables we’ve written about. If you live in the tropics, get’em planted!
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