| Fried green plantains, called tostones or mariquitas, and ripe plantains, or maduros, round out the meal. |
| Dietary staples include rice, fish, green bananas, plantains, and coconut milk. |
| Almost all meals feature plantains, which are usually parboiled, sliced, and deep fried. |
| Hit by stagnating prices, thousands of growers have cut down their banana trees and replaced them with plantains or arrowroot. |
| Nobody had ever stopped by to teach them, but they'd figured it out for themselves and drank a wine they called pombe, made from plantains. |
| It is served with fried plantains, black beans, cornmeal pancakes called arepas, rice, and, sometimes, white cheese. |
