Bananas are not the main export any more and plantations are no longer in the hands of the United Fruit Company but it still is an important part of Guatemala´s exports representing 5.9% of its exports contributing to 7% of the world production.
This post is about a particular kind: Bananitos de Oro. (Gold Bananas -not golden bananas-)
Bananitos de Oro are small bananas, they can also be found in the US now, but I am not impressed with the quality. In Guatemala now they can be found in stores at well and again I am not impressed with their taste, plus they tend to be bigger. The good ones are the ones sold by street vendors or at the market, I think because they need to be cut ripe to have a good flavor thus not good for the supermarket life expectancy needed.
The taste is a lot richer (in a creamy way) and sweeter than bananas and seems the smaller they are the better. I supposed is like a concentrated taste. The picture below is from store bought bananas, I will go to the market one of this days and buy some good ones!
HOW TO EAT:
You can of course just eat them of the peel or...
Take them off the peel keeping them whole
Sprinkle ground cinnamon on top
4 comments:
We've seen these as "nino bananas" at our supermarket. Are they the same thing with a different name? My husband, Paul, and Rudy love them but I prefer regular bananas.
They probably are, and that is the name they go by in Mexico, since that is a larger community they have the monopoly on the names :) :) :).
I am not sure we need the extra calories of the cream but you might give it a shot. You can always sprinkle some sugar and add to the cream vanilla extract.
Bananitos de oro...u know: half the size, twice the flavor, lol.
A modo de información esos bananitos si los estan exportando, yo vivo en Bakersfield Ca. y si los traen de Guatemala y Ecuador.
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