Bananas are usually smaller than plantains, with thinner skin and softer, sweeter flesh. Plantains are bigger, with thicker ...

Banana can be eaten ripe as a fruit or cooked when raw as a plantain. Banana when ripe is best described as sweet, firm and creamy prepackaged in own yellow jackets. The fruit is one of our best ...

and the plantain, a starchy banana variety often used in cooking and frying when green or in savory dishes when ripe. When purchasing bananas, look for firm, yellow bananas without any signs of ...