On Tuesday, Jun 1, 2004, at 21:28 Asia/Tokyo, Hilary McClure wrote:
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> In English it is called "plantain", and it's a starchy type of banana
> that needs to be cooked to be edible (according to most people,
> anyway).
> Not to be confused with a common lawn weed also called plantain.
> Hilary
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>
Fried in butter or oil it becomes very sweet and delicious.
The common lawn weed plantain is also edible as a green by the way. Not
very tasty though.