> I've seen plantains for sale in some food stores in Ottawa. They look like
a big banana.
> Must be cooked, AFAIK, and I don't know how.
> Never seen before we had many immigrants from southern countries.

plantain bananas are excellent to eat raw way more satisfying and nourishing
than normal banana . you have to wait for the skin to become black and when
the orange  flesh  becomes soft like any other banana . they are sold unripe
starchy to be cooked
jean-claude