Talk:Arroz a la cubana

Banana
The article until I edited it just now said that a plantain ("banana" in Spanish) may be added. Plantain is not banana in Spanish; on the contrary, the English "banana" is "plátano" in Spain and many other Hispanophone countries, and "banana" in others. Plantain is also plátano; there is a discussion in Spanish between Spanish speakers from various places who are confused, where it is made clear there are plátanos to cook (plátano macho, plátano de guisar o hartón) and others to eat raw (plátanos canarios dulces de piel amarilla, bananas en la mayor parte de países de América Latina). I've added some much-needed references to the article. Note that in Spanish references "plátano" may mean either plantain or banana, but Spanish "banana" is never plantain. An example I cited in the article is a Spanish cookery school Web site that gives the same recipe in Spanish, with plátano, and English, with "banana".

From the Web site of a Colombian now living in Spain: "El plátano macho o maduro es uno de los alimentos más consumidos en América Latina y también uno de los cultivos más extendidos en esta región. Este fruto, a diferencia de lo que es conocido como banana (o banano), necesita de cocción y comerlo crudo puede ser una experiencia un poco desagradable, así que por favor nunca lo hagan." Pol098 (talk) 08:33, 4 June 2014 (UTC)