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Trader Joe's Roasted Plantian Chips!
October 2nd, 2009 by hungry waif
You know there are a few things that put me in a better mood. Kind like the song from "The Sound of Music", I have a few "favorite things" which don't make me feel so sad. Personally, whiskers on kittens send chills up my spine and snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes piss the hell out of me (hey, I'm from L.A. where its 75 and breezy all year round). Brown paper packages tied up with strings make my suspicious of a uni-bomber or anthrax. So things that put me in a better mood are presents (free stuff, in general), family guy, fantasies of marrying "E" from Entourage and one of the trainers at my gym, and believe it or not, going to Trader Joe's. Why you ask? well, besides being good quality and cheap, the people that work there are so chill that I feel they are my pals. So as I was scanning the shelves, one of the employees grabbed a bag of their Roasted Plantain Chips and asked I'd like to try it. Many people that know me can attest that I rarely reject free anything, so i grabbed one, or two, ok, a handful. A serving (which is about 20 chips) is 140 calories, 6 g fat, 2.5 saturated, 20g of carbs, 1g of fiber, and 1g of protein. Considering that your average potato chips has similar stats, only maybe a little more fat, I'd say its an ok alternative, especially if your craving a salt/sweet snack (my ultimate weakness!). This is great if your an avid exerciser too because since its made of plantains, theres a healthy glucose source thats way better than skittles. i wasn't sure I'd like these. I love almost all fruits, but not really bananas. When i was sick, someone gave me a banana hoping it would make me feel better and I ended up feeling worse. So now, I have a strained relationship with bananas and plantains. But what I discovered is that its the banana texture i dont like, and this "roasted chip" form is fantastic, and addictive! They are less greasy than potato chips and a little more satisfying and filling than airy potato crisps. Plus, its roasted with a healthier oil (sunflower oil) as opposed to the really bad hydrogenated stuff you find in most snack foods. Good job, TJ's! And might I add, I actually do LOVE "schnitzel and noodles"!
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How sweet are these? I've
How sweet are these? I've had banana chips before that were still sugar loaded, but lacked the signature sweetness of a banana; curious as to how plantain chips hold up.
I can relate to your banana experience, when I was a kid I was given neopolatin ice cream when I was really sick ; I haven't had the stuff since then.
I'm impressed you remembered the lyrics to a song from The Sound of Music.
Im a musical theater geek,
Im a musical theater geek, and the plantains are way better to off-set sweetness. They fry them in brazil, they are soooooo good, fatty, yes, but GOOD!
I've had fried plantains so
I've had fried plantains so I know those taste great,but I was just curious as to how their sweetness holds up when turned into a chip.
I guess what I was trying to get at is can you tell if they were turned into chips while they were green (starchier,more potato like) or later on while they posses a more banana like sweetness. I'm not really worried about them being to sweet just curious as to how much of the plantain's sweetness comes through in the chip.
Ripe plantain don't really
Ripe plantain don't really hold up to being fried in chip form; their texture is too mushy.
Plantain chips are almost invariably from green plantain and are not as sweet as ripe ones unless you catch the plantain on the day it is ripening into yellow. However, green plantain also lose sweetness the longer they sit fried in a bag. If you fry them yourself, they're sweeter than anything in a shop (and less salty).
Mongoose , I know all of
Mongoose , I know all of that, and my post was asking about this specific brand not homemade plantain chips or plantain chips in general.
Also, yes it's true that almost all plantain chips are made while they are green it's not unheard of to do them in the first stages of becoming yellow (they still hold quite a good bit of firmness), and plantains don't turn soft at the speed banana's do. A plantain needs to be almost jet black before it gets to that soft ripened mushy state.
Care to elaborate on what you meant by that statement ,because other than the normal loss of flavor that occurs in almost all products as they age I can't think of anything that would cause plantain chips to lose their "sweetness" while in a sealed bag.
These looked awesome. Ive
These looked awesome. Ive seen them a few times while shoppin at TJs but never picked them up. I might have to now just ot give 'em a try. Im kinda wondering whats in them? I do love fried plaintains but dont eat them that often. Thanks for the review!
If you mean the plantain
If you mean the plantain chips I'm guessing the ingredients are plantains, palm olein, and salt.
I love plantains. I'm
I love plantains. I'm curious to try them in chip form! I'm not a huge banana chip fan, but these sound intriguing!
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