Caribbean People Try Each Other's Fried Plantains
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 เม.ย. 2023
- We invited three self taught cooks from various parts of the Caribbean to battle it out and see who has the best fried plantain dish.
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The girls having opposite tastes and the dude lovin them both is actually hilarious
We're simple creatures and have no problems giving props when due. 💯🖤
Positivity. This video more than any made me want a extra vote from a staffer judge or something. Dude came last because his lowest vote was a 9, not cause he cooked the worst dish. Doubling the others' rating, he would have lost to Camisha 13-12.5
@@justmezkut10upMost of you are definitely not “simple creatures” at all.
@@AfricanProudVillageWomanJuju context sweetheart
@@justmezkut10up My name is Juju not sweetheart and wym by context?
Jeremiah was just there to have a great time and I love that 😊
Legit just there to eat good food, in a mini competition and they are vibing giving out a 10!
He looked, talked highh lmao and the sunglasses topped it off for me i know he’s stoned😂😂
Me too! I knew the chick with the braids was gonna pick the others apart.
@@reemclaughlin4260 Those aren't braids.
@@tinktinkkks4209 He’s a beautiful soul thoo
Jeremiah's vibe is unmatched. Please bring him back. Would love to see him and Thomas do a video together. Jeremiah's laid back and Thomas' on go energy would be prime TV.
Yo real talk, I was feeling him.
Right ! I’m watching it like I like him. He’s really cool
Bronx dudes are usually trash, but that may not apply to Jeremiah. He seem alright 😂
Yes I like him
He’s the best of the best 😂❤
As a Jamaican, I think they should've gotten a different Jamaican who doesn't dislike ripe plantains... 😅 Green plantain and ripe plantain are 2 separate flavors and textures! Big up Jeremiah, his vibes for the win! 🎉🎉🎉
My thoughts exactly. I think that they should've put in the rules to cook just 1 type of plantain. Everyone should've done just ripe or just green.
A true! I’m sorry, not to discredit her, but she clearly wasn’t a yaadi
I was thinking that too
for real! how did they find the one person on the planet that doesn't like sweet plaintains???
As a Jamaican I agree
"I don't know how people mess up plantain"
Girl, if you ever take your eyes off the pot for 1 second, you'll surely find out!😂 Ripe plantain is the easiest thing to burn.
a SINGLE damn second 🙄😭
😭 yup
I was standing in front of the damn pot and they burned.... Like fork in the air ready to move them and then a smell permeated in the air of burnt food 😂😂
True 😂
... then dont lol it doesn't take long to "cool" em
This is probably one of the most fair reviews I've seen, ppl actually judging and acknowledging palette preference and not just shittin on other ppls dish for the sake of winning
Right that's what I was thinking because it gets ridiculous sometimes 😅
@@MonaLisaFire the most rude and competitive ones always have the worst dishes 🤣🤣🤣
@@MacJWitDaCheese yep never fails and it's so satisfying 💀
I feel like they usually do that, but of course they base it off what they’re used to and personal preference bc that’s the only guide they have to go off of
Plus camisha literally said she was giving the first dish a 5 just because she likes sweet plantain… even though the challenge was cook PLANTAINS not cook sweet plantains lol
Her: “it’s Plan - tin…not plan - tain”
Him right after her saying that : “……if you’re speaking English then it’s plan - tain”😂😂😂
He gets a pass cuz his proper way of saying it is in Spanish 😂
I’m Panamanian and we say Plan-Tin also lol
We say it like him, in the windwards and we don't speak spanish
Jeremiah was the best part of this whole episode. His demeanor and appreciation for all the food was just good.
Pls bring Jeremiah back he definitely brings positive vibes he’s having a blast ! 😎
Jeremiah won PERIOD. Cause he wasn’t a hater and had the best attitude and vibe which is rare with these videos. They should do a video with just the positive people they’ve had that would be amazing.
thats not how that works love
@@rouncefamily4127I don’t think they were haters. The love of a particular food is quite subjective. They were very respectful in their criticism. One of the best I have seen.
Please have Jeremiah back. He has great energy
Yeah, the others were just there to "win'
@@elvisjames how???? Tf they gave good feedback and explained why they gave the score that they did. Quit hating
@@grassfedcharlie ok. I'll quit RIGHT AWAY... Sorry so so sorry 🙏🏾🙏🏾
No. I want people who actually place a high importance on what and how they cook. Not someone who's just there for vibes lol respectfully
Jeremiah came into this contest in good faith. He was ready to enjoy what he ate. Not look for reasons to not like it. Shout out to the Brother, his vibe absolutely made and saved this video.
I like Jeremiah. He knew what he was talking about..
I love the super sweet ones with slightly burnt edges 🇹🇹
Yessss!
It has to be almost burnt, I’m Trini but the Trini girl’s isn’t fried enough for me
@@beyourself2444 I’m 🇵🇷 and I like it burnt 🤣😩
me too 🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮
Sameee. I had caramelized sweet plantain and it was the best thing I ever had.
Jeremiah is a real positive person, his energy is awesome! Big up Trini! Plantain don’t need anything, just fry real good 😊
Jeremiah is mad cool!!! He also was neither overly critical nor cocky. So, bring him back.
Jeremiah was cool asf, he was definitely reasonable with his ratings. Bro is for sure invited to the cookout 💯💯
He looks black, so he was probably going to be there anyways. 😅
@@christinalafleur3813 nah lol
He's Dominican he's just a light skinned Black person.
I never denied my man’s heritage, I’m just saying he’s valid at the cookout that’s all lol
While he there he can whip something up for us! 😁
Best plantain is when it’s crispy like a toston but it’s starting to ripen so it’s sweet and sprinkled with salt 🤤
😻‼️
Agree
Agree 😋
Yummmmmm
Gotta put cheese on the sweet one, let it melt yum 😊 but I still prefer the green Regular one than the ripe one lol
I feel like camisha was intimidated by Bethany’s dish which is why she gave her a 5 and gave them garlicky a$$ plantains a 7 🤣. And she said she gave Bethany’s dish a 5 because it’s not what she’s used to, but if they’re all repping different places they shouldn’t expect something their used to and definitely shouldn’t judge based on which is more familiar . Definitely needed a 4th opinion for a more fair score for everyone
Ahh yess
Bethany’s dish was probably a little dry, I figure…since the guy said it reminded him of patacón. Camisha also said she wasn’t a fan of salty plantain in general so she also rated based on preference. The reason Bethany rated Camisha’s plantains a 6.5 was also a preference because she didn’t like sweet plantains. I guess preference is really what it came down to.
Nah, I'm Trini and we ,honestly, don't like ANYTHING in our plantains .
The more you do with it, the less we are going to like it.
I think she was more confused than intimidated
@@dana1885 right
Big up 🇹🇹 I like mine a little more caramelized and sprinkled with salt as well. Brings out the sweetness.
Yea me too, the crispier the better imo
Canola oil is the unhealthiest inflammatory toxic oil to fry a plantain with.
Try frying it with cinnamon and white sugar ... thank me later
I have had cinnamon plantains. Baked as well. Really delish
Same
The Jamaican girl is clearly a chef!! LOVED the spin on the typically boring plantain
Naw. I wouldn't like her's and I'm Jamaican.
@@spiritualcleanse7115 Loll Buzzfeed asked me to do it in cup form specifically because they saw it on my profile, when I was originally going to just do regular fried green plantains without any extravagance. It’s just a fun way to make green plantains. But, I am a vegan chef. Don’t knock it till you try it.
@@b.m7640 so buzzfeed is who decided what style you would cook in? How is it fair to make the comparisons then if you didn't choose your personal best dish? A cup, compared to seasoned, compared to regular. Obviously regular is going to win 🙄🙄🙄😒😏
@@b.m7640You should've won!
@@b.m7640 Is the recipe on your profile? 🥺
I like Jeremiah!!! Bring him back!!!
I love that jamaica came through and represented classy, they usually like to make us look ratchet. But this woman showed out! Jamaica to di worl
Aw thank you so much🥺❤️
Jamaica has tons of classy women but they live focusing on the sketel genre for awhile now
@@Introvertsan I know thats why I commented lool
Speak for yourself Im far from ratchet.
@@hotjamaicanqueen think you missed the point love, that's what my whole comment is saying. Most of us aren't ratchet but the ones presented or promoted on the media are.
As much as I love to support my little Jamaica, Jeremiah is unmatched in personality and unbiased man 😂
Love Jeremiah's vibe 🤩😍 everyone seemed chill & cool both of the women were super pretty too got me wanting some plantains now 🤣😭😩🤤
Aw thank you so much🥺❤️ refreshing to see kind comments
@@b.m7640 You're welcome queen 🥰
Glad to see no haters in this group. Everyone was genuin and appreciated everybody’s different style.
I’m proud the Jamaican lady was extra with her plantain. It really captures us as people. 🤣🤣🤣
I feel like they should have made separate videos for when the plantain is green vs when the plantain is ripe bc there is so much variation of dishes you can do depending on hiw ripe the plantain is.
platano verde and platano maduro have 2 completely different flavor profiles, i totally agree. they both change/add to the main dish (assuming you're eating it as a side) in different ways. platano verde for me is more for the crispy texture (i normally eat w Dominican spaghetti). and platano maduro is more for the taste and those burnt edges (these i normally eat w any rice, locrio, moro, or even just plain white rice). platano maduro is the only one im willing to eat as a main dish. platano verde dries my mouth out, it's like eating bread w nothing lol
it pains me a little to see the two being categorized the same way ngl 😭
Exactly. I hate ripe plantain but will Tear up green ones. But I also pick out 🍌from 🍌pudding…lol
Jeremiah is a gem. I love his commentary.❤ Super chill and a good sport.
Please don’t stop posting these types of videos I love them
Speaking as someone from outside of the Caribbean, it doesn't seem fair to just group all the different Caribbean cultures together. All three have very different cuisines, in some instances. Jeremiah is a whole vibe!
When Bethany said “I don’t know how people could mess up plantains” Camisha’s plate is cut perfectly & fried perfectly .. in El Salvador we use ripe plantains ( yellow ) we cut it the same way which is basically cutting the plátano in half & then cutting sideways to get those rectangular pieces then we eat it with this sauce called crema & it’s a popular dish eaten for any time of the day .. ripe plantains ready to cook & eat are in their yellow color which is more sweet as Jeremiah stated probably what reminded him of platacon was it’s consistency & the crunch of it because of how she fried it .... i believe she did great 😊 Meanwhile in the Dominican Republic tostones or patacón is made from green plantains majority of the time with salt added once they’re done cooking & it’s super delicious .. when plantains are green they are in their less ripe stage, tend to be less sweeter & also a bit harder in texture while a ripe yellow plantain is usually softer in texture & much more sweeter … And of course Jeremiah added his own pizazz because thats what he probably grew up on or it’s just his own savory personal preference … but hey guess what I love both & eat both everyday big shoutout to Jeremiah as well for going hard !
🇸🇻💙🇩🇴❤️😈👊
As a Dominican born and raised in the DR, I have never heard or have ripe plantains with garlic. We do that with the green plantains. The food plantains we eat them just as is nothing on it. Green in the other hand are like potatoes... The world is your canvas! 😅
Jeremiah is such a great vibe!!!!! He’s there to have fun love it!!!!
Big up Jamaica 🇯🇲. Presentation was nice. Jeremiah is so cool, calm, and collected. Like his vibe
jeremiah is my fav from this video , he was so positive . please put him in more videos 😭
Please J for ALWAYS! I like how he was just there for the experience and he didn’t put anyone down 🙏
Btw we Dominican do not normally put any thyme or garlic on our ripe plantains….but like any country, depends on what your family likes 🤷♀️
Yall need to find a way to keep the food heated while they are waiting to taste it. They always complain its cold and give a lower score because of that
Camisha did not deserve to win. She purposely gave Bethany a lower score when she know that plantain bowl was amazing. I hate when folks do that. Anyhoo, I love, LOVE Jeremiah!!! His entire vibe made me love this video because he was fair, fun to watch, and had great things to say.
It wasn't tho. Add extra shit that doesn't even go with the actual product doesn't make it better!
@@Suziee_Sueeshe contradicted herself saying there were a bunch of flavors going on just to say it was bland and tasted like bread at the end.. she scored bethany low on purpose 💀
@@nejihyuga2517 because they’re judging the plantain not all that extra shit
@@nejihyuga2517 When she's talking about blandness, she's referring to the plantains themself which she said multiple times that she's not a fan of
@@nejihyuga2517 she was talking about the plantain itself, she didn't like the ackee anyway
Jeremiah is a vibe. I’m living for his amazing energy.
Messing up fried plantain is equivalent to burning a bowl of cereal.
Agreed!
😂😂😂
Seriously! Just cut em up and fry them 😂
Not if you never cooked it before.
I had a co-workers girlfriend make me some. I thought, how hard can it be?
I jacked it up! 😡 🤢
It tasted Nothing like hers. I wasted food that day.
sweet plantain is incredibly easy to mess up. sugar burns easily
Jeremiah is such a kind soul.
Made sense that the Trini won since she made plantains the way most of us eat them in the Caribbean - ripe and sweet.
This is the only video so far that seems so fair and nice, especially the guy, he was very nice and fair with his judgments and very generous💯, we need more judges like that
Jeremiah's voice is next level! What is it with New York guys and their super nice voices!
Salt on sweet plantain is amazing!
Ewwww no
Goya si
@@dominiquexo4772 but Goya has salt in it too! 🤣
@@SianLondon yes pero plain salt is gross
@@dominiquexo4772 but plain salt has it's uses, we cannot use Goya to replace plain salt in EVERYTHING! 🤣
Big up Trinidad and Tobago, Camisha represented :) that is exactly how us Trinis love our plantains, we also eat it with sada roti too.!!
It’s all about the soft and gooey golden fried plantain with the nice crispy edges! ❤
Lol he said it's like gentrification lol
Big up Trinidad for simple nice plantain 🇹🇹
I would watch a whole show with Jeremiah. Not only was he fair, he did an amazing job describing the dishes. Put that great energy in more videos please!
Bring Jeremiah back. Love is positivity.
Jeremiah was nice and stayed positive. Cool guy 😊
I love Jeremiah. He didn’t hate at all. You can tell he love the way his woman cooks and compliments. All the dishes looked amazing and everyone had great attitudes. I thought Bethany had it but Camisha and Jeremiah both did so well. I enjoyed this one:)
I am from Jamaica mi just cut up the plantain and fry them. Never seen the cup very interesting ---Great way to show off her cooking skills
Production requested I do cups specifically because they saw it off of my Instagram + thought it was cool + just to have a variety, so it wouldn’t be the same thing as the other contestants. I’m a Vegan chef and it’s just a unique way to switch things up that may not be “traditional” to others. I was representing Jamaica🤷🏾♀️
@@b.m7640 I get what you're saying. I didn't mean it disrespectfully. You have great skills! I just meant it to say when representing something it in many instances is almost synonymous with what majority of the people do. So let's say the curry competition Most Trinidadians might cook their cook their curry the same way or it is said Nah this is missing or that is missing. When I saw the cup I thought I have never seen it done like this before but persons may think this is how most Jamaicans fry their plantains. I thought it was very creative though but see the girl with the regular sweet plantain won.
@@b.m7640 I also made an edit to the original post
Homeboy has a dope personality ❤
Would love to see Haiti part of the mix 💕
They have a couple of episodes with Haitian people
@@nicolerobinson835 she said part of the mix … more let us get our shine thanks 😂
Haiti’s bannann pézé with pikliz! Mézanmi YYYAASSS!!! Definitely a winner! 🇭🇹
@@CHRISTYG19 we don’t speak French sorry we us other Caribbean country weren’t colonies of French
@@Legend-lc9bv Girl stfu and learn how to actually make a sentence because the shit you just typed didnt make no type of sense also pls do your history before talking shit cause nobody taking info from a girl who can't even use proper grammar
Cuban here, one of my favorite foods. I love mine super ripe and cooked with the edges almost black. I love when they caramelize and are chewy almost on the outside
i’ve missed these sooo much. bring back the blindfolded ones! 😂
Us Carib Latinos love garlic platanos lol 😂 you guys should try the plantain chips garlic flavor.
No tf we don’t. 🇩🇴
You must be PR
@@grassfedcharlie I am Puerto Rican…. But when I go to Dominican restaurants they always offer garlic sauce with tostones ….. so maybe that’s just you.
I make a garlic sauce for my fried green plantains and it's so good and drizzle a little bit of condensed milk on my sweet plantains.
I made tostones for the first time last year and I put garlic, salt and pepper 😂 And I’m part Dominican I didn’t know that was a thing we do lol
I'm curious do you guys make a garlic sauce or do you guys put a little garlic inside the oil that you're frying the plantains in? I love garlic
Please bring back Jeremiah. He's fine af. 😍
I would love an African plantain comparison video like Ghanaian kelewele and Nigerian dodo.
I would like to see a bonus or behind the scenes on how the participants prepare their dishes for those of us who like to learn and make the dish.
My plantain haffi sweet sweet can’t do partially ripe plantains. But love the vibes and 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Haha i understand, but thank youu!!
@@b.m7640 I fell in love with how beautiful you are
@@Legend-lc9bv haha thank you!!
@@b.m7640 I was disagreeing with the dish at first but then I saw your comments about why you did it and I’m happy with that
I love that they stated the correct pronunciation of plantains...😍😍😍
Yes!
If you are a real Caribbean you call it PLANTIN and that’s final!
Plantain really stands on its own so I support this win 😄 for me nothing beats plain fried plantain
I loved all the positivity along with the different personalities.
Love everything about Jeremiah in this video! Great vibe, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic. He's enjoying himself.
Jeremiah is a whole vibe. Yes!!
Keep it simple and not over think or fancy it up.
Jeremiah articulate and culturally adept analysis was educational teaching a diversity in flavors. His critiques of each plantain was given with culinary posh in the nuances of each preparation. Bring him back he’s real and flexible to the tastes profiles of other cultures. When he graded the sweet showed his love of food giving exclaiming now this is traditional to… Love him.
Shout out to Jeremiah!!! His personality and style of critique is 💯 ✨️✨️✨️!!! He is the winner in my eyes! 🔥❤🔥
The "secret" is that you just need to make sure you know how to choose a good plantain, that's the main thing para un buen platano frito😍
Unpopular opinion I prefer savory platano like tostones. 😍🇵🇷
same green plantains over everything
they were all so polite and still giving constructive criticism i love that 🥹
As a Jamaican, I have never seen plantains made like that. We make them like how the Dominican and the Trini made them.
Just ripe plantain and a bit of salt, fry it and done.
I loveeeee❤❤❤ plaintains. I could eat them every day. And Jeremiah is soooo CUTE! Love Dominican dudes
They all looked delicious. Big ups to my Trini sis for representing with the classic sweet fried plantains.
Love to see my Caribbean brothers and sisters doing their thing one love
I love him on here lol his energy was everything
Jeremiah was the only honest reviewer here. The other females were not honest. Making things up like “it’s cold” or “because it’s not how I do it I’m going to rate it a medium score in hopes that my plate wins” like both of them females need to stop reviewing food.
I clicked on this video knowing fully well that a Trini was gonna body this competition. Big up T&T😄
I literally came to the comment section to comment on Jeremiah and i think almost every comment is about him lol. Hope he sees these great reviews.
I relate most to the Dominican in how I typically say platano and but if I’m speaking English I say plantain like plan-tayn just like my Nigerian relatives.
I love mofongo when made correctly.
💯👏🏾
I love the different varieties ❤❤
I want some fried plantain now lol 😋
We need more people like Jeremiah 🇩🇴 Too many haters coming onto these shows talking smack on peoples dishes and not being fair or genuine
I love platanos!! All the guests were fair with their critiques and Jeremiah has a great vibe.
The dude was Dope. KEEP HIM
I love Jeremiah’s vibe, he seems like he would be a great friend.
Love Jeremiah his positive energie. The world needs more of that!!
We needed a 4th person to come through with the tostones al ajo. Heads up, the patacon with the platano maduro takes the sandwich to the next level. Whew... Shout out to ol' girl from Jamaica who tried to do something different with the plantain!
I love that they talked about the pronunciation of plantain because we don’t call it “plantayn” it’s “plantin”.
I love these videos. Makes me want to cook and try foods from different cultures. Blessings to my diasporians
I can watch Jeremiah all day he gives a relaxing positive vibe love that 🥰😩✨🌸👏🏽
Jeremiah is a vibe
Truly trying to understand why Ayiti 🇭🇹 Isn’t up there Cause Our Fried plantains is the truth !! With that picklessssss Alooo??? 😐🤨 NEED A RE-DO asap but everyone’s looked good up! Tho 😌👌🏽
Honey I'm thinking the same thing they need a redo for sure
Exactly! Listen I don’t even like to eat banan but I was like “wth is that?!” when I saw all three presentations. One is pretty, the other two were just not it, and none of them were giving REAL plantain.
Haitian plantain = the REAL deal!
@@michelle-agathenormil exactly I feel disappointed they get Haitians to do it... also haitian plantain taste amazing with pikliz
I mean, this is simply just fact
Super Triple Duper Factzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!
CAN WE APPRECIATE MY MAN'S VIBES? HE IS SO CHILL, and I LOVE his style
This was amazing! And fun! Thanks for having us!
Bring back Jeremiah he's a vibe