Season's Alert: Plantain (and Three Leaf Yam)

I see some die hard produce this year that have refused to go out of season. Take pear for instance. It's not in abundance as it was some two months ago but I'm surprised to find it still sitting on some fruit stands in Aba. I mean the black (or blue) African pear. Which I had featured a long time ago. Click here to read it.

Plantain is our maiden of the week(end). It's coming out and by the end of the year it's going to be everywhere. I noticed that plantain is not evergreen or all season like banana. Whatever makes that the case is unknown to me. I discovered that the green jewel went missing some months ago and the few places I found it, it was really expensive. Plantain has always been expensive in the market no thanks to its nutritional value and scarcity. It's eaten by the wealthy when they are down with diabetes. Poor man no fit afford am nah. Anyway, plantain I learnt is a good source of iron. It also contains good starch, the soluble kind.

I'm on borrowed time so I won't yak for a long time. Go look for plantain. If you've got land in your backyard plant a few suckers and watch them expand and grow into delicious food. Cook, roast, fry your plantain. It's surely good food for the whole family. Three leaf yam is seen in some places mostly cooked. I think it's in season. What do you think?