The City of Fort Pierce invites the public to attend a Community Input Meeting on the future redevelopment of the former HD King Power Plant site, on Wednesday, August 24, between 5:30 and 7:00 pm at Old City Hall (315 Avenue A).
Large and thick skinned, the plantain is a starchy banana. Their skin can be yellow, green, red, brown, or black. However, plantains always have pale yellow, firm flesh. It's easy to confuse plantains with with bananas. Plantains are a member of the banana family, but they are large, thick-skinned, starchy and low in sugar. Black plantains can be eaten raw. Other color plantains are cooked- baked or fried- before serving. The plantains flesh will always have pale yellow, firm flesh regardless of the skin color. Plantains are highly nutritious and considered a good source of potassium, vitamins A and C.
(Please note that plantain-the starchy, banana-like fruit, is completely different and not related to the plantain weed we are talking about!). Plantain is edible-harvest the young, tender leaves for use in a salad, or steamed and used as a spinach substitute.rowth & Habitat --- A perennial weed that can be found almost anywhere in North America and much of Europe. You probably have some in your backyard! Plantain is thought to be indigenous to Eurasia. It will grow in sun to shade, and in almost any soil-plantain is very adaptable.