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On 6/9/2012 11:58 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
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>> They seem to offer them as maybe a loss leader at one local market that
>> has a lot of Hispanic customers and they are usually 5/$1. They always
>> have a huge pile of them for sale.
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>> I like the yellow ones split lengthwise fried in butter and also the
>> fry/smush/fry method you mentioned.

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> Aren't they *very* sweet when yellow and fried? I thought the
> yellow ones for eating like a banana.
>
> Jim


Yes, the yellow (riper) are sweeter than the green but you still need to
cook them.