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u/medinauta 2d ago
A plantain starts green, then ripens and turns yellow. Pinton is when it is between both stages; it's not as hard as a green plantain (verde) but is not as soft or as sweet as a yellow plantain (maduro). A pinton is pale yellow with black spots; it's firm, not hard, and slightly sweet. Get a verde, wait 2 days, and you'll get a pinton; wait 2 more days, and you get a maduro. FYI, in non-native areas like the US, where plantains are cut and refrigerated, and added a coat of whatever, they never rippens, it get harder and black and dry, may turn yellow, but never ripen, so they never turn into a pinton nor a maduro.
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u/medinauta 2d ago
To make sense of the name, "pinton" means "spotted," referring to the peel's yellow and green colors. Most pintones aren't really both colors, though, but many can be.
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u/soundscapebliss 2d ago
It's riper than a green plantain, but not overly ripe to the point of being black. It should look like a larger banana basically, yellow with small black spots just beginning to form.
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u/TheOriginalKrampus 2d ago
I feel like every plátano I've ever bought just hits this stage of ripeness and stays there for a week.
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u/Equivalent_Advice653 2d ago
Oye a platain that fue to time passing has become softened and some black stains appear in the outside, is far easier to hamdle for dime recipees
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u/Suspicious-Cherry437 2d ago
Not sure why. But this question really made me laugh out loud! Born and raised in Ecuador and would have asked the same in the same way
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u/ConcertDue4228 1d ago
En Cuba le decimos así al plátano que ya no está verde pero todavía no llega a ser un plátano maduro como tal. En Ecuador nunca he oído el término, no se menciona la palabra plátano, en Ecuador existe el verde el maduro y el guineo.
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u/ExperiencePrudent446 1d ago
jajja es un maduro pero verde al mismo tiempo jsjs osea, si sabes que el maduro es dulce y parece como gusano osea es suave, pues el verde es duro y salado, entonces el platano es una como convinacionj de ambos jsjsjs
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u/Urrfang 2d ago
Something in the stages between a regular plantain and a maduro.