@lychee, Na, my family is french/Irish. I'm just a Fruit Gourmet. Its hard to get anything good around here thought TT__TT
That's cool!! I rarely try many foods outside of my own culture, like I see plantains and yams in the supermarket all the time and dunno how to cook them. I'd like to be more adventurous with my food though!
lychee, for plantains, we add it to beef soup like this recipe https://www.kawalingpinoy.com/nilagang-baka/ just substitute potatoes with plantains. you can also add sweet corn or we eat as dessert: http://www.foxyfolksy.com/plantain-bananas-in-syrup-minatamis-na-saging/ for [purple] yams, try this: http://www.foxyfolksy.com/ube-halaya-recipe-purple-yam-jam/
Me: "Try not to stress out too much!" Roommate: "I'm not stressed!" Me: "That's good!" Roommate: "The thing I'm most stressed about is..." Me: "..........."
Actually I just wanted to try out 《极》 as a vocabulary word. >.< thank you everyone for the support though!