this maintenance guy who usually eats the vegan stuff and gives me precious compliments and praise asked what I put on the plaintains and I was like "cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar, roasted them and then drizzled a coconut syrup glaze on top" and then asked if he'd tried them and he was like "no, I was about to but I heard some of the kids talking about them"
and I'm like "oh what were they saying, anything good?" and he like, looked away, distant for a second, before being like "No." and I'm really wondering if these college kids were like haahahaha it looks like cum
thoughts?
Personally I prefer fried plantains without any extra sugar because they're sweet enough already
idk I don't think the plantains we get are particularly sweet, I usually go more savory notes i.e. cumin/garlic/some brown sugar
i did the coconut glaze because I made this glaze for some pineapple fritters I made as a test batch to see if pineapple fritters are good (THEY ARE) and I didn't want it to go to waste
i think the real reason they didn't eat that many is because there's a disconnect between vegan meal planning (where the sous chef and I sit down) and breakfast/lunch planning (idfk the involvement of the other cooks in that) and nobody thought to ask "hey is the vegan station running plantains today" and they served them for breakfast (then made me serve the leftovers that were caramelized to hell from sitting in the warmer all morning) but I can't help but think that when that maintenance guy looked away for a second it was because the college kids were like "yeah looks like cum" but maybe I'm paranoid