First Post

It was pretty hard to really decide what I was going to talk about for my first post but I thought about it for a while and decided it was better to just start typing. My boyfriend likes to call me a foodie. I like to refer to myself as a foodie on a budget. I can find that even a simple can of spam is delicious if used the right way. Dont get me wrong, I drool like everyone else over the thought of lobster or the perfect cut of steak but cant even the best chefs make the worst food taste great? Isnt that what the show Chopped is all about?

So a lil background story about me, I am half Canadian and half mutt. I live in central Massachusetts and was also born here. My boyfriend was born here as well but is Puerto Rican. So knowing all that...I eat some interesting foods. Before I met my current boyfriend I had never tried some of the things I will describe in this blog that I have grown to not only love, but pretty much require in my cookbook. 

Something that Canadians NEVER EVER eat is plantains. 

Ok...whats a plantain? Plantains are just a different type of a banana that has to be cooked. Its bigger and has tougher skin. 

Now...plantains are used to make my FAVORITE food that his mother makes...tostones and mayo ketchup.

Tostones are plantains fried in oil and smushed flat. OMG...I drool for them now. Bananas that everyone is used to has an almost light, sweet, sugary flavor and plantains are more heavy, starchy, and are like the potatoes of the bananas to me. So almost picture a really thick potato chip with a slight banana flavor and thats kinda what a tostone is. Now the sauce you dip it in...she makes it from scratch but you can buy it from Goya. Its literally mayo, ketchup, and some Spanish spices. If you have ever had real Spanish food i bet you can taste it in your head but if you haven't think of having a taco...that seasoning they use on the meat. Its a mix of tangy (from the ketchup), the Spanish spices, and honestly...you can hardly taste the mayo. The mayo is more there to make the ketchup a lil more mild and not so in your face. But those 2 dishes together is by far some of my favorite foods.