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I was unfortunate enough to try the Eco-Planet ones.  OMG how horrible that was.  I knew it was going to be bad when I tried to break one in half and I had to struggle with it.  The crust is dense, like a brick, and twice as thick as a Pop-Tart's crust should be.  The icing looks like it has been hand-applied by toddlers, and has no taste, and a texture like a layer of dried glue.  In between the bricks is a layer about one molecule thick of filling, which again had no flavor resembling strawberry (the flavor they were supposed to be).  I got through about three bites before I gave up.  Mine is one of the reviews on Am@zon.  Even though they don't carry this yet, if you look it up on Google that comes up as a product not sold yet.  What a crushing disappointment that was.

From the smell of the flour and the label (harina de platanos, or something like that), I expect it probably is from plantain.  In strongly flavored muffins (cinnamon, banana, sugar) it was undetectable, so I'll probably just substitute it in here and there in other recipes unless I find something meant just for banana flour.

Yup, the Mighty Monkey Wrenches go to nationals pretty much every year.  I think they and their alliance came in second last year.  They are partnered with a school for the deaf so they also do outreach and education about that.

 

I tried searching banana flour, but even when I use "banana flour" in quotes I still mostly get recipes with flour and with bananas together.  Whatever - I'll use it up somehow.  The kids tell me the banana nut muffins are great.  Good luck to the Metal Mustangs!  I love the team names.  It's a great nerd sport.

Thanks - how do I find them?  I made banana-nut muffins, which seem perfectly usual with 1/3 banana flour, but with all that sugar and cinnamon, who would notice any difference.  Good to see the FIRST logo and quotes - my son was on 2016, the Mighty Monkey Wrenches for 3 years, and even though he has graduated high school, we are still looking forward to this year's local competitions.  The nationals ought to be on mainstream TV.

I have not tried it, but I have a feeling rice noodles would absorb too much liquid during the cooking time in a crockpot and get pretty soggy. But give it a try - the worst that happens is that you eat soggy mac and cheese, and that's probably still pretty good. Give us the recipe if it works!