frankly. like a lot of other students, i want pizza, pizza, pizza, are the children here open to variety? [ speaking french ]. we want to make sure they always get a little challenged by how the food looks and the smell and also the taste after. i think she has a very strict budget. in the usa, greatest country in the world no doubt, we spend an average of $2.75 per student for public school lunch. compare and contrast. $1.50. did you eat this well when you were here? absolutely. bonjour. bonjour. daniel. ca va? the kids attack their food like hungry trenchmen, wiping out three servings in the time it takes me to eat one. i guess they like it. it s good. delicious. yeah, this is good. i tell you, i don t think my chef in new york would do better.
of course no puerto rican holiday meal would be complete without having plantains. so there is the green plantain, which is when it s cooked it s called tostones. they re not sweet. they re sort of a salty crispy taste. and then there is the maduro, which is the yellow banana. it s basically this banana but more ripe, and it s very, very sweet. now, i always have a lot of helpers. susie has helped us basically raise our children. but she s now part of our family. and my mother, the judgmental one. this is the tostones. cut them sideways. and you slant them when you cut them. and then you soak them in cold water and salt because that so they won t turn brown. they don t turn brown. you re going to cook it and fry it in oil. the oil has to be very, very hot. we re going to put it on like a medium medium high. so it s hot enough. yeah, the sizzling is very important. susie says they re ready. my mother says they re ready. so we re going to take it out. you know, you have this so