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== Description ==

== Ingredients ==

* 1 bunch of [[bananas]] (15-20&nbsp;lbs)
* 2 heaping handfuls of the hottest [[chile pepper]]s you can find
* 6 large [[carrot]]s
* 4 large [[onion]]s
* 2 large yellow or [[orange]] [[sweet pepper]]s
* 1 head of [[Cauliflower]]
* ½ lb (250 gr.) [[green bean]]s
* one or two 750 ml guaro, or similar clear, glass, small neck bottles and half a dozen 300 ml small neck glass bottles.

== Procedures ==
# Technically, what you pick up at the supermarket is called a hand of [[bananas]].
# Bunches are the whole stalk and weigh in at 15-75 pounds.
# To make [[banana]] [[vinegar]], hang the bunch in the sun with a bucket below.
# After a day or two, they'll start "cooking".
# Over three to five days, the peels will be reduced to black shells and the bucket will fill with sweet thin syrup.
# Transfer the syrup to the glass bottles and stopper loosely (the fermentation will shatter the bottles if they are corked tightly).
# Stand in a cool shaded location to ferment for about a week. This is a "sour dough" type of fermentation, using whatever collection of microbes happens to have dropped into the bucket while you were collecting the [[banana]] juice. #When the bubbling stops, move the bottles back into the sun for a few days to UV sterilize the contents.
# Chop the vegetables so they just fit through the neck of the small bottles. Loosely pack each bottle full of [[chile pepper|hot peppers]] and vegetables then fill with the [[banana]] [[vinegar]] and cap. Store in a cool place for at least two weeks before using.

[[Category:Banana Recipes]]
[[Category:Cauliflower Recipes]]
[[Category:Chile pepper Recipes]]
[[Category:Chile leaf Recipes]]
[[Category:Costa Rican cuisine]]

[[Category:Costa Rican cuisine]]
[[Category:Vegetarian Recipes]]
[[Category:Green bean Recipes]]