Plantains – also known as cooking bananas – are a very popular food in Cameroon and West Africa in general. Since you can do so much with plantains, they're a must-have in my kitchen. I always have plantains on hand. Whether fresh in the fridge, fried and preserved in the freezer, or as chips for a daily snack. As chips, they're a great alternative to regular potato chips. Plantain chips also bring back fond memories from my childhood. Back then, we didn't have potato chips, only plantain chips. They were one of our favorite treats. Sometimes we even made them ourselves at home. Often, we bought them on the street or in the schoolyard from vendors who sold their wares from baskets or small stalls by the roadside. You could choose between salty and sweet. My favorite was, and still is, the salty kind. Every time I eat plantain chips today…