Written in the Stars
Loreta patiently teaches Helena to season the fish with salt, pepper, lemon juice, and cloves, while she herself sautés garlic, onion, bell pepper, and tomatoes in olive oil in the clay pot.
"Get me the 'verdolaga,' dear," Loreta asks, pointing to the bananas that are neither green nor ripe. Helena approaches with the container of bananas cut into three pieces, and Loreta continues, explaining, "This is the ideal stage for the banana in this dish. It needs to have that sap oozing from the peel."