So I spoke o my friend from the Philippines and she gave me a few suggestions.
I was all set to try some of the recipes from the link above, but after waiting around all day for someone to give me an estimate on some work I need around the house, just for him to call and cancel for another day, I lost window of opportunity to do some real cooking and had to go with quick recipes.
There was no way I was going to have time to pluck out all the baby banana florets so I concentrated on the Heart of the flower itself.
Basically cut up the heart, boiled it in salted water, drained.
Fried up some onions, garlic and ginger. Tossed in the cut up banana flowers, added lime, salt and coconut milk.
The banana flower doesn't have much taste. More of a texture thing. The closest I can compare it to is the inner tender yellow leaves of an artichoke.
Im looking forward to getting another one to try those other recipes.
Another cold salad she suggested was : boil it till its soft (not too soft for salad) i mix it with onions, bell pepper, little ginger then vinigar and salt
She also said they chop it real fine and mix it with ground meat ( to kinda stretch the amount of the final product so they didnt have to use so much meat (which is expensive where she lives).
She said during the pandemic, she ate a lot of it because it was cheap. banana trees grow all over the place there, so it is basically free food ( as long as the land owners dont catch you clipping the flowers off thee trees (Her words, not mine)).
Makes me feel grateful for what I have.