Rulo Power

So very recently a Dominican dude joined my department at my awesome new job (which I love very much, thank you Jesus!). He happens to be from the same province my family is from in the Dominican Republic.

Over the past few days, he has made some interesting observations on some of my relatively Americanized attributes, particularly my lack of love for some of the more commonly enjoyed Dominican music. I'm also not into batata (basically a ghetto sweet potato) or other random vegetables.

Anyway, so he gave me a funny analogy for people like me -- he called me a "rulo".

One must take two things into consideration. First, to be aware that plantains are the biggest and most famous crops in Dominican Republic. They originally came from Southeast Asia, and are actually a mix between two types of random wild bananas. The word "platano" is pretty much synonymous with "dominican", especially as a word used by non-dominicans.

Then we have bananas, which are statistically the most popular fruit Americans eat. They're yellow. They're delicious.

A rulo is a special hybrid fruit. It's half plantain, half banana. But it still treated and cooked like a plantain.
So Americanized Dominicans are "rulos".

Ya tu sabe. Rulo Power!