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Hugin

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10. I too am a bananaphile.

Reply to LizBeth (Reply #8)

Sat Jul 24, 2021, 03:08 PM

Jul 2021

I love me some bananas.

I do know that the bananas we get today aren't even remotely related to the bananas from years ago. They're very susceptible to various fungi.

Maybe they've come up with a new variety that is more transportable, but, as always yukky. Like with tomatoes, carrots, and avacados.

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Rubbery bananas. [View all] LizBeth Jul 2021 OP

Mistook it for a... mbusby Jul 2021 #1

Nope, a Dole banana. It is only recently I have been seeing it and not often but time enough. LizBeth Jul 2021 #2

Stop grocery shopping in the decorative fruit section of housewares? Hugin Jul 2021 #3

;) LizBeth Jul 2021 #8

I too am a bananaphile. Hugin Jul 2021 #10

Gros Michel was the variety when I was a kid (this would be about 50 years ago) . . . hatrack Jul 2021 #18

Bananaphile KentuckyWoman Jul 2021 #20

Bananavore Hugin Jul 2021 #27

We grow bananas and if picked green sometimes they just don't ripen enough. LakeArenal Jul 2021 #4

Perfectly yellow showing ripe but yes, inside is like unripe and that is the taste also. LizBeth Jul 2021 #7

Meh, green bananas are supposedly better for you. CrackityJones75 Jul 2021 #13

I heard they both have different qualities and if I remember, I like what I got more with the LizBeth Jul 2021 #14

It's very hard to peel green bananas. LakeArenal Jul 2021 #26

I've noticed also Tink41 Jul 2021 #5

+1 LizBeth Jul 2021 #6

A couple of months ago I got a bad bunch Ritabert Jul 2021 #9

One of these is ripe 48656c6c6f20 Jul 2021 #11

#2 LizBeth Jul 2021 #12

#2 is OK 48656c6c6f20 Jul 2021 #22

Wow, I would use the ugly black one for banana bread or pancakes. LizBeth Jul 2021 #23

Just A Guess ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #15

Fascinating. Awesome. Thank you. I think you are on the right track. LizBeth Jul 2021 #17

Possible ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #19

Are you sure you didn't accidentally purchase a decorative fake? Crunchy Frog Jul 2021 #16

It may be a plantain obamanut2012 Jul 2021 #21

Not really related to your thread but... yonder Jul 2021 #24

They're all picked green for longer life while shipping, but sometimes there are ones so green... Hekate Jul 2021 #25

Oh, that is interesting about the apple. LizBeth Jul 2021 #28

The apple gives off ethylene oxide Wicked Blue Jul 2021 #29

Could they have accidentally been frozen? rurallib Jul 2021 #30

That could be and that would make sense. Thanks. LizBeth Jul 2021 #31