Grocery store today

[AnnaLee]

51. Next time buy three

And try this. Choose fairly unblemished (not brused) bananas with green tips. Remove one leaving a third of the stem on the stem side of the banana. Be careful not to make any openings in the banana skin. Wrap this banana in saran (cling) wrap snuggly without openings. Put in the refrigerator for a week or more.

When you remove the banana, the skin will have turned brown. The banana inside, though, will be as good as the two you ate when you first bought them.

I, an extremely old, lady just discovered this last year. Yea, Internet. I did not believe it would work. I do not like mushy ripe bananas. Now, I don't hesitate to buy a few more bananas than I will eat before the too ripe stage. I just wrap them and use them as I wish (within a couple of weeks).