"good for cotton ball retrieval"
Posted on 08/07/2011 5:08:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Jacksonville is bananas for bananas. Consumers here eat so many that Dole Fresh Fruit has bestowed on us the title "Top Banana City." But how much do you really know about bananas?
1. They're naturally radioactive, but it's no big deal. We're exposed to low levels of natural radiation every day; it's even emitted by our bodies. So it's OK to keep eating bananas, radiation and all.
2. Bananas are berries. Botanically speaking, "berry" is defined as a fruit produced from a single ovary, so bananas are in the same category as grapes, cranberries and tomatoes. But botanically, strawberries and blueberries aren't berries.
3. They don't grow on trees. What is usually referred to as a banana tree is actually a plant - specifically, a large herb.
4. Most bananas eaten in the United States are of the Cavendish variety, which is in danger of being wiped out by an untreatable disease, TR4, according to a University of Florida researcher.
5. Banana beer is popular in Africa. Ripe bananas are peeled, juiced, mixed with sorghum or millet flour and fermented to create an orange alcoholic drink. There's also Wells Banana Bread Beer brewed in England, and the alcohol content is 5.2 percent.
6. Why do people say, "Is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?" The phrase is widely credited to Mae West, but her version involved no bananas. Supposedly, in real life in the 1930s, what she said to either a Los Angeles police officer or an interviewer was, "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?" Or maybe she said "pistol." The only time she said it on screen was in her last movie, "Sextette," but she said, "pleased."
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I hope they aren’t wiped out. I eat a banana every day.
At 49 cents a pound, bananas are still the best value in the produce department!
Absolutely! and they come individually wrapped.
One more thing people may not know about bananas... the easiest way to peel a banana is not to cut the stem first. Monkeys pinch the black tip and it opens easily for peeling - same for humans.
“which is in danger of being wiped out by an untreatable disease, TR4”-—
When I was young, I had a TR4. It was very, beneficial for my banana!
“which is in danger of being wiped out by an untreatable disease, TR4”-—
When I was young, I had a TR4. It was very, beneficial for my banana! Except for the bucket seats..
"good for cotton ball retrieval"
Dood! We pay around 80 cents and think we are getting a bargain. :o(
I love bananas...still can’t eat any part of it that is “bruised” or brown. I’ll eat my way around that part, then throw it out. I’m sure it’s OK - must be a holdover from my childhood when I thought it was ‘bad’.
I had a TR 4. Black with red leather upholstery.
Putting them in the refrigerator doesn’t make them go bad. The skin will go black, but the fruit keeps better.
“Absolutely! and they come individually wrapped. “
Yeah,,, but,,, once you peel off the skin,,,,, and throw away the bone,,, there’s nothing left to eat!
Monkeys pinch the black tip and it opens easily for peeling
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I just happened to have a banana with me and you are right! That’s easy! All these years of doing it the hard way...
“Absolutely! and they come individually wrapped. “
Yeah,,, but,,, once you peel off the skin,,,,, and throw away the bone,,, there’s nothing left to eat!”
LMAO.
This is known in the world of Sniglets as “Bananectomy”.
I use those ‘green’ bags.
One has to be careful with them, however. They make the outside appear greenish, but the fruit inside continues to ripen at the normal rate. Thus, a greenish appearing outside can have a near-mush fruit inside.
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