I tend to go for the green bananas at the store so they have a few days to ripen up. I actually prefer my bananas slightly green when I eat them. There really is an art behind finding a banana in it's near-perfect state. It can't be in it's perfect state at the exact moment you find it, unless you plan on eating it right then. You've got to look at it and ask, "What will you look like tomorrow?" And then you have the problem of them being in bunches! All of the bananas in the bunch are at the same stage of ripeness so they are all in the "delicious" state on the same day! That simply does not work! I don't think any of us eat all our bananas in one day, unless you are a crazy half-monkey person who can't get enough of them. I've tried the method of picking the best bananas from the bunches but I usually get some dirty looks from the old ladies around me. I guess that qualifies as bad grocery store etiquette. Who knew! A whole post devoted just to bananas, I bet that doesn't happen too often. It makes me think of this really strange music video my friend Mel showed me. I don't know if it's real or not, you be the judge. The title is "My Hands Are Bananas". Talk about random! It's totally ridiculous but you have to watch the whole thing. Parts of this song still randomly pop up in my head.
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That is so funny that you wrote a whole post about bananas. Keep up the deep thoughts! Okay that video is scary. I couldn't even watch the whole thing!
I actually stopped buying bananas because they always went bad before they got eaten! So sad! Yesterday Logan was watching a cartoon and the theme was big banana day! I am not kidding. I can't remember what show it was but I think the writers must have been smoking crack. See you guys in a week!!!
I haven't seen that video in forever! It's fabulous! Thanks for bringing it back!
Funny video. I've never seen that one. Crazy, weird, funny. Anyway, I have never thought so deeply about bananas! Great post Michelle!
hey michelle! it's maren (harris). i found you from jackie's, and was delightfully greeted by this banana post. i couldn't agree more. i am also of the slightly green banana lover type. in fact, i had one just yesterday and was thinking the exact same thing. rob won't even eat bananas because of the time-period risk.
that video made me speechless. was it melanie jean that showed it to you? oh how i love her and that laugh. the whole time i was watching it i was imagining mel laughing. anyway, this is a novel--looks like you guys are doing good-- keep in touch
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you are not a true banana lover if you cant eat it past 1 day...sorry Meesh but thats a fact...as for the video its pretty great...his hands looked like one of the buys in that Phillipino circus on Discovery Channel...the tree man...YOU ARE BANANAS.
I agree with you on the whole semi green issue. I can NOT eat a banana if it has any brown or mushy spots on it (I make Dennen eat it). I don't like them too green though, because then you get that weird feeling on your teeth, ew. Love the video too!
Missed you at pie night... We saw Trey though, and he brought and amazing cheese cake.
That is so absolutely 100% true!! I have the same problem with my bananas! I find that it helps to but peanut butter on them.
Ryan did his Science Experiment on this very thing a couple of years ago, so I'm very aware of what you're talking about. We discovered the ripening occurs FASTER if they are with other fruit (bananas included) so sometimes I rip off every banana and store them in a different places all alone throughout the kitchen to slow the "overripe too fast" problem! :)
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