Bananas

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Originally Posted by reprise85

i though everyone peeled it from the stem. this thread is blowing my mind

this changed it all for me; it takes a few times (or it did for me) to get it right without mushing it up

[reprise85]

i mean that looks fine but i never have a problem with opening it from the stem.

[Shallowed]

Tip peelers can be such elitists.

[The exploding boy]

Its the hip thing to do now. Get with the times. I like to go to my local hipster coffee shop and then pull out a banana that i then start peeling form the tip, as if there was nothing to it.

The other day in the metro i espied some perfectly oblivious guy peeling a banana from the stem and i couldn't suppress a surprised and derisive "ha!". Then i exchanged amused and knowing glances with the rest of my fellow hip Plateau commuters, who, no doubt, also noticed what was going on.

[teh b0lly!!1]

culinary hipsters

[The exploding boy]

No it's jsut being a foodie. You can't seriously say you enjoy bananas (and by extension food) if you peel it from the stem. Doing it publicly is a culinary faux-pas.

[Trotskilicious]

this is why i like TEB

[teh b0lly!!1]

billy should write a new angry protest song about the holier than thou food elitists

cherub rock can now be literal. oh the options bill

[ohnoitsbonnie]

Originally Posted by scottytheoneand

Yes.

All Cavendish bananas are clones and therefore have no genetic diversity to resist pests. Problem is that most don't hold up well to travel. The Cavendish can be picked green in the Tropics and ripen at the right time for sale in Northern markets. None of the other cultivars are suited to that supply chain. Those that are close don't have nearly the sweet taste and creamy texture.

there are other cultivars suitable for production in the same way. Relax. Where are you getting your info from besides sensationalist media

[ohnoitsbonnie]

Originally Posted by scottytheoneand

supposedly the Gros Michel was sweeter and tastier, but it's extinct now.

Except it's not. Yeah, sensationalist media.

You know what is really a shame is the apple cultivars that aren't lost,per se, but undocumented, still growing and being cut down and dying without anyone caring about their genes. Because let's face it, apples are the most boring fruit

[Cool As Ice Cream]

i'm a stem peeler. i'm not going to change that. i don't care what other people think. and it works fine for me.

until this thread, i had no idea there even was a different way to peel a banana.

[ohnoitsbonnie]

There's no right way to eat a banana, and I'm doubtful that all other primates peel the fruit in a certain way. My rats' species is very successful- arguably as successful as humans have been- yet they don't even peel bananas. I gave Tie and Ralph a whole banana today and they shredded the peel from the center.

[ohnoitsbonnie]

Originally Posted by Cool As Ice Cream

i'm a stem peeler. i'm not going to change that. i don't care what other people think. and it works fine for me.

until this thread, i had no idea there even was a different way to peel a banana.

People are just being contrary and saying things oft repeated that they think makes them sound interesting

[ohnoitsbonnie]

Ever and I had some fun harvesting bananas together.

My favorite bananas easily found at markets are those red ones and those little ones. The large yellow ones are a little boring but still pleasant. Over in Australia, a culivar from the Pome subgroup is sold with Cavendish subgroup but I forgot if they're cheaper or the same price or what

[teh b0lly!!1]

Originally Posted by Cool As Ice Cream

i'm a stem peeler. i'm not going to change that. i don't care what other people think. and it works fine for me.

this sounds like a euphemism for jerking off

[Trotskilicious]

honestly i thought it was a joke

[Cool As Ice Cream]

STEM PEELERS, UNITE!

[Shallowed]

I was born a stem peeler, I'll die a stem peeler

[LaBelle]

[ilikeplanets]

[ilikeplanets]

i peel from the stem, since that's up for discussion