I've been doing it all wrong!
By Teddy
@ThreeTeddies (2038)
United Kingdom
February 17, 2019 5:35pm CST
And probably most of you have too! I have always opened a banana from the stem end where it is attached to the tree but, idly looking through YouTube, I came across a video of a much better way to open a banana. Apparently, this is how monkeys open bananas - and they should know 'coz they eat a lot of 'em - you peel it from the opposite end to the stem!
You'd think that after millions of years of evolution, humans would have cracked the simple task of peeling a banana, but apparently not. The best way to do ...
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
18 Feb 19
@ThreeTeddies Don't you believe it. It's normally in those sort of areas that the most bat-sh*t crazy stuff is going on behind the drawn curtains!
I actually tried peeling a banana from the monkey end earlier. Didn't make a scrap of difference to peelability, amount of stringy stuff removed during peeling, holdability or taste! What the hell do monkeys know anyway?
@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb 19
@WorDazza If that's what people do in Manchester then go ahead!
Wouldn't happen in Morningside though (that's a very posh and snobby area of Edinburgh)
Wouldn't happen in Morningside though (that's a very posh and snobby area of Edinburgh)1 person likes this
@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
17 Feb 19
@LowRiderX At least they know how to open a banana efficiently!
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
17 Feb 19
@ThreeTeddies Efficiently or not,we also eat 
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@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb 19
@May2k8 Another way to do it is simply to break the banana in half. This doesn't work with over-ripe bananas though
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@allknowing (140786)
• India
18 Feb 19
We always do it - open it from the other end. You can hold the banana better that way
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@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb 19
@allknowing I'm beginning to think I'm the only one who didn't get the memo about this!
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@wolfgirl569 (111641)
• Marion, Ohio
18 Feb 19
I have heard that before. If I get a hard one to peel I often use the other end, but I mostly grab the stem and pull
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@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb 19
@wolfgirl569 You can also break a hard banana in half - that works fine
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@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
17 Feb 19
@paigea Am I the only one who didn't know this?
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@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb 19
@Shavkat Ah, the technologically advanced solution!
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I don't want to be stressed.
@JudyEv (346283)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb 19
@ThreeTeddies I do too. Then I think oh, I forgot to start the other end.
@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb 19
@JudyEv Ummmhhh - actually, I still do it the old way. You can't teach an old dog new tricks!
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@hillhjill (23788)
• United States
18 Feb 19
I have seen that and still to this day I open it by the steam lol.
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@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb 19
@hillhjill So do I. At least it proves we aren't monkeys!
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@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
17 Feb 19
I knew how because there are plenty of bananas too in my country and we have a plant in our garden as well.
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@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
17 Feb 19
@janethwayne Do you eat the bananas from the plant in your garden?
@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb 19
@ARN4567 Who did your parents learn it from?
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@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
17 Feb 19
@didinedhia I would never have thought of that myself!
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
17 Feb 19
Well, I open banana like a monkey
... not like most of us.
... not like most of us.1 person likes this
@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
17 Feb 19
@ilocosboy You have obviously evolved beyond most people!
@arunima25 (88949)
• Bangalore, India
25 Feb 19
I do it the same way as these monkeys. . I never thought of it as a right or wrong way. I am used to it.
. I never thought of it as a right or wrong way. I am used to it.
