A bit about bananas / myLot

India

February 19, 2023 1:12am CST

Bananas are a staple food in our household They are taken after every meal. We have choices and our choice is Kadoli - some call them butter bananas which have a thin skin and remain fresh for a few days. There are several other varieties and we have grown them in our property - some of them are kavandish, nendra, thick skinned and vegetable bananas. Kavandish are green in colour even when they are ripe The trees are small and the bunch sometimes grows bigger than the size of the tree and so farmers dig a pit for the bunch to stay in place. Nendra are those bananas that are used to make banana chips when they are unripe. I have been successful in making chips, They are easy to make - thinner the better. The best way to buy bananas is to get them when they are still green. What you see in the photo were green yesterday and they will be ready for consumption tomorrow. For more on bananas you can visit the following link https://nhb.gov.in/report_files/banana/BANANA.htm#:~:text=Important%20cultivars%20include%20Dwarf%20Cavendish,Karthali%20and%20Grand%20Naine%20etc.

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MasGion

@MasGion (1832)

• Malang, Indonesia

19 Feb 23

Many kind of bananas in tropical country, like my country. Sometimes I take banana from my garden, but when we don't have, we buy in market when still green

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@allknowing (137938)

• India

19 Feb 23

You seem to know how to buy bananas

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MasGion

@MasGion (1832)

• Malang, Indonesia

19 Feb 23

@allknowing yeah I did

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Fleur

@Fleura (30541)

• United Kingdom

19 Feb 23

I love bananas, I eat one just about every day. I used to eat more but then I found I had very low blood pressure and I thought that might be the cause, so I cut back and the issue went away.

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@allknowing (137938)

• India

19 Feb 23

I eat them after every meal and still take BP tablets

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (90523)

• Arvada, Colorado

19 Feb 23

I believe bananas are a divine fruit.

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@allknowing (137938)

• India

19 Feb 23

They are loaded with health properties, specially potassium that is good for the heart.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (90523)

• Arvada, Colorado

20 Feb 23

@allknowing Yes they are tasting lovely too.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (140068)

• Roseburg, Oregon

19 Feb 23

I always buy green bananas and let them ripe before we eat them.

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@allknowing (137938)

• India

19 Feb 23

I thought I only I knew the trick

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472121)

• Switzerland

19 Feb 23

We picked up fresh bananas from the tree when we stayed on the Cayman Islands. There they have those small bananas with a thin skin. Here we get what we get, usually the bananas are still firm but never sold green.

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@allknowing (137938)

• India

19 Feb 23

We get the green and the green are a bit more expensive

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472121)

• Switzerland

19 Feb 23

@allknowing - I imagine the stores do not put on the shelves those still green. They have all interest to sell those that are almost ready to eat.