Banana's Riping turning from green to yellow

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So, almost 2 weeks ago, we bought some bananas... We buy a clump of bananas about twice a week. Well bought some to bring with us, while we were away from the house a week ago Monday, and they usually ripen right up in no time... I like it when my bananas are in between green and yellow, find the banana a little firmer, and tastes pretty good.

These bananas we bought for our time away, have been in the back of the truck in the cold weather, sat in the kitchen in a bowl right beside the wood stove, and put apples in the bowl with the bananas, which is supposed to help with ripening. They sat again in the back of the truck in the cold, and YES, they were still green... I have never seen bananas NOT ripen.

I have read today you can put them in the stove, or microwave to ripen them... Does anyone else have an idea on how to to ripen this clump of banana's they are still very much green, and hard, and impossible to peel...

Also while on the topic of the bananas, has anyone ate that little pick that is at the bottom of your banana, it tastes horrible. it's gross.

And how do you peel your banana to eat, do you peel from the top or the bottom? I now peel my banana from the bottom so I don't get that ugly tasting pick at the bottom of the banana...

Anyways, just curious about these things, Does anyone else have any thoughts...
 

There is a new variety available in this area that seems to stay green even when it is ripe.

Managing my personal banana supply chain is a constant frustration.

The thing that amazes me about bananas are how inexpensive they are considering how far they have to travel to get to my kitchen counter.
 

mike4lorie said:
So, almost 2 weeks ago, we bought some bananas... We buy a clump of bananas about twice a week. Well bought some to bring with us, while we were away from the house a week ago Monday, and they usually ripen right up in no time... I like it when my bananas are in between green and yellow, find the banana a little firmer, and tastes pretty good.

These bananas we bought for our time away, have been in the back of the truck in the cold weather, sat in the kitchen in a bowl right beside the wood stove, and put apples in the bowl with the bananas, which is supposed to help with ripening. They sat again in the back of the truck in the cold, and YES, they were still green... I have never seen bananas NOT ripen.

I have read today you can put them in the stove, or microwave to ripen them... Does anyone else have an idea on how to to ripen this clump of banana's they are still very much green, and hard, and impossible to peel...

Also while on the topic of the bananas, has anyone ate that little pick that is at the bottom of your banana, it tastes horrible. it's gross.

And how do you peel your banana to eat, do you peel from the top or the bottom? I now peel my banana from the bottom so I don't get that ugly tasting pick at the bottom of the banana...

Anyways, just curious about these things, Does anyone else have any thoughts...
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A few years ago I was in a large warehouse that belonged to a huge national grocery company here in Toronto (Loblaws ) . It had a large air tight room where they ripened bananas by the skid load. I was told that the room would have all the normal air pumped out of it, then it was filled with a special gaseous mixture that helped to ripen the fruit at a controlled rate, so that the fruit would arrive at the retail stores in a semi ripe condition. For your reluctant fruit...Perhaps put them in the sun next to a window in your home ? I cut the stem off with a knife, then slit the skin from top to bottom, then slice into my Bran Flakes with 10 percent cream. JIMB.
 
Aunt Bea said:
There is a new variety available in this area that seems to stay green even when it is ripe.

Managing my personal banana supply chain is a constant frustration.

The thing that amazes me about bananas are how inexpensive they are considering how far they have to travel to get to my kitchen counter.
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That is so true @Aunt Bea ... Here in Brockville, they are 59 cents a pound, never goes up, never goes down... I brought that up at a grocery store talking to the cashier... With everything going up in price, and I mean everything, bananas don't change, except when we went down east, they were 99 cents per pound.
 
debodun said:
Are you sure they're bananas and not plantains?
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@debodun got them off the shelve where the bananas were, and I don't think I ever heard of a plantains, going to have to google that...

Never heard of them, but after googling them, it almost describes these perfectly... going to give them a couple more days, and if not, then going to look up on how to cook them... Find that so strange...
 
mike4lorie said:
@debodun got them off the shelve where the bananas were, and I don't think I ever heard of a plantains, going to have to google that...

Never heard of them, but after googling them, it almost describes these perfectly... going to give them a couple more days, and if not, then going to look up on how to cook them... Find that so strange...
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My Wife, who grew up in The Bahamas, says you have plantains. Their skin is thicker, and they longer than the usual banana. JIMB.
 
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Aunt Bea said:
Managing my personal banana supply chain is a constant frustration.
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LOL Tell me about it. They are a mainstay for my vegan son and he likes them very ripe so they're getting a little stinky and I'm wanting to through them out just before he eats them. I can set out for Kroger, see a bunch of five when I leave the house, come home and they're all gone. If he eats a whole bunch in one day it usually means he's "fasting."

Plantains: According to an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, you should cook plantains. (He brought them by mistake. as a snack for the Little League game.}
 
debodun said:
Are you sure they're bananas and not plantains?
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Good call deb. I checked the bananas I just bought at Aldis because the seem unusually large. So far, I think I got bananas.
I like my bananas to be just turning yellow. Not too sweet unless for smoothies or cooking.
You can put them in the frig when they are the ripeness you want so they'll stay that way longer.
 
hearlady said:
Good call deb. I checked the bananas I just bought at Aldis because the seem unusually large. So far, I think I got bananas.
I like my bananas to be just turning yellow. Not too sweet unless for smoothies or cooking.
You can put them in the frig when they are the ripeness you want so they'll stay that way longer.
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The markets in this area stock the larger Cavendish bananas.

I prefer the smaller or what to me are normal size bananas that were common when I was growing up.

My mother’s mother used to serve banana slices in heavy cream with a sprinkle of sugar, I still enjoy them on those rare occasions when I happen to have leftover heavy cream.
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mike4lorie said:
@debodun got them off the shelve where the bananas were, and I don't think I ever heard of a plantains, going to have to google that...

Never heard of them, but after googling them, it almost describes these perfectly... going to give them a couple more days, and if not, then going to look up on how to cook them... Find that so strange...
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Peel them, slice them thick, in a pan with some butter, smash them a bit, fry on both sides. Salt and hot sauce.
 
Well, today, I looked at plantains at the store today, and whatever they are don't resemble the plantains there, but look like the bananas I bought today... So, now I am puzzled why in 2 weeks my bananas have not ripened yet...Going to microwave one tomorrow, and see what happens...
 

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