Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Bananas

[Alligatorob]

I really like bananas, but these genetic scientific people like to mess about with things, so if bananas suddenly became square and purple coloured, I'd tell them to shove then up their ----holes.

There are many species of bananas, you only see a few in stores.

There are naturally purple bananas.


And many different shapes of banana. Somewhere out there is probably a square purple one, without genetic engineering. We used to have triangular bananas in the yard. There were small and very sweet.

 

[timoc]

"Honestly, it's no drama, Rose just calls me 'Banamarama'".

 

[RadishRose]

One of the weirdest things I've ever seen!

 

[RadishRose]

Encore courtesy of Meanderer-

 

[RadishRose]

 

[Meanderer]

Courtesy of RadishRose

Greener coal from banana skins

 

[Pappy]

 

[Meanderer]

Frozen Irish Banana

 

[RadishRose]

Frozen Irish Banana

Oh my, I'll have one, please.
With the fresh nutmeg, not mine sitting in a small jar for the past 5 years.

 

[RadishRose]

 

[RadishRose]

 

[Meanderer]

30,000 LBS OF BANANAS - HARRY CHAPIN

 

[RadishRose]

 

[debodun]

Banana van!

 

[Nathan]

That's just bananas!

 

[RadishRose]

Who remembers The Banana Man?

Adolf Proper was the son of a Viennese textile manufacturer; he lefthome as a teenager to go into show business as a street performer, and changed his last name to "Robins", as he said, "Like Rubens, the painter."

• Born
  November 27, 1886 · Vienna, Austria
• Died
  December 18, 1950 · Bournemouth, Hants, England, UK (carcinoma of prostate)
• Birth name
  Adolf Proper
• Nicknames
  • The Walking Music Shop
  • The Banana Man
• Sam Levine (1915–1997) bought Proper's original props and gimmicks from Proper's estate, and performed as The Banana Man on Captain Kangaroo and The Ed Sullivan Show.
  
  References
• "A. Robins" imdb.com. Retrieved November 1, 2010. Note: states that Proper died in White Plains, New York
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• "The Talk of the Town: A Is For Adolph" The New Yorker. December 14 1935. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
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• "The Banana Man - The ORIGINAL Props!". Rhett Bryson. November 13, 2003.
  External links
  • The Banana Man - The History Note: states that Proper died in Bournemouth, England.
  • A. Robins — The Original Banana Man
  • Sam Levine as The Banana Man on Captain Kangaroo (YouTube)
  • A. Robins at IMDb
  
  
  
  
  
  

 

[Pink Biz]

 

[Meanderer]

 

[Meanderer]

Chiquita pineapple ‘upside down’ cake (recipe)

Homemade Thanksgiving Dessert with Chiquita Banana

 

[Meanderer]

 

[OneEyedDiva]

You're right! I didn't know most of these interesting facts. I did know #9 because I watched a doc about banana "harvesting" and shipping. Your post is a good thing to share, thank you.

 

[Ken N Tx]

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Frozen Irish Banana

If I drank, I’d be so loaded right now.
This is the kind of drink I’d like.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Oh my, I'll have one, please.
With the fresh nutmeg, not mine sitting in a small jar for the past 5 years.

I don’t have freshly ground nutmeg but I do have freshly ground cloves. There are clove balls enclosed on branched stems. It’s so nice in eggnog.

 

[Buckeye]

When I lived on the Big Island (Hawaii) I did grow my own bananas. They were called Apple Bananas, were a little smaller than what you get at the grocery store, and were supposedly sweeter. I couldn't tell the difference.

Only problem was that they all turned ripe at the same time. One old man can't keep up, so I set them on a table by the street, with a "free" sign and they would be gone that day.