March 4, 2008 8:12 AM
Keeping bananas - great tip
A couple weeks ago I blogged some household tips from Tripp's Aunt Mary Jane. One of them stood out for me:
-Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.
I am very, very happy to report that my own kitchen research has proven that this works. It really, truly does - and I am looking forward to a brighter future with no black bananas :)
Bananas bought yellow from the store, separated upon arriving home and sitting on the counter for six days:
Certainly not as picturesque as a bunch - but definitely less frustrating than throwing out black bananas or making banana bread.
And, my goodness, sometimes this blog and what's on my mind seems so - as Sophia and Maddy would say - RANDOM.
I know, this
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I'll try that! Of course, with my kids putting away the groceries these days, I'm always having to pull the bananas out of the fridge... ;)
Posted by: Michelle Potter | March 4, 2008 9:35 AM
I tried it too! I don't know exactly why but that tip jumped at me when I read it. It might be the fact that we buy lots of bananas and then we end up making smoothies or something like that because they turn black after only a few days.
Well, after the next trip we took the the grocery store, I got home and cut them off the stem and I was pleasantly surprised to notice that we went thru the whole bunch and no soft or black bananas. Or banana bread.
This tip works!
Posted by: LadyLovas | March 4, 2008 10:04 AM
Also, if you separate bananas and then put them in the refrigerator, they will last a couple of weeks! What's even more amazing is that the skin will turn brown/black as usual, but if you peel the skin away, more often then not the banana is still fairly pristine!
Posted by: Amanda | March 4, 2008 10:09 AM
I love random post kinda blogs! Those are the most fun. ;) Thanks for the tip on bananas! A very useful tip, indeed!
Posted by: Kim | March 4, 2008 10:52 AM
This is really useful! My daughters go thru spurts of eating bananas, and invariably the time I buy plenty, they'd start to go black before they'd get eaten. This may give me more time...
Thanks!
Posted by: Rachel | March 4, 2008 11:08 AM
yes, random is what I was thinking!
blessings, Penny Raine
Posted by: Penny Raine | March 4, 2008 11:38 AM
Thanks for "kitchen testing" this idea for us!! I remember reading this tip on your blog awhile back and meaning to try it, but I didn't. I also ended up tossing two mushy bananas from the last bunch I bought. Next shopping day I'm definitely pulling the bunch apart.
You know, I think that the bowl of bananas is pretty! Already taken apart and displayed like that, they look very "user friendly", in a kind of, "Hey! Grab me for a snack!" sort of way.
Posted by: Cheryl (Copper's Wife) | March 4, 2008 2:36 PM
