Chiquita Banana Was Wrong (Page 3): OK so here is a real tip for all that eat bananas...Check the link I'm providing for a "banana bag". When you get home put your green bananas in...

pwrxprt Loc: Beaumont, California

OK so here is a real tip for all that eat bananas...Check the link I'm providing for a "banana bag". When you get home put your green bananas in this bag and they'll keep for nearly two weeks. I know when someone told me this I told them they were full of rubbish. I bought one and lo and behold, but it works. The banana will turn ugly black on the outside but the banana itself is still firm on the inside. The bananas won't last forever, but you'll be amazed how much longer they'll last in the refrigerator, as I said as much as two weeks. It work so well, we now have two bags and we've given them away as holiday gifts. Family and friends are amazed as well as to how well they keep their bananas firm. Here's the link from Walmart, but I'm sure there lots of places that sell them.They work very well....check it out:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Banana-Bag-Set-of-2/988688756?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=14469&adid=22222222227348532388&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=431166970037&wl4=aud-430887228898:pla-1090384606712&wl5=9031372&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=125215831&wl11=online&wl12=988688756&veh=sem&gclid=CjwKCAjwkPX0BRBKEiwA7THxiIc0m3viJNDQKLTdnUZWPHXvUwsghaFXUqm74TovT6ONo22ggyFgKhoCMUYQAvD_BwE
Good luck and stay safe.

Hennes8 Loc: Fairfax, VA

That is how bananas were originally shipped to the States, on refrigerated ships.Read “Banana the fate of the fruit that changed the world” by Dan Koeppel.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

My Stop-n-Rob a block away has bananas most days. I make a daily trip there to get my drinks and snacks and I usually get a couple of bananas when I do. In the past I have used the refrigerator trick.

paulrph1 Loc: Washington, Utah

markngolf wrote:

I really dislike very or over ripe bananas. I like... (show quote)

Solution for over ripe bananas? My wife makes banana smoothies.

Stephan G

paulrph1 wrote:

Solution for over ripe bananas? My wife makes banana smoothies.

Also can be used in making banana/banana-nut breads.

BBurns Loc: South Bay, California

markngolf wrote:

I really dislike very or over ripe bananas......Mark

I lived in Jamaica for almost 9 years. I've seen stalks with 12 finger hands.
It took 5 years before I could eat bananas over here again.
Once you have had them tree ripened it is a very different experience.

Yes, you can hold them in the fridge.

Here is another trick, they will tend to ripen slower if you break the hand apart when first get them.
Leaving them all connected, they tend to ripen all at once.

The ones that get over ripe make good banana bread.
More bananas make the bread more moist.

hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA

BillO wrote:

I prefer the firmer ones myself.
I buy bunches of bananas...banana bread when they get too ripe.

hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA

choose one with a little green in the stem, all yellow, no spots.

Stephan G

BBurns wrote:

I lived in Jamaica for almost 9 years. I've seen stalks with 12 finger hands.
It took 5 years before I could eat bananas over here again.
Once you have had them tree ripened it is a very different experience.

Yes, you can hold them in the fridge.

Here is another trick, they will tend to ripen slower if you break the hand apart when first get them.
Leaving them all connected, they tend to ripen all at once.

I have found many freshly pulled fruits and nuts to be best when just pulled at their ripe state "on the vine".
For example, peanuts within a day they were pulled.

2Dragons Loc: The Back of Beyond

I've put bananas in the fridge for years. I do not like ripe bananas so I buy them with a slight tinge of green at their stem end and put them in the fridge. Always have a good tasting (at least to me) banana.

Sendai5355 Loc: On the banks of the Pedernales River, Texas

I read somewhere that bananas should not be placed in the fridge.

Dannj

2Dragons wrote:

I've put bananas in the fridge for years. I do not like ripe bananas so I buy them with a slight tinge of green at their stem end and put them in the fridge. Always have a good tasting (at least to me) banana.

I can see for a few days but for years?

2Dragons Loc: The Back of Beyond

Dannj wrote:

I can see for a few days but for years?

Ha, Ha! I was waiting for that one.

Dannj

2Dragons wrote:

Ha, Ha! I was waiting for that one.

Couldn’t resist😊

Stephan G

For chuckles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssToDoQ88Rs

Chiquitita

Just checked the label. "Chiquita Banana -- Guatemala"