Chiquita Banana Was Wrong
Apr 20, 2020 08:10:03 #
I remember those commercials.
When I shop now, I buy a large bunch of bananas, but I have to finish them off quickly. It's funny how the taste changes along with the skin color. The aged ones make good banana bread.
When I shop now, I buy a large bunch of bananas, but I have to finish them off quickly. It's funny how the taste changes along with the skin color. The aged ones make good banana bread.
Apr 20, 2020 08:13:27 #
UTMike wrote:
At my age, Mark, I never buy green fruit (LOL - George Burns).
My wife filling in for a sick friend at her telemarketing job selling magazine subscriptions. She offered a one-year subscription to a man, and he said he had only six months to live. She paused and said, "How about a half-year subscription?" He laughed and agreed.
Apr 20, 2020 08:34:14 #
markngolf wrote:
Good idea! Maybe, instead of a photo contest, UHH can sponsor a Chiquita Banana song contest?
Might help those who are bored. I'm not one of them. You and others keep me hopping.
Mark
Might help those who are bored. I'm not one of them. You and others keep me hopping.
Mark
Maybe a photo contest based on the song and/or Carmen's hat?
Apr 20, 2020 09:46:25 #
foodie65 wrote:
Wasn't it Carmen Miranda who sang, "You should never put bananas in a refrigerator"???
No, it was Chiquita. They just looked alike a lot😊
Apr 20, 2020 09:47:54 #
Apr 20, 2020 10:23:56 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
foodie65 wrote:
Wasn't it Carmen Miranda who sang, "You should never put bananas in a refrigerator"???
Before my Mom passed on, her dementia progressed to the point that she couldn’t recognize any of her family members, even her own children. But she could remember and sing the complete Chiquita banana song for her visitors. Despite what the song says, Mom would put her bananas in the fridge so they would keep longer.
Stan
Apr 20, 2020 11:08:30 #
Apr 20, 2020 11:09:01 #
StanMac wrote:
Before my Mom passed on, her dementia progressed to the point that she couldn’t recognize any of her family members, even her own children. But she could remember and sing the complete Chiquita banana song for her visitors. Despite what the song says, Mom would put her bananas in the fridge so they would keep longer.
Stan
Stan
Good story, Stan. May she rest in peace.
Mark
Apr 20, 2020 11:09:06 #
Apr 20, 2020 11:11:22 #
Mark, I always keep bananas in the refrig. I have seen the them turn completely black outside, but when I peel them they are nice and firm inside.
Apr 20, 2020 11:17:26 #
Jim Plogger wrote:
Mark, I always keep bananas in the refrig. I have seen the them turn completely black outside, but when I peel them they are nice and firm inside.
Another iconoclast!!!
Thanks, Jim!
Mark
Apr 20, 2020 11:31:05 #
markngolf wrote:
I really dislike very or over ripe bananas. I like... (show quote)
The reason bananas are not refrigerated is not because it harms them but because they turn black. Black bananas do not sell. It is purely a marketing thing.
Apr 20, 2020 11:38:27 #
I like an occasional bananana but my wife likes to eat green banananas (not completely green, but greener than I like them). So she buys green banananas and they are gone before they get to the point where I like them. I am going to have to put some in the refrigerator sometime, behind all the quasi-food that fills it so she won't see them.
PS: In the long distant past (probably pre-history) I read somewhere that banananas are at the peak of their nutritional value when they just start to get those black spots. By that point they have lost some of their firmness, but not to the point that they are really wimpy.
PS: In the long distant past (probably pre-history) I read somewhere that banananas are at the peak of their nutritional value when they just start to get those black spots. By that point they have lost some of their firmness, but not to the point that they are really wimpy.
Apr 20, 2020 11:48:06 #
New Banana Song
I am Chiquita Banana and I'm very nice!
You can keep me fresh if you put me on ice.
Thaw me in the morning, a bit of heat will suffice,
And breakfast will never be a sacrifice!
Peel me once or you can peel me twice,
I'll always be a taste of Paradise!
I am Chiquita Banana and I'm very nice!
You can keep me fresh if you put me on ice.
Thaw me in the morning, a bit of heat will suffice,
And breakfast will never be a sacrifice!
Peel me once or you can peel me twice,
I'll always be a taste of Paradise!
Apr 20, 2020 11:50:01 #
jhkfly wrote:
New Banana Song
I am Chiquita Banana and I'm very nice!
You can keep me fresh if you put me on ice.
Thaw me in the morning, a bit of heat will suffice,
And breakfast will never be a sacrifice!
Peel me once or you can peel me twice,
I'll always be a taste of Paradise!
I am Chiquita Banana and I'm very nice!
You can keep me fresh if you put me on ice.
Thaw me in the morning, a bit of heat will suffice,
And breakfast will never be a sacrifice!
Peel me once or you can peel me twice,
I'll always be a taste of Paradise!
I’ll give it an 8. Catchy lyrics, easy to dance to😊
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