Is this a sign of the apopadopalyspe (as Hick calls it)? What is going on with bananas these days? I have never seen such a sight in all my years of buying and eating bananas.
Several days ago I bought these bananas at 10Box. I buy them there all the time. They have good bananas. The ones from Save A Lot are sometimes WOODY, and a couple times I got fruit flies from there. The bananas at Country Mart are often a bit too ripe by the time I get there on Thursdays. Anyhoo... I've never had a problem with 10Box bananas. Until now.
That's what I'd call a banana split, heh, heh! And not the good kind with chocolate, strawberry, pineapple, whipped cream, nuts, and a cherry.
This banana was fine when I picked it out in the store on Wednesday. It was on a bunch of five. All were fine. Mostly yellow, with a slight green tinge. The kind I always pick out. I bagged them myself, with only another bunch of slightly larger bananas for Hick. They went straight from the store to T-Hoe's rear, then had a 10-minute ride home, where Hick carried them inside and set them in the glass bowl on the kitchen counter.
Thursday I looked at that bunch of five bananas, and peeled off the one that looked most yellow. The other four were fine. Friday, I did the same. All bananas were fine. Saturday, when I picked up that bunch, THIS BANANA had a big split down the side! What in the Not-Heaven??? Hick had been picking from his own bunch of bananas. Can't blame him (for once)! I didn't try to eat this banana. I tossed it off the back porch and had another.
Sunday, I went to get the one remaining banana from this bunch. It had a tiny split, about an inch long. I peeled it and ate it anyway, cutting out a small light-brown sliver that was under the beginning of the split. Hick's bananas all look fine.
I've never seen this. Bruises, yes. Bananas that are hard like a tree limb. Bruises. But not a split. Other than that, these bananas were perfectly normal in appearance and taste.
The Universe MOCKS me!
Occasionally, I get the split ones, but not so often. One time, I bought five perfect bananas, not a blemish on either. I peeled back one banana. I was horrified to see what appeared to be apple seeds coming out of the banana, maybe six. I threw it out and all five had the same 'seeds.' I was horrified, not knowing if the things were growing out, burrowing in, animal, or not. I have called all over the country and cannot find out what they were. If I had not gotten the out of the house in my horror, I might know. Bananas are not what they were,
ReplyDeleteEEEEE!!! That is a horror story! My bananas were also perfect, without a blemish. Then split after sitting around a couple days. I have never had a banana do that before.
DeleteTricky bananas hiding their faults from you!!
ReplyDeleteI will never trust a banana again!
DeleteI've seen bananas like that and have no idea why they would split. I don't often buy bananas these days, because they are too green and even the ripe looking ones are either too ripe or still hard and crunchy somehow. I'm going to start looking for "Lady Fingers" bananas again, they are consistently ripe and sweet, but not always available.
ReplyDeleteI hate those crunchy bananas! They look just like regular bananas, a little green, like the ones that ripen normally. But they are like WOOD! Gotta throw those out. I've only gotten them at Save A Lot over in Sis-Town. I won't buy their bananas now. I hope you find some "Lady Fingers" to munch on!
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