Check out the goodness that is one banana:
Man, that’s some good stuff. I really need more bananas, less Corn Pops. I was also relieved to find that they are not going extinct. Did you know bananas are herbs? The organic food store near us sells baby bananas. I haven’t tried one yet, but I think I’ll get a bunch next time I’m there.
(Blame mefi).
12 responses to “I can spell banana, but I don’t know when to stop.”
The choice banana variety has already gone extinct once already, which is why we use Cavendishes now (they are supposed to be quite a bit inferior to the old ones.) There’s some disagreement over how likely it is to happen to the Cavendish, but if it does, there aren’t a lot of choices left among the other 299 varieties that are suitable for growing en masse for global export.
Some of them apparently taste a hell of a lot better than Cavendishes, but are just too delicate to make the trip. Makes me want to visit Brazil..
There’s a lot of work going on to produce new varieties for both genetic diversity and novelty.
a banana a day. i’ve done it for years. mmmm mm good. for me.
I wonder what percentage of the RDA of magnesium bananas provide? After all, that’s one thing they’re kind of known for in the circles I travel in.
8%, apparently, according to the ods od nih. Looks like nuts (or, uh, some halibut) is the best bet there.
Total fat 0 g? how can that be
Precision, probably. I see a couple of pages suggesting 0.1-0.3 g fat. It’s just a big yellow carb stick! It’s the anti-butter!
Those mini-banana
nanananagkfsduithings are really tasty. They’re also the only kind of sweet ones available in Vanuatu. If you’re feeling really adventurous, though, try oven-roasting plantains with a slightly savoury seasoning. YUMMMMMM.OMG — 11% daily potassium. You mean, I have to eat ten of these yellow phalluses to get 100% of my daily potassium, every day?
If I hate that many a day, I don’t know if I’d want to be alive for very long. Yow.
That’s nothing — you’d have to eat 20 or so just to get your daily calorie intake up to a decent range!
does it have an ingredient list too?
“Na, ba.”