On Mar 25, 5:37*pm, Goomba38 > wrote:
> Ken wrote:
> > Any tricks to slow down banana ripening? I bought a bunch of yellows
> > (that's all they had, no green ones) last Saturday and by Tuesday the
> > skins were covered with big brown splotches. I usually try to buy mostly
> > green bananas and they last for five or six days.
>
> It might be too late for this batch but you can put them in the
> refrigerator as they get to the point where you like them. It will
> darken the skin but the fruit remains fairly unaffected, albeit cold to
> eat out of hand.

I do that, and 20 seconds in the microwave makes the banana nearly
room temperature. Of course, I typically only slice them up onto my
cereal.

Cindy Hamilton