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Default Slowing banana ripening?

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:45:18 GMT, "Paul M. Cook" >
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>"Goomba38" > wrote in message
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>> 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.

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>I consulted an expert on this, Chiquita Banana. This was her response:
>
>"I'm Chiquita banana and I've come to say - Bananas have to ripen in a
>certain way- When they are fleck'd with brown and have a golden hue -
>Bananas taste the best and are best for you - You can put them in a salad -
>You can put them in a pie-aye - Any way you want to eat them - It's
>impossible to beat them - But, bananas like the climate of the very, very
>tropical equator - So you should never put bananas in the refrigerator."
>
>There ya go.
>
>Paul
>


i hear chiquita banana was really a white lady from yonkers.

your pal,
blake