"Therese" == tlshell writes:

Therese It just occurred to me, that one could get a dehydrator
Therese and salvage the food in that way for later use. In this
Therese instance, banana chips make great snacks.

Therese On a more current note, a local 99 cent store has been
Therese selling bananas so green that they are inedible by hand
Therese for two weeks. I found that I can cook a green banana (in
Therese its skin) in the microwave and end up with something that
Therese tastes much like a baked potato. Cut off the ends before
Therese baking to prevent mini-explosions. For my oven, about 2
Therese minutes at slightly reduced power was plenty. Ripe
Therese bananas taste good too, they'll just be very sweet and
Therese lack the potato-ish texture.

In some places, they are done green as you have tried, as a
vegetable. My wife and I spent a couple weeks in Grenada (West
Indies), and this was quite common. I think they were more likely
boiled than microwaved, but the effect is indeed much like potatoes.

There are quite a few other, unfamiliar fruits there as well, many of
which we could sample from the yard where we were staying.

For what it's worth, green papaya is a common Thai dish as well, as a
sort of salad of crunchy, thin matchsticks. MMMmmm....Thai food...