"Osmium" > wrote in message
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> "Travis McGee" wrote:
>
>> The Cavendish is less desirable, more susceptible to other diseases, has
>> a tendency to bruise, doesn't ripen easily or last very long before
>> spoiling, and is "lamentably bland," as Mike Peed wrote in a 2011 piece
>> for the New Yorker.
>
> He nailed it, the banana is indeed lamentably bland. Why is it so
> popular? Because its easy to peel, even a child can do it.

has anyone here ever tasted a banana other than a Cavendish? Do they exist
in parts of the world? Inquiring taste buds want to know.