On Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 9:12:13 AM UTC-10, taxed and spent wrote:
> "Osmium" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "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.

The banana of choice in Hawaii are apple bananas. A lot of people will grow them in their yards. I don't think very many people grow Cavendish bananas at home.