On 6/12/2015 6:12 AM, 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.
>
>
We have a few types here. I'm about to head off to the Sunday Market and
buy a swag of locally grown Ducasse bananas. Also can get Ladyfingers
but we prefer the Ducasse over them all.

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Xeno