"Xeno" > wrote in message
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> 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.


how do they differ in taste?