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Default Banana slicer: essential tool or stupid idea?

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"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> > wrote
>
> > I meant that it was like the apple slicer in that you push device
> > through fruit. Although, when you think about it, banana slices
> > *want* to be slightly wedge-like: it's impossible to cut a banana
> > such that you end up with cylindrical slices, unless you don't mind
> > some wasted banana.
> >
> > Here's a picture of the kind of babana slicer I'm talking about:
> > http://www.togari.co.jp/lealea/sani/...r/banana-slice
> > r00.jpg
> > (Note that the package says that using the product is "Fun!")
> >
> > At the bottom it shows a diagram of someone about to remove the slices
> > after the deed is done. (With the accompanying stars, it looks to me
> > like a special disappearing banana slice magic trick is about to
> > commence.) I'm *almost*
> > tempted to spend the $2 to see if that part is as messy as I imagine.

>
> I was *far* more fascinated by Andy's magic banana. I know how bad
> that sounds. His mother would slice the banana Without Peeling It.
>
> Now, that was a woman to admire.
>
> nancy


I did that a few times to mess with my baby sister when I was a
teenager. :-) Needle and thread and a little care and patience.

The results are cool.

I'm 10 years older than she is.
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