http://www.democraticunderground.com/115719391Oh my.
But given that the antique hippie primitive posted this six weeks ago, one reasonably assumes the bananas aren't any good any more.
antiquie (635 posts) Mon Jan 7, 2013, 05:35 PM
Bananas: What to do with 100 pounds?
Two of our trees produced this year, easily 150 pounds of beautiful, organic bananas.
Almost all are ripe. Any suggestions and recipes for using and storing this much bounty?
after which a phograph of the antique hippie primitive bringing in a sheave of bananas
after which a photograph of dangling bananas
azurnoir (23,551 posts) Mon Jan 7, 2013, 05:39 PM
2. dehydration? banana chips are good
lot's of banana bread or..........
I've been watching moonshiners and they make this stuff called banana rum but I don't know if you want to go that roite albeit I think its legal as long as you don't sell it
OffWithTheirHeads (8,777 posts) Mon Jan 7, 2013, 06:01 PM
4. Get a Monkey?
Where do you live that you have a banana tree? Only place I've ever seen em is Costa Rica. They are beautiful!
antiquie (635 posts) Mon Jan 7, 2013, 06:08 PM
8. Southern California grows beautiful banana trees. Most are decorative, ours are the real deal.
patricia92243 (7,287 posts) Mon Jan 7, 2013, 06:02 PM
5. I freeze mine - peel and all. When I defrost them,.they are soggy - just right to make banana bread
antiquie (635 posts) Mon Jan 7, 2013, 06:08 PM
9. Good for some of them but I don't have enough room for this many, even peeled and squished.
gkhouston (21,642 posts) Tue Jan 15, 2013, 04:14 PM
53. Ugh. I hate unpeeling a frozen banana. I peel them first, trim away bruises, and cut them into 2-3 inch sections. They were supposed to be for smoothies. The first time I did this, my daughter ate them all for snacks before we could make any smoothies.
The primitives offer lots and lots of suggestions, along with links to youtube videos.
And then Ugly shows up.
Warpy (67,047 posts) Mon Jan 7, 2013, 09:18 PM
33. They're 300 calories apiece of potassium packed goodness if they're the big Cavendish bananas.
However, even if they're the tiny varietals, they're still full of good nutrition.
Try calling a food bank. I know the main thing I missed on a poverty diet was fresh fruit. The closest I got was a splurge on a jar of applesauce once in a blue moon.
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guardian (1,988 posts) Fri Feb 15, 2013, 02:50 PM
59. follow up?
So what did you end up doing? Just curious.
antiquie (635 posts) Fri Feb 15, 2013, 04:23 PM
60. Approximately one gallon frozen smashed into one cup baggies.
The bananas on the second tree have not ripened yet and, unlike the first tree, the bananas have not broken the tree with their weight.
We gave away until that became impractical and peeled, smashed and baggied the remainder. It is convenient to reach in and grab a bag or two and make no mess banana bread or add to a smoothie. Life has used some of my excess energy so I confess to not making anything create as yet.
