what level of ripeness do you like to eat bananas?

[vash]

just had a chick flip out on me because i had a brown spot on my banana..WTF? brown isnt cool?

[masraum]

Just beginning to get brown spots is fine, lots of brown spots is too sweet and too squishy for my taste. I can also eat them with no brown and a tiny amount of green, but prefer them about half way in between green and brown.

[dd74]

Green to nearly covered in brown. If they turn to goo while in my grasp, I toss them.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by dd74

Green to nearly covered in brown. If they turn to goo while in my grasp, I toss them.

That is pretty much it.

I really pefer them on the ripe side.

[Heel n Toe]

What masraum said.

Originally Posted by vash

just had a chick flip out on me because i had a brown spot on my banana..WTF? brown isnt cool?

On the peel or the edible part? I imagine you meant the latter.

That's a typical chick reaction to something like that... "ewwwwwwwww, gross."

It may also be why they live longer than we do.

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by masraum

Just beginning to get brown spots is fine, lots of brown spots is too sweet and too squishy for my taste.

Yep

[TSNAPCRACKLEPOP]

just read up on this because i eat so many for the potassium value. no i read that as they ripen, it increases the amount of dextrose and fructose sugars, of which the fructose (as in high fructose corn syrup, HFCS) levels go up, which contributes to joint pain. I am switching to kiwi and cantalope, which contain about 1/3 the fructose sugars.

[peppy]

I tried putting them in the cooler in the restaurant to extend shelf life....it works but they turn black and customers freak out. They taste fine and are not squishy they just look like they are rotten.

The ripe ones make the best milkshakes.

My wife freaks about a spot on a banana.

I like the ones you get in the tropics that are tree ripened.

[rattlsnak]

all yellow with tiny amounts of green being ok, but no brown... ewwwww.

[Heel n Toe]

Originally Posted by peppy

I tried putting them in the cooler in the restaurant to extend shelf life....it works but they turn black and customers freak out. They taste fine and are not squishy they just look like they are rotten.

That's what I do at home after they begin to turn a bit cuz Miz Toe won't eat them once there is a certain spotty look to the peel.

After putting them in the fridge, they last a good bit longer. I imagine they'd last even longer if we put them in as soon as we bought them... but the peels would turn dark sooner, too.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by vash

just had a chick flip out on me because i had a brown spot on my banana..WTF?

They have shots for that...

[gr8fl4porsche]

Just had a banana for lunch.

If they don't have a little green on them then they're already too ripe for me.

[Seahawk]

Banana bread.

[vash]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

They have shots for that...

hahahahah

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Banana bread.

Where over-ripe bananas go to die. Mmmmm.

[KevinP73]

Does this thread come in man sizes?

[masraum]

Originally Posted by KevinP73

Does this thread come in man sizes?

Why yes, yes it does!

[scottmandue]

[legion]

I agree with DD74, though I prefer a few brown spots so that they are sweet. Any green and they are a little tart for my liking (but I will still eat them). All brown and they go in the freezer for a future loaf of banana bread.

[targa911S]

I had a dozen banana trees when I lived in FL. They were little ones but sugar sweet. when they would fruit we made banana everything. I like em every way but green, Love em fried. Plantains are great too especially fried with brown sugar.and a little whipped cream.