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I can spell banana, but I don’t know when to stop.

Check out the goodness that is one banana:

Man, that’s some good stuff. I really need more bananas, less Corn Pops. I was also relieved to find that they are not going extinct. Did you know bananas are herbs? The organic food store near us sells baby bananas. I haven’t tried one yet, but I think I’ll get a bunch next time I’m there.

(Blame mefi).

Comments 12

  1. Rich wrote: Posted 01 Jan 2001 at 12:00 am
  2. scromp wrote:

    The choice banana variety has already gone extinct once already, which is why we use Cavendishes now (they are supposed to be quite a bit inferior to the old ones.) There’s some disagreement over how likely it is to happen to the Cavendish, but if it does, there aren’t a lot of choices left among the other 299 varieties that are suitable for growing en masse for global export.

    Some of them apparently taste a hell of a lot better than Cavendishes, but are just too delicate to make the trip. Makes me want to visit Brazil..

    There’s a lot of work going on to produce new varieties for both genetic diversity and novelty.

    Posted 20 Sep 2005 at 2:04 pm
  3. sensitive_one wrote:

    a banana a day. i’ve done it for years. mmmm mm good. for me.

    Posted 20 Sep 2005 at 2:19 pm
  4. pne wrote:

    I wonder what percentage of the RDA of magnesium bananas provide? After all, that’s one thing they’re kind of known for in the circles I travel in.

    Posted 20 Sep 2005 at 3:03 pm
  5. Rich wrote:

    8%, apparently, according to the ods od nih. Looks like nuts (or, uh, some halibut) is the best bet there.

    Posted 20 Sep 2005 at 3:18 pm
  6. substitute wrote:

    Total fat 0 g? how can that be

    Posted 20 Sep 2005 at 3:44 pm
  7. Rich wrote:

    Precision, probably. I see a couple of pages suggesting 0.1-0.3 g fat. It’s just a big yellow carb stick! It’s the anti-butter!

    Posted 20 Sep 2005 at 4:21 pm
  8. gcrumb wrote:

    Those mini-bananananananagkfsdui things are really tasty. They’re also the only kind of sweet ones available in Vanuatu. If you’re feeling really adventurous, though, try oven-roasting plantains with a slightly savoury seasoning. YUMMMMMM.

    Posted 20 Sep 2005 at 7:28 pm
  9. dossy wrote:

    OMG — 11% daily potassium. You mean, I have to eat ten of these yellow phalluses to get 100% of my daily potassium, every day?

    If I hate that many a day, I don’t know if I’d want to be alive for very long. Yow.

    Posted 21 Sep 2005 at 1:34 am
  10. Rich wrote:

    That’s nothing — you’d have to eat 20 or so just to get your daily calorie intake up to a decent range!

    Posted 21 Sep 2005 at 10:15 am
  11. dsmouse wrote:

    does it have an ingredient list too?

    Posted 21 Sep 2005 at 11:49 am
  12. Rich wrote:

    “Na, ba.”

    Posted 21 Sep 2005 at 12:13 pm