I prefer them to still be a bit green, and starting to yellow.
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Absolutly none. Can’t stand bananas. Need to wash my hands after peeling them for my kids when they were young.
Think it’s the weird texture.
And also the awful flavour.I personally prefer a 9 or 10, and would rather an 11 than an 8
9 to 14
Correct.
9 ± 2, 3 if I’m hungry.
Wait for a 16.<BR> Take a metal straw.<BR> Punch through.<BR> Drink the goodness inside.<BR> Pro tip: If it doesn’t flow well knead it a bit.
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Oh nice! Mine is 4 or 5. 3 or 6-9 is acceptable, 10 if I’m starving, >11 if I’m about to die; otherwise it’s being composted. *Sometimes I put ‘overripe’ bananas in the freezer to make banana bread in the future, but I stopped doing this because I don’t like kidding myself.
Love this. Although, tbh the first 5 could be from the same bunch!
8-10 for me. When they’re green at all they taste weird and are too firm, but to each their own I guess.
8 to 10 is ideal. Below 5 or 6 is not ripe. Above 10 is banana bread territory.
1-7 would be ideal banana. 8 is ok ish. 9 and 10 would have to be really pushing it. Anything beyond 10 is only useful for getting mashed up to cook banana bread or pancakes with.
lol, I was just thinking that I’d happily eat anything 9+, but 8 is still okayish.
I prefer a very ripe banana, though uncooked makes my mouth itchy and I get violent heartburn… I’m allergic to cross pollination in bananas, so I can only eat them cooked.
Holy cow that sounds rough. I used to eat Kiwis with my grandma when I was a kid (42 now) and I recently grabbed one at the store. I’m pretty sure I’m allergic to it, I don’t remember it being that tingly and mouth numbing lol.
Allergies can develop/worsen over time, so maybe it’s worse now after not having eaten them. As a kid, I always hated eating apples and bananas. I figured it was because they were healthy and you’re not really supposed to like eating them lol
Got any good recipes for cooked bannannas you could share?
Banana bread is the classic. Fried plantains are also excellent. Unfortunately, most methods of destroying the pollen enzymes also make the banana mush, so there’s not much you can use it in. Throwing the cooked banana into smoothies/milkshakes is good.
For eating, when they have significant brown spots on them. For baking or banana-yoghurt when they are completely brown.
Also obligatory: How Brown has a banana to be, to be Bad?Barely no longer green
This is the correct answer!
All you “Extra ripe” mofos terrify me,
Isn’t it like eating sweet gooey, undercooked eggs or something…
gag
yellow for eating directly, brown for banana bread.
Yellow with freckles. Green is too starchy and weird tasting to me. I like a ripe banana.
I prefer mine with freckles.
I think they’re a bit tangy when green and don’t like them that way. I prefer full on yellow, perhaps with a smidge of browning.
Damn right. Maybe with a smidge of peanut butter.
I get that. I like the tang, they’re a bit too sweet for me when they’re too ripe.
Same here. Also, the greener the banana is, the more resistant starch it has, which is good for your microbiome
Very under ripe. I like how it tastes likes shit and leaves that weird coating on your tongue that is hard to get rid of. Refreshing.
Between no Green and no brown. So that narrows it down to about 15 minutes. I prefer a bit of brown to a bit of Green
Love a 50/50 green yellow banana. When they have a good snap and that green taste? Yummm
Yellowish green. Fiber, sweetness and not a choking hazard.
Five, six, or seven. I’ll go to eight, to not waste the banana. I’ll eat four on cereal. I’d never eat one, two, or three.
still be a bit green, and starting to yellow.
Same. Bananas, avocados, and artichokes all get this weird but similar taste when they get ripe beyond the point I can enjoy them. Idk what it is exactly or even how to describe the taste, but some people seem to either not notice a difference or actively be seeking it out.
Most ready made guacamole always seems to have that same flavor. Honestly not sure if there’s even a name for it, but it almost makes me gag.
