Same when I visit the Far East, lots of varieties, and available actually ripe to eat (in the UK they are now all so under-ripe in stores that by the time they

Same when I visit the Far East, lots of varieties, and available actually ripe to eat (in the UK they are now all so under-ripe in stores that by the time they are ripened they've also started to rot. 20 years ago you could get bananas that were actually ripening, now you probably can't eat one without some "ugh, tastes under-ripe"). Only ever one variety of banana in the UK, with size and organic or not your only choices. I can't ever remember more than one banana variety, though they sure seem like a different single variety than I remember from my youth. Maybe that's just the awful ripeness issue. Most of the English apple varieties, with the more complex flavours, have gone too. Lots of "varieties" vast, shiny, tasteless balls of sugar from assorted overseas sources. They look more consistent, so easy for supermarkets to love. I hate supermarkets the more I've grown to love food.