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Who would have thought compromising genetic diversity might lead to problems downstream . . .
by 6LLvveMx2koXfwn 3y ago
Who would have thought compromising genetic diversity might lead to problems downstream . . .
- ajsnigrutin 3y agoThis surely never happened before, that's why artificial banana flavourings taste exactly the same as banans we get in stores today!
- ToucanLoucan 3y agoKnowing history doesn't let you not repeat it, it just shows you the flat circle the vast majority of society runs on, making the exact same fucking mistakes over and over again.
- mnw21cam 3y agoExperience is what allows you to recognise a mistake the second time you make it.
- pxx 3y agoThis is a myth. The causal effect does not go that way. There is little evidence that artificial banana flavors were developed in a way to mimic older cultivars of banana. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140829-the-secrets-of-fake-flavours https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140829-the-secrets-of-f...
- Toutouxc 3y agoThe article doesn't really dispel the myth, just shuffles the causality around. To me it sounds like it's still true that artificial banana tastes different that what we can get now.
- nonethewiser 3y ago> To me it sounds like it's still true that artificial banana tastes different that what we can get now. But that's not whats being claimed. He's rebutting the claim (which the original commenter may or may not have implied) that artificial banana flavor is like the old banana's that dont exist anymore. He, nor anyone here, is saying artificial banana tastes like real banana. And if someone like that shows up lets get them.
- InSteady 3y agoI have tasted unusual varietals of banana, mostly from SE Asian supermarkets, that taste very close to artificial banana when they are super-ripe. I have a sense for it too, because artificial banana used to be my favorite candy/popsicle flavor as a child. Full disclosure though, I probably haven't tasted artificial banana in at least a decade.
- Toutouxc 3y agoThat's an interesting detail about the bananas, I've always found artificial "banana" flavourings too strong, too "artificial" and I vastly prefer the taste of a slightly green banana (as you can buy it in Europe). Apparently the artificial flavourings are actually closer to what the OG bananas tasted like.
- Kluggy 3y agoI only eat slightly green bananas. They're readily available everywhere in the US, so it's not a strictly Europe thing.
- Toutouxc 3y agoOh, I’m sure it isn’t. I just wanted to emphasize that I’m in Europe (central) and what they sell as bananas here may not be the exact same thing as somewhere where you can eat them fresh.
- InSteady 3y agoGreen bananas have a nice balance of resistant starch and prebiotic fiber. They're great for your colon!
- lloeki 3y agoAt some point I grew deeply disgusted of the flavour because of a chemistry bench experiment in school where we made the isoamyl acetate ester, which is basically what most would describe as the archetypal banana flavour... except that when you have a whole classroom of people doing that it gets extremely strong! Took me close to a decade to enjoy bananas again. I still don't like bananas or pears that are too ripe, mostly because they become too sugary for my taste, but also because of the stronger flavour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoamyl_acetate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoamyl_acetate