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Learnt from my grandmother to eat plenty bananas before bedtime. It helped with my asthma and swear too that it did wonders for my sleep. Usually had it with a
by desktopninja 2y ago
Learnt from my grandmother to eat plenty bananas before bedtime. It helped with my asthma and swear too that it did wonders for my sleep.
Usually had it with a hot curry at dinner time or dessert (sliced bananas, cubed apples and evaparoted milk.)
- ortusdux 2y agoI knew a guy that would eat a banana per beer. He would portion the bananas out beforehand, so we could tell he was serious when he showed up to a stag-do with two bunches!
- airstrike 2y agoAnecdotally, I always had much better sleep and mornings every time I remembered to eat a banana (or two!) before going to bed after a night of heavy drinking...
- throw03172019 2y agoOh man that’s a lot of bloat! Beer + sugar
- username135 2y agoThat is so many bananas
- desktopninja 2y agoi don't drink anymore but if offered i'd down without hesitation a wells banana bread beer or banana beer. tasty stuff
- TriangleEdge 2y agoBananas aren't high in potassium. That's a myth. A banana has 450mg and a potato has 650mg.
- rainclouds 2y agoSadly I don’t think French fries have the same effect.
- gweinberg 2y agoPotassium is a chemical element, frying it won't change the potassium level.
- pertymcpert 2y agoI don't know about the case of potassium specifically, but in general I thought that the bioavailability of elements can vary with different types of cooking?
- serf 2y agoyou can most definitely change the levels of components in a fried food. the oil gets 'dirty' from extended use in frying. Why is it dirty? It's not dirt, and it's not oil breakdown (in most cases). The oil is drawing components from the food into itself. Forget the frying for a second; most fries are parboiled or blanched -- this also leeches material away from the vegetable, this time it leaves with the water used for blanching. A french fry is delicious, but it's different than a potato -- even if it's made from one.
- bowsamic 2y agoWhy would something being an element mean that heating it as part of a food wouldn’t act as a catalyst for some chemical interaction?
- echoangle 2y agoThere would still be potassium in there, unless it’s pulled out by the frying oil. Elements can’t get lost in a chemical reaction. You can only change the molecule they’re part of, so it might not be processable by the human body, but the potassium isn’t going to disappear.
- markdown 2y agoWhat do you get out of evaporated milk that you can't get from milk?
- username135 2y agoIts either sweeter or creamier. I always get evaporated and condensed mixed up.
- mmikeff 2y agoI’ve mixed them up too and that was the worst Mac and Cheese I ever made!
- lostlogin 2y agoI once had mac and cheese where the usually-excellent cook mixed up the cheese sauce with the dessert custard. The surprising bit is how far you can get into a meal that looks right before you realise it really is not.
- OJFord 2y agoCondensed milk is evaporated milk + added sugar. I sometimes buy evaporated because it is a big time-saver, but never sweetened condensed because it's quick and easy to add sugar myself, and leaves me in control of how much relative to the other ingredients. Both are thicker, creamier, and even sweeter than milk - because even without the added sugar the natural sweetness of the milk is concentrated by the reduction, removing all that water.
- username135 2y agoGood to know, thanks.
- desktopninja 2y agotbh, really never look into it but according to my taste buds it pairs better than regular milk.
- Traubenfuchs 2y ago...plenty? That's at least more than 2 for me. Can you eat 3+ bananas in one sitting? Are we talking really small, average or big bananas?
- rbanffy 2y agoWhat it won't help with is mosquitos. They LOVE banana-flavored people. Learned it from first hand experience.
- desktopninja 2y agoI believe this too! My brother is not a fan bananas and barely registers mosquito bites. Me on the other hand am pursued mercilessly. Could also be we have different blood types but the immediate evidence we've seen is bananas :)
- rbanffy 2y agoThe trick is to offer bananas to everyone and refrain from eating. Then the mosquitos will prefer the other people and leave you for later.