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Bananas are cheap enough that many of us can afford a 2x or 3x cost increase easier than with other fruits. What's so bad about banana seeds? Are they hard li
by mathattack 13y ago
Bananas are cheap enough that many of us can afford a 2x or 3x cost increase easier than with other fruits.
What's so bad about banana seeds? Are they hard like in grapes?
- jurjenh 13y agoThey look much more like passionfruit, but with more solid fleshy material. I think the seeds are hard and inedible, but haven't ever seen them in real life... Also the cultivated ones have been developed specifically for their transportability and shelf life, with the taste as a lower priority. Hmmm... wonder what those Gros Michel taste like? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana
- mathattack 13y agoMaybe we all go to plantains, or that out too?
- kbutler 13y agoI was surprised the first time I bit into a banana and it went crunch. That particular variety had seeds about the size and hardness of cherry pits, but not as spherical, and several per bite. It was still edible, but not particularly enjoyable to me. Plantains are also not a good banana substitute - they are much more starchy than bananas. Think halfway between banana and potato (though I probably haven't let them ripen enough - probably need to wait until the skin is black...)