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The taste. I've tried to like them. Had them in smoothies and banana bread, had the is savoury and sweet things. I even made myself eat one everyday while hiking cross country, thinking I'd learn to associate the taste which much needed energy. Nothing worked, they just taste like garbage smells. And the texture! Firm and soft each have their unique horrors.
I had a brazillian co-worker that brought in "real bananas" and it was a night and day difference. way more flavour.
"Real bananas"? Aren't they basically all the same strain of Cavendish?
Idk about Brazil but there's a lot of banana varieties that are regularly consumed around the world. There's Lakatan, Saba and Latundan in the Philippines for example, the Saba banana being really popular as a fried snack on a stick.
There are many varieties in the Philippines. They can usually be found in decent Philippino stores in California.
Yeah, but you should see the bananas at the indecent stores!
Hey now!
No. Here in colombia we've got dozens of varieties. The problem is they don't ship well so you can't generally get them far from where they grow.
I'm with you! The texture is a horror.
I completely agree. I revisit them every year or two to see if my tastes have changed, but I still gag when somebody peels a banana anywhere near me. It’s an automatic involuntary reaction. They are the only food I can think of that give me an immediate gag relfex.
For example, I can be sitting at one end of a train, and I can tell when someone on the opposite side of the train starts eating a banana. I have to put my face in my shirt to stop myself from puking. I wish I liked them, they’re so freaking healthy, but nope can’t do it.
Totally. The smell is awful, ive always associated it with smell of an ripe bag of garbage. I don't know if it's because bananas just smell bad, or because the smell of old banana peel in the trash is the scent that I notice the most, but it's not a good association.
I can’t stand bananas. Taste or texture. I can do artificial banana flavor but anything with real bananas is gross. I wish I liked them because they’re inexpensive and generally nutritious.
Have you tried fresh banana picked a minute ago ? the small savoury kind (about 10cm long), or the red creamy kind ? the banana world is wide
No, but if climate change keeps accelerating, I might be able to eat a home grown banana. Unless the gulf stream breaks of first, in which case I can heard reindeer.
Both are horrifying to think about.
Maybe a future classic dish will be banana reindeer