Yes, purely objective comment… but bananas would absolutely be one of the most versatile foods in the world.
I had to live through a banana famine to figure this out. That’s right – a banana famine. In March 2006, several major cyclones swept through northern Australia – where 95% of Australia’s bananas were grown. In just a few weeks bananas were the equivalent of USD 12 p/lb.
A simple loaf of banana bread – a favorite of mine – became too costly of an exercise… especially when my preferred recipe calls for 2 & 1/3 cups of mash bananas.
I read this great news article during the banana famine… it is the food that takes you cradle to grave. You can feed this potassium rich fruit to infants, and when you lose your teeth from all that processed sugars we eat… you can still down a banana easily. Bananas come in its own handy packaging, and to be perfectly frank the taste coming ‘up’ is about the same as going down (learnt that one when I used to get severely sea sick).
So yes, I’m a fan. I bake it, fry it and eat it as is. It goes as well with savory dishes (Hawaiian BBQ) as well as sweet (caramel fried bananas at Chinese restaurants).
Absolutely not a fruit to be under estimated.
So what prompted this out pouring of banana love? I baked one of my famous banana breads for work today. It was demolished within an hour.
