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Default Keeping cut bananas fresh

In article >,
Mr. Bill > wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 13:05:03 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> > wrote:
>
> >Freezing will make them mushy. Just buy ones that aren't yet super-
> >ripe and douse with a spritz of lemon juice.

>
> I like to use orange juice instead of lemon juice. OJ makes the
> bananas taste sweeter...got that hint from Rose Beranbaum Pie and
> Pastry Bible. She uses that for her Banana Crème Pie and the results
> are amazing. Beautiful bananas and the orange overtones of the juice.
>

When I make fruit salad, I cut some oranges into wedges. I cut the
fruit off the rind and then cut the fruit into pieces. That leaves a
little orange flesh still on the rind. I squeeze those into the
finished fruit salad and carefully toss. That keeps the other fruit
from browning.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA