On Aug 3, 10:32*am, DanS.
> wrote:
> My daughter's marching band's picnic is Saturday. *I want to make a
> fresh fruit salad - as her section is assigned "fruit." *Last year, I
> seem to recall the bananas got mushy between the start of practice -
> 8am and the picnic at 8pm.
>
> It's just a bunch of fresh fruit cut up and mixed with peach pie fillng
> just before serving. *I'm sure the attendants won't want to cut my
> bananas for me as there will be over 1000 people at the picnic.
>
> How can I keep the bananas white and not mushy that long? *Not sure
> dipping in lemon juice will work.

To seal the bananas from the air, make banana-stuffed Jello, and have
the attendants add a scoop to each serving.

Else use dried banana slices.