On 21 Apr 2013 10:46:27 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2013-04-21, sf > wrote:
>
>> Dave doesn't use banana liqueur, says it ruins the dish.
>
>Dave! You musta done it wrong. Banana liqueur is essential and
>should not be left out. Perhaps a better brand of liqueur. I've made
>Bananas Foster several times and it always comes out excellent.

With all due respect to you & Mr. Brennan-- If you need the liqueur,
you're not using ripe enough bananas. . . IMNSHO.<g>

-snip-

>Bananas need not be green. Yellow with no black spots is best.
>

I don't mind the black spots as long as they are still firm. Green
bananas need liqueur.


>Hard to mess up this dish. First time we (ex GF) made it, we were a
>bit tippsy to begin with, yet it still came together flawlessly and
>easily. Use real vanilla ice cream, pure cane brown sugar, fresh
>ground cinnamon. Myer's rum is a good choice. DO NOT use one of
>those crappy flavored rums! (shudder)

I like the dark Meyers-- but I've used 'the Kraken' & nobody ever
complained. [bought it for the bottle- drank it for the flavor.]

Jim