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

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

I took his "under ripe" to mean green, so I picked green that was just
barely starting to turn yellow. Big mistake.
>
> 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 have dark Meyer rum that I used and thought it was very good. No
complaints about the sauce at all. The part I didn't like was the
banana, which seemed fibrous and reminded me of a badly cooked
plantain. Remember, I've never eaten (or even seen) Banana's Foster -
so I had absolutely no idea what I was supposed to be emulating, just
guessing. I had no idea how long to cook the banana, so I added the
rum when it had some caramelisation on it. I didn't add any cinnamon,
but frankly - I don't think it needed any. I'll give this sauteed
banana thing another try in a day or two... or maybe even tonight.
Thanks.

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