"W" > wrote in message
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> What is the recommended way to remove the core from a very green banana
> plantain? I tried to just peel it off and that is impossible. I tried
> to
> cut around the skin, but that is very time consuming.

at first I thought this was going to be along the lines of the old joke: I
hate bananas - once you peel them and throw away the bone, there's nothing
to them.