Bananas are practically a staple here. I rarely eat them, but dad loves
them

I stocked up this morning for $.49 per lb. Makes them a pretty cheap
food. Sis' gets them for the boys too.

I wonder what the average national price is for them?
--
Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

On Dec 30, 12:16*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> Bananas are practically a staple here. I rarely eat them, but dad loves
> them
>
> I stocked up this morning for $.49 per lb. Makes them a pretty cheap
> food. Sis' gets them for the boys too.
>
> I wonder what the average national price is for them?
> --
> Peace! Om
>
> "Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

In Fargo, North Dakota bananas have been $.59 lb for at least a year.
I have not seen even a temporary reduction on price. Still possibly
the most nutrition for the least money?
Lynn in Fargo
bananafan

On Dec 30, 1:16*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> Bananas are practically a staple here. I rarely eat them, but dad loves
> them
>
> I stocked up this morning for $.49 per lb. Makes them a pretty cheap
> food. Sis' gets them for the boys too.
>
> I wonder what the average national price is for them?

Round here they're 49 to 69 cents a pound mostly. Other than the
whole box of very ripe ones my friends got for $5 couple of days ago.
Banana bread, banana muffins, banana pancakes. Yum!

maxine in ri

Omelet wrote:
> Bananas are practically a staple here. I rarely eat them, but dad loves
> them
>
> I stocked up this morning for $.49 per lb. Makes them a pretty cheap
> food. Sis' gets them for the boys too.
>
> I wonder what the average national price is for them?

50 cents?

Omelet wrote:
> Bananas are practically a staple here. I rarely eat them, but dad loves
> them
>
> I stocked up this morning for $.49 per lb. Makes them a pretty cheap
> food. Sis' gets them for the boys too.
>
> I wonder what the average national price is for them?


Bananas are 69 cents per pound here these days, and they aren't great
bananas. I only buy a few at a time because they are either under ripe
or over ripe.

"Omelet" > wrote in message
news
> Bananas are practically a staple here. I rarely eat them, but dad
> loves
> them
>
> I stocked up this morning for $.49 per lb. Makes them a pretty cheap
> food. Sis' gets them for the boys too.
>
> I wonder what the average national price is for them?
> --
> Peace! Om
>
> "Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them
> humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

You folks need a Kwik Trip, a southern Minnesota-Wisconsin chain of
convenience store/gas stations. For several years bananas, potatoes,
onions, were all 29cents per pound. Apples, oranges, pears were
3/dollar. Recent price increase to 39, 1.29 respectively. Still
cheap. Milk is also cheap there, especially the stuff in the plastic
bags instead of jugs.

del

In article
>,
Lynn from Fargo > wrote:

> On Dec 30, 12:16*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> > Bananas are practically a staple here. I rarely eat them, but dad loves
> > them
> >
> > I stocked up this morning for $.49 per lb. Makes them a pretty cheap
> > food. Sis' gets them for the boys too.
> >
> > I wonder what the average national price is for them?
> > --
> > Peace! Om
> >
> > "Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity
> > cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama
>
> In Fargo, North Dakota bananas have been $.59 lb for at least a year.
> I have not seen even a temporary reduction on price. Still possibly
> the most nutrition for the least money?
> Lynn in Fargo
> bananafan

They are good stuff imho. I only avoid them due to the sugar, but they
do have their uses since I don't live alone.
--
Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

In article
>,
maxine in ri > wrote:

> On Dec 30, 1:16*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> > Bananas are practically a staple here. I rarely eat them, but dad loves
> > them
> >
> > I stocked up this morning for $.49 per lb. Makes them a pretty cheap
> > food. Sis' gets them for the boys too.
> >
> > I wonder what the average national price is for them?
>
> Round here they're 49 to 69 cents a pound mostly. Other than the
> whole box of very ripe ones my friends got for $5 couple of days ago.
> Banana bread, banana muffins, banana pancakes. Yum!
>
> maxine in ri

Many uses for them. :-)
--
Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

In article >,
"l, not -l" > wrote:

> On 30-Dec-2008, Omelet > wrote:
>
> > Bananas are practically a staple here. I rarely eat them, but dad loves
> > them
> >
> > I stocked up this morning for $.49 per lb. Makes them a pretty cheap
> > food. Sis' gets them for the boys too.
> >
> > I wonder what the average national price is for them?
> > --
> > Peace! Om
>
> 67-69¢ per pound is typical for Cavendish bananas here in STL; burro
> bananas, a tasty alternative, are around $1.89/lbs.

I did note this morning that the "organic" bananas were $.89.

I passed those up.
--
Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

In article >,
Dave Smith > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > Bananas are practically a staple here. I rarely eat them, but dad loves
> > them
> >
> > I stocked up this morning for $.49 per lb. Makes them a pretty cheap
> > food. Sis' gets them for the boys too.
> >
> > I wonder what the average national price is for them?
>
>
> Bananas are 69 cents per pound here these days, and they aren't great
> bananas. I only buy a few at a time because they are either under ripe
> or over ripe.

Under ripe should not be a problem. I won't purchase green ones but if
they are a clean yellow with a green stem, I'll go ahead and get those.

Unlike tomatoes, bowl ripened bananas seem to be good, at least to us.

YMMV as always. :-)
--
Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

Omelet > wrote in message
news
> Bananas are practically a staple here. I rarely eat them, but dad loves
> them
>
> I stocked up this morning for $.49 per lb. Makes them a pretty cheap
> food. Sis' gets them for the boys too.
>
> I wonder what the average national price is for them?
> --
> Peace! Om

Very good price. Have been $.69 around here for months - except the one or
two weeks they were on sale. I'm in northern New York state.

JonquilJan

Learn something new every day
As long as you are learning, you are living
When you stop learning, you start dying

Wondering about the price elsewhere of lemons and limes. On sale (???) here
this wek at 3 for $1.99.

I didn;t buy any.

JonquilJan

Learn something new every day
As long as you are learning, you are living
When you stop learning, you start dying

In article >,
"JonquilJan" > wrote:

> Wondering about the price elsewhere of lemons and limes. On sale (???) here
> this wek at 3 for $1.99.
>
> I didn;t buy any.
>
> JonquilJan
>

Lately, large lemons, 3 for $1.00. Limes vary from week to week.
Anywhere from 5 to 10 for $1.00.

Mexico is nearby in Texas.
--
Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

In article >,
"JonquilJan" > wrote:

> Omelet > wrote in message
> news
> > Bananas are practically a staple here. I rarely eat them, but dad loves
> > them
> >
> > I stocked up this morning for $.49 per lb. Makes them a pretty cheap
> > food. Sis' gets them for the boys too.
> >
> > I wonder what the average national price is for them?
> > --
> > Peace! Om
>
> Very good price. Have been $.69 around here for months - except the one or
> two weeks they were on sale. I'm in northern New York state.

Considering where bananas come from, I guess we can attribute it to
being close to the import docks.
--
Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

Omelet wrote:

> Bananas are practically a staple here.

Where is "here"?

> I rarely eat them, but dad
> loves them
>
> I stocked up this morning for $.49 per lb. Makes them a pretty cheap
> food. Sis' gets them for the boys too.
>
> I wonder what the average national price is for them?



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Dave Smith wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > Bananas are practically a staple here. I rarely eat them, but dad
> > loves them
> >
> > I stocked up this morning for $.49 per lb. Makes them a pretty
> > cheap food. Sis' gets them for the boys too.
> >
> > I wonder what the average national price is for them?
>
>
> Bananas are 69 cents per pound here these days, and they aren't great
> bananas. I only buy a few at a time because they are either under
> ripe or over ripe.

With either, frying them with eggs will greatly improve the taste.

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In article .com>,
"Dan Goodman" > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
>
> > Bananas are practically a staple here.
>
> Where is "here"?

Sorry, South Central Texas.
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On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:36:50 -0600, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >,
> "JonquilJan" > wrote:
>
>> Wondering about the price elsewhere of lemons and limes. On sale (???) here
>> this wek at 3 for $1.99.
>>
>> I didn;t buy any.
>>
>> JonquilJan
>>
>
>Lately, large lemons, 3 for $1.00. Limes vary from week to week.
>Anywhere from 5 to 10 for $1.00.
>
>Mexico is nearby in Texas.

This week, at the local Mexican megamart, lemons are $0.69/pound.

Christine

JonquilJan wrote:
> Wondering about the price elsewhere of lemons and limes. On sale (???) here
> this wek at 3 for $1.99.
>
> I didn;t buy any.
>
> JonquilJan
>
> Learn something new every day
> As long as you are learning, you are living
> When you stop learning, you start dying
>
>

In the Boston area limes can be anywhere from 2/$1.00 to 8/$1.00. It's
completely random.

Lemons have been steady at 3/$2.00. I think one local store may have
them 3/$1.00 this week.

I don't think I have ever seen either priced by the pound.

-Tracy

Christine Dabney > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:36:50 -0600, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > "JonquilJan" > wrote:
> >
> >> Wondering about the price elsewhere of lemons and limes. On sale (???)
here
> >> this wek at 3 for $1.99.
> >>
> >> I didn;t buy any.
> >>
> >> JonquilJan
> >>
> >
> >Lately, large lemons, 3 for $1.00. Limes vary from week to week.
> >Anywhere from 5 to 10 for $1.00.
> >
> >Mexico is nearby in Texas.
>
> This week, at the local Mexican megamart, lemons are $0.69/pound.
>
> Christine

Weel I'm about as far as you can get from Mexico and still be in the USA.
The lemons/limes probably need protection from the freezing cold just in
transport.

JonquilJan - northern New York (What am I close to - Canada!)

Learn something new every day
As long as you are learning, you are living
When you stop learning, you start dying

JonquilJan wrote:
> Wondering about the price elsewhere of lemons and limes. On sale
> (???) here this wek at 3 for $1.99.
>
> I didn;t buy any.

That price seems reasonable to me. Sometimes
if there is bad weather in lemon growing areas, they
go up to as much as a dollar apiece.

I can usually get a decent price if I buy them by the
bag, over in the bagged fruit area of the produce
department.

nancy

Just got back from Safeway here in CA and lemons were $3.99 for a 2 lb
bag and were buy one bag get a second free. So I ended up with 12
lemons for $4

marcella

In article >,
"JonquilJan" > wrote:

> Wondering about the price elsewhere of lemons and limes. On sale (???) here
> this wek at 3 for $1.99.
>
> I didn;t buy any.
>
> JonquilJan

Dave Smith wrote:
> Omelet wrote:
>> Bananas are practically a staple here. I rarely eat them, but dad
>> loves them
>>
>> I stocked up this morning for $.49 per lb. Makes them a pretty cheap
>> food. Sis' gets them for the boys too.
>>
>> I wonder what the average national price is for them?
>
>
> Bananas are 69 cents per pound here these days, and they aren't great
> bananas. I only buy a few at a time because they are either under ripe
> or over ripe.

The bananas in the store this morning were all green. Speaking of
green, those "green bags" are helpful. If your bananas are ripe, they
keep them from getting overly ripe, too fast.

Becca

Omelet wrote:

> In article .com>,
> "Dan Goodman" > wrote:
>
> > Omelet wrote:
> >
> > > Bananas are practically a staple here.
> >
> > Where is "here"?
>
> Sorry, South Central Texas.

Thanks.

Not locally grown, I suspect.

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On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:06:25 -0600, "Del Cecchi"
> wrote:

>You folks need a Kwik Trip, a southern Minnesota-Wisconsin chain of
>convenience store/gas stations. For several years bananas, potatoes,
>onions, were all 29cents per pound. Apples, oranges, pears were
>3/dollar. Recent price increase to 39, 1.29 respectively. Still
>cheap. Milk is also cheap there, especially the stuff in the plastic
>bags instead of jugs.

I'll drink (milk) to that! Kwik Trip is great! We have one just a
few blocks from our house. They have budget-friendly bread, too.

Carol

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:20:25 -0600, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >,
> Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>> Bananas are 69 cents per pound here these days, and they aren't great
>> bananas. I only buy a few at a time because they are either under ripe
>> or over ripe.
>
>Under ripe should not be a problem. I won't purchase green ones but if
>they are a clean yellow with a green stem, I'll go ahead and get those.
>
>Unlike tomatoes, bowl ripened bananas seem to be good, at least to us.
>
>YMMV as always. :-)

When I buy bananas, I usually get a small bunch that are ready to eat,
and a small bunch of green ones. Keeps us happily in bananas for
several days.

Carol

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On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:49:51 -0600, "Dan Goodman" >
wrote:

>Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> Bananas are 69 cents per pound here these days, and they aren't great
>> bananas. I only buy a few at a time because they are either under
>> ripe or over ripe.
>
>With either, frying them with eggs will greatly improve the taste.

That sounds downright disturbing to me. ROFL! I've had banana
pancakes, but never bananas and eggs. How were you introduced to
that? I'm fascinated, and slightly frightened.

Carol

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I only buy them on sale or else buy the blems at about 1/2 price.
Just bought 4 lbs. of blems @ 33 cents/lb. Since I like to eat them
soft and sweet, there's no point for me to pay full price.

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:49:51 -0600, "Dan Goodman" >
> wrote:
>
> > Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> >> Bananas are 69 cents per pound here these days, and they aren't
> great >> bananas. I only buy a few at a time because they are either
> under >> ripe or over ripe.
> >
> > With either, frying them with eggs will greatly improve the taste.
>
> That sounds downright disturbing to me. ROFL! I've had banana
> pancakes, but never bananas and eggs. How were you introduced to
> that? I'm fascinated, and slightly frightened.

Invented it. I'd already done apples and eggs, and liked it.


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Damsel replied to Dave about bananas:

>> With either, frying them with eggs will greatly improve the taste.
>
> That sounds downright disturbing to me. ROFL! I've had banana
> pancakes, but never bananas and eggs. How were you introduced to
> that? I'm fascinated, and slightly frightened.

I posted this about a year and a half ago. This recipe is from _Fire and
Spice: Parsi Cookery_, by Joyce Westrip:

Baked Eggs With Spicy Bananas
"Kera Per Eeda"

"Cooking eggs with bananas may seem slightly eccentric to Western eyes, but
the combination is a rich and tasty one and is a favorite with egg-eating
vegetarians. Use large, ripe firm bananas for this dish. When sliced,
sprinkle the banana with lime or lemon juice to prevent discoloring. If the
bananas are sliced too thinly, they will tend to break up."

6 ripe firm bananas
1 tablespoon lime or lemon juice

Peel and slice the bananas into rings 1/4 inch thick. Sprinkle with lime or
lemon juice and set aside.

2 tablespoons ghee or vegetable oil
3 finely sliced onions
2 cloves finely chopped garlic
2 inch finely chopped ginger
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
2 finely chopped green chiles
3 tablespoons finely chopped coriander leaves
1 finely chopped large tomato
Salt to taste
4-6 eggs

Heat the ghee or oil in a large heavy-bottomed pan. Fry the onion, garlic
and ginger until the onion starts to change color. Stir in the turmeric,
chile, coriander, tomato and salt and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add the slices
of banana and mix in gently. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350°F.

Spread the mixture evenly into a baking dish [1]. Make depressions with the
back of a spoon and break each egg into a depression. Cover with foil and
bake for approximately 15 minutes or until the eggs are done to your liking.

[1] I use three oval gratin dishes and allot two eggs per dish.

I also like fried diced plantain with eggs.

Bob

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:49:51 -0600, "Dan Goodman" >
> wrote:
>
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Bananas are 69 cents per pound here these days, and they aren't great
>>> bananas. I only buy a few at a time because they are either under
>>> ripe or over ripe.
>> With either, frying them with eggs will greatly improve the taste.
>
> That sounds downright disturbing to me. ROFL! I've had banana
> pancakes, but never bananas and eggs. How were you introduced to
> that? I'm fascinated, and slightly frightened.
>
> Carol
>

I'm not Dave, but:
When I was in college, I spent summer 1960 in Puerto Rico with the Peace
Corps. At the end of the summer we were required to spend two weeks
working in villages all over the island, each assigned to an agency
(agri, welfare, etc.) and had to find our own housing.

Two of us ended up in a small town way up in the mts. living in a
boarding house. Every morning the Senora cooked us each two eggs, fried
in butter, toast and lightly fried little "fingerling" bananas. They
were incredibly flavorful and sweet. I have never had them since, but I
remember them very fondly.

gloria p

James wrote:
> I only buy them on sale or else buy the blems at about 1/2 price.
> Just bought 4 lbs. of blems @ 33 cents/lb. Since I like to eat them
> soft and sweet, there's no point for me to pay full price.


How do you stop them from going overnight from soft-and-sweet to
mushy and tasting like acetone?

A produce guy once told me the secret of buying green bananas was to
squeeze very lightly. If there's some "give" to them, they'll ripen
fine. If they are hard, they'll go from green to dark-and-nasty.

gloria p

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:38:52 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>Damsel replied to Dave about bananas:
>
>>> With either, frying them with eggs will greatly improve the taste.

It was actually Dan Goodman.

>> That sounds downright disturbing to me. ROFL! I've had banana
>> pancakes, but never bananas and eggs. How were you introduced to
>> that? I'm fascinated, and slightly frightened.
>
>I posted this about a year and a half ago. This recipe is from _Fire and
>Spice: Parsi Cookery_, by Joyce Westrip:
>
>Baked Eggs With Spicy Bananas
>"Kera Per Eeda"

Semi-top posting here. This sounds really bizarre, but I'd be willing
to give it a go sometime. Anything with fresh garlic and ginger can't
be all bad. And coriander leaves don't taste like soap to me. They
taste like delicous!

Carol

>"Cooking eggs with bananas may seem slightly eccentric to Western eyes, but
>the combination is a rich and tasty one and is a favorite with egg-eating
>vegetarians. Use large, ripe firm bananas for this dish. When sliced,
>sprinkle the banana with lime or lemon juice to prevent discoloring. If the
>bananas are sliced too thinly, they will tend to break up."
>
>6 ripe firm bananas
>1 tablespoon lime or lemon juice
>
>Peel and slice the bananas into rings 1/4 inch thick. Sprinkle with lime or
>lemon juice and set aside.
>
>2 tablespoons ghee or vegetable oil
>3 finely sliced onions
>2 cloves finely chopped garlic
>2 inch finely chopped ginger
>1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
>2 finely chopped green chiles
>3 tablespoons finely chopped coriander leaves
>1 finely chopped large tomato
>Salt to taste
>4-6 eggs
>
>Heat the ghee or oil in a large heavy-bottomed pan. Fry the onion, garlic
>and ginger until the onion starts to change color. Stir in the turmeric,
>chile, coriander, tomato and salt and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add the slices
>of banana and mix in gently. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350°F.
>
>Spread the mixture evenly into a baking dish [1]. Make depressions with the
>back of a spoon and break each egg into a depression. Cover with foil and
>bake for approximately 15 minutes or until the eggs are done to your liking.
>
>[1] I use three oval gratin dishes and allot two eggs per dish.
>
>I also like fried diced plantain with eggs.
>
>Bob

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:29:41 -0500, JonquilJan wrote:

> Wondering about the price elsewhere of lemons and limes. On sale (???) here
> this wek at 3 for $1.99.
>
> I didn;t buy any.
>
> JonquilJan
>

if you're using mostly the juice, you might think about this product from
minute maid:

<https://www.aviglatt.com/Product_7216.html>

i pay $1.79 for it at my grocery. i think it's handy, and very good.

your pal,
blake

In article .com>,
"Dan Goodman" > wrote:

> Dave Smith wrote:
>
> > Omelet wrote:
> > > Bananas are practically a staple here. I rarely eat them, but dad
> > > loves them
> > >
> > > I stocked up this morning for $.49 per lb. Makes them a pretty
> > > cheap food. Sis' gets them for the boys too.
> > >
> > > I wonder what the average national price is for them?
> >
> >
> > Bananas are 69 cents per pound here these days, and they aren't great
> > bananas. I only buy a few at a time because they are either under
> > ripe or over ripe.
>
> With either, frying them with eggs will greatly improve the taste.

What???

Sorry, that does not sound apeeling...
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"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

In article .com>,
"Dan Goodman" > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
>
> > In article .com>,
> > "Dan Goodman" > wrote:
> >
> > > Omelet wrote:
> > >
> > > > Bananas are practically a staple here.
> > >
> > > Where is "here"?
> >
> > Sorry, South Central Texas.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Not locally grown, I suspect.

<lol> No!

Imported.

Helps to live near the gulf docks.
--
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"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

In article >,
Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:20:25 -0600, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > Dave Smith > wrote:
> >
> >> Bananas are 69 cents per pound here these days, and they aren't great
> >> bananas. I only buy a few at a time because they are either under ripe
> >> or over ripe.
> >
> >Under ripe should not be a problem. I won't purchase green ones but if
> >they are a clean yellow with a green stem, I'll go ahead and get those.
> >
> >Unlike tomatoes, bowl ripened bananas seem to be good, at least to us.
> >
> >YMMV as always. :-)
>
> When I buy bananas, I usually get a small bunch that are ready to eat,
> and a small bunch of green ones. Keeps us happily in bananas for
> several days.
>
> Carol

I do the same thing for dad if I'm "stocking up" for him like I did
yesterday. Ones with green stems seem to last a decent time.

I won't eat them until they are speckled. :-)
--
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"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

In article .com>,
"Dan Goodman" > wrote:

> Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:49:51 -0600, "Dan Goodman" >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Dave Smith wrote:
> > >
> > >> Bananas are 69 cents per pound here these days, and they aren't
> > great >> bananas. I only buy a few at a time because they are either
> > under >> ripe or over ripe.
> > >
> > > With either, frying them with eggs will greatly improve the taste.
> >
> > That sounds downright disturbing to me. ROFL! I've had banana
> > pancakes, but never bananas and eggs. How were you introduced to
> > that? I'm fascinated, and slightly frightened.
>
> Invented it. I'd already done apples and eggs, and liked it.

I have had strawberry omelets with sour cream. Not bad at all actually.
A crepe is just a glorified thin omelet imho.
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:22:28 -0600, Omelet >
wrote:

>I won't eat them until they are speckled. :-)

Yikes! That's when I toss them into the freezer for making banana
bread! Something about really ripe bananas activates my gag reflex.

Carol

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Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:22:28 -0600, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
>> I won't eat them until they are speckled. :-)
>
> Yikes! That's when I toss them into the freezer for making banana
> bread! Something about really ripe bananas activates my gag reflex.
>
> Carol
>

Me too..I like them when they have just finished being green.