"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Saturday, October 18, 2014 7:24:41 PM UTC-10, sf wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 22:31:17 -0400, jmcquown >
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>> wrote:
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>> > On 10/18/2014 9:46 PM, wrote:
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>> > > I want to try making a loaf of banana bread. The recipe I have says
>> > > "ripe"
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>> > > bananas. How long should I let them ripen before using them in the
>> > > recipe? I
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>> > > assume they should be somewhat soft. How soft? Thanks.
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>> > >
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>> > My mother always told me to let the peels get slightly speckled before
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>> > using the bananas to make banana bread. You want the bananas to be
>> > easy
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>> > to mash.
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>> People say banana bread is easy. I beg to differ. I have never
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>> gotten it right! There's always banana that settles to the bottom.
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> The batter should be thick enough so that nothing is going to be settling,
> not even your nuts. Make sure that you don't overbake.

OMG. Now I got a mental image of nuts settling. Heh!

I always used a potato masher on the bananas.

On 10/19/2014 10:00 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> OMG. Now I got a mental image of nuts settling. Heh!

My banana's pretty much as limp as it can be but it would be the end of
my banana bread baking days if my nuts go South.

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> I always used a potato masher on the bananas.

That's probably the reason why your mashed potatoes taste weird.

"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 10/19/2014 10:00 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> OMG. Now I got a mental image of nuts settling. Heh!
>
> My banana's pretty much as limp as it can be but it would be the end of my
> banana bread baking days if my nuts go South.

LOL

>> I always used a potato masher on the bananas.
>
> That's probably the reason why your mashed potatoes taste weird.

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