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GreenFin · 10-08-2013, 08:26 PM

Thanks for the taste report.

I think Cavendish bananas are horrible once they get any brown at all on the skin. They have like a 24-36 hour window where they're heavenly to my taste buds (when the last of the green is disappearing from them up till they turn totally yellow); any earlier and they have a nasty 'green' taste to them, any later and they get soft/mealy and oversweet. One day often makes the difference between tasting great and tasting unpleasant.

For my tastes, the locally grown one is right on the edge of going bad, while the imported one is way past being edible for eating out-of-hand.

10-08-2013, 08:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
GreenFin Location: Kansas Zone: 6a Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 595 BananaBucks : 92,544 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,396 Times Was Thanked 939 Times in 334 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 44 Times	Re: By request-taste impressions of local vs. imported Williams Thanks for the taste report. I think Cavendish bananas are horrible once they get any brown at all on the skin. They have like a 24-36 hour window where they're heavenly to my taste buds (when the last of the green is disappearing from them up till they turn totally yellow); any earlier and they have a nasty 'green' taste to them, any later and they get soft/mealy and oversweet. One day often makes the difference between tasting great and tasting unpleasant. For my tastes, the locally grown one is right on the edge of going bad, while the imported one is way past being edible for eating out-of-hand. __________________ Set out runnin', but I'll take my time; a friend of bananas is a friend of mine. www.GreenFinGardens.com