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AnnaJW
03-06-2007, 11:24 PM
I was wandering through our new Ralph's produce section and was surprised to see: Dwarf Reds, Orinoco's, and Manzano's!
I bought the "Manzano's". Very disappointing. I'm wondering if they aren't actually - not ripe enough - Orinoco's. The Manzano's I was privileged to taste recently were a thousand times better!!!
So I went back today and bought some Reds. Gonna let them sit a few days and hope they are good.

momoese
03-07-2007, 09:38 AM
They have both at Vons too. Here is what reds should look like when fully ripe. Any green parts should turn yellow and the maroon parts should turn a red/orangish color.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=2050&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2050&ppuser=42)

modenacart
03-07-2007, 10:10 AM
I bought some reds not long ago and they were mostly red. I had to wait until they had black spots all over them before they were good. Before that they tasted almost just like the normal bananas.

AnnaJW
03-10-2007, 12:38 PM
Just tried the Red and it was very good! :goteam:

pitangadiego
03-10-2007, 10:03 PM
Manzano is Mexican Apple. It isn't anything spectacular.