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EditorDave
02-05-2009, 02:31 PM
Someone on Twitter "invited" me to visit this site. Maybe it was because of my Squidoo site: Bananas - An Appealing Fruit! (http://www.squidoo.com/bananas_appeal) or maybe because they know that I'm particularly fond of bananas!

Not sure why. But I thought this would be a fun place.

My degree is in biology from the University of Guam. And yup, I supplemented my meager undergrad and grad school meal plan with bananas that I could snag in the boonies of the island. (The university was thoughtful enough to have planted bananas, papayas, mangos, and breadfruit trees for part of their "landscaping scheme"--maybe not realizing how convenient these were for those of us living in the dormitories with really tight budgets.)

I just recently returned from a three-week trip to the Philippines--and saw bananas in so many varieties and cultivars. Amazing. Plantains, red-bananas, long yellows... all of them. Discovered new ways of eating them--new recipes, new goodies. Good learning experience.

Now in central California's central valley--and we have neighbors who have bananas--even those that produce fruit! (I didn't think that bananas could handle the occasional below-freezing temperatures here!)

Anyway... since I'm always partial to tropical-style/tropical-look landscaping and architecture (as well as tropical-style/tropical-look foods!), I'm hoping to learn a lot of cool and interesting information here (and if anyone would like to talk or visit about banana production on Guam, Hawaii, or the Philippines--I'd be happy to provide what little information I could help with).

Best regards,

Dave Gardner, aka EditorDave

MediaHound
02-05-2009, 02:40 PM
Welcome aboard! We have an account on Twitter and we try to unearth people that are interested in bananas, we followed a handful of new people today from there that are interested in bananas and you must have been one of them!
Great story of your college years, that's a good way to save some money on food expenses!
Sounds like you know a fair bit about bananas and you're a great addition to our community, so welcome aboard!

Tog Tan
02-05-2009, 03:31 PM
Hi EditorDave and welcome to the board!:0517: Seems like you have found the perfect place for your 'naner interests. Hope to see you around more. :ha:

Caloosamusa
02-05-2009, 04:30 PM
Welcome aboard!!

Best wishes

Bob
02-06-2009, 07:32 AM
Welcome Dave, looking forward to hearing more about your travels and banana stories. Always looking for new recipes and it sounds like you may have tried some good ones. I'm looking to mix two of my favorites, bananas and hot peppers, haven't been able to come up with anything, maybe you have some ideas from your trip?

mskitty38583
02-06-2009, 02:19 PM
welcome to the org!:woohoonaner:. my fav way to eat nanas is right out their package. lol.

Tog Tan
02-06-2009, 02:40 PM
I'm looking to mix two of my favorites, bananas and hot peppers, haven't been able to come up with anything, maybe you have some ideas from your trip?

Ha! Hey, Bob, I think EditorDave, may be able to fill you in on this since he was just back from the Phil. The last time I was there, I saw a stall selling loads of bottled banana chili sauce which was orangery in color. I thought it was weird and didn't try it. My friend bought a whole bunch back to M'sia. He said it tastes real good.

john_ny
02-06-2009, 04:59 PM
I remember the beautiful beach at Anderson Air Force Base, in Guam. There was a steep hill/cliff behind it with thousands of coconut palms growing on it. They had a concrete pad, on the beach, with a railroad spike embedded in it, point up, so you could split open the coconuts.

Chironex
02-06-2009, 05:34 PM
I really enjoyed seeing your site. Glad you joined us here.