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Picked these up today at Henry's

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Tell that Henry that U have much better looking bananas back home:ha:
:woohoonaner:

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What does the pulp look like? Any pics of that? Thanks.

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Let me see

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Let us know how they taste to, Tony!:bananas_b

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Not ripe yet. Going to be awhile. I'll post pic's.

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Tony are your bananas a dwarf red i was just wondering.

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I don't know what they are,

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Getting off the subject how is your dwarf cavendish doing that bloomed.

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First hand had 22 fingers. Here is a pic from 5 minutes ago.

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Very nice bunch you have mine and yours has about the same amount fingers.

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Bought these over a week ago and there still not ripe.

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put a ripe banana next to the bunch

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They're cooking bananas.

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They must be

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Maybe they are cooking bananas, but it would hurt to put some ripe or semi ripe bananas and se what happens. Or you could just cook them. Either way let us know.

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I buy reds like this at Kroger's sometimes and they usually need to ripen up a bit before they are edible. I usually wait to let the peel turn pretty dark and once the fruit yields a bit when you squeeze it, it's good to go. The one's I have eaten have a slight orange tint to the flesh. I've never considered them to be a cooking banana but that doesn't mean they aren't or couldn't be used that way.

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Assuming that this has any bearing on your reds (which it may not have), our reds need to be softening slightly before they are good to eat - we also get a colour change to more sunset colours - often takes a long time when the fruit is picked very green.

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Hey everyone I just bought some as well and was wondering what type they are. I called the company and she didn't know what type (no surprise there) but she said you eat them like a regular (dessert) banana and they are very sweet. She told me some people cook them but most eat them ripe.

I have mine in a bag with a hand of cavendish to speed up the ripening process.

I will post how they taste later it seems like they are taking a while to ripen.

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My experience with the reds is that they are not cooking bananas. The fact that they are taking so long to ripen is an indication that they were picked very immature.

The pulp is excellent, when ripe (as mentioned in an earlier post) the bananas take on a sunset color with orange pulp.

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Ripe Jamaican Reds. Definitely not a cooking banana.

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The ones I bought took so long to ripen I forgot all about them.

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Description from Going Bananas' web catalog:

DWARF & RED TALL - Known by many names in the world, (Cuban Red, Jamaican Red, Colorado, Indio, Macaboo) this very sweet lady finger fruit is most beautiful. It turns "sunset" colors when ripening from dark burgundy to orange, yellow-green and muted colors in between. The full bodied flavor and distinctive sweetness makes it worth the wait of 24 months or more to give fruit. The tall red, with a dark maroon pseudostem can grow 14-16 ft, the Dwarf version grows about 8-9 ft in our area.

The Red Tall and Dwarf Red are the same except for heights.

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So you never ate them ripe?

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I had a taste of one and it was very good. The others were spoiled or mealy.

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That stinks, I hope I have better luck.

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Our local Albertson's and Ralphs almost always carry them. Often they were picked too early and never ripen properly. Look for very plump ones and wait for them to get a bit soft and show hints of lighter colors (like they were turning yellow under the red). They are very tasty. They are more aromatic than Cavendish and have a nice, dense texture. Don't buy skinny hard ones that haven't filled out -- it's a waste of money. Like others said, definitely a dessert banana.

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How does it taste like?

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Sounds looking a very an awesome and testy, I have to say that the red banana has more beta carotene and vitamin C than the yellow banana varieties. One red banana gives 422 mg potassiam, 10 mg vitamin C, 3 g fiber, 105 calories, etc so we must have eat at least one read banana everyday.