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Old 04-10-2016, 03:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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You can only have one kind of banana for the rest of your life... If all else were equal, as in, all bananas were exactly the same (Looks, size, ease to grow, cold tolerance, etc.) and eating qualities such as flavor and texture were the only difference, what banana would you be eating?

Since this is for fun and will not likely ever happen, you may post a top 3 (in order)...
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Varieties I supposedly bought: Manzano, Cavendish, Blue Java, Sweetheart, and Gros Michel.
What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.
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Old 04-10-2016, 03:33 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Banane Zinzeli. That's what they called it back in Mauritius. I'm still dreaming about these...
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Dwarf Brazilian, Gros Michel, Mysore
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I thought this would be an interesting thread, but I seem to be nearly alone in that.
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Varieties I supposedly bought: Manzano, Cavendish, Blue Java, Sweetheart, and Gros Michel.
What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.
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Patience....
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I'm surprised the people who buy the boxes have not chimed in. I'm still in the testing phase myself. So far I like this orange sweet juicy plantain best but i don't what kind it is.
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It is but, you know, you're kind of new here and it's, let's say, déjà vu...
You have to be patient...
And it's prep time for the season so many are busy these days...
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Muraru, any Maoli-Popo'ulu (half-ripe, steamed), and Namwah (one of the most versatile types I've worked with).

It's hard to pick just a few, there are so many different wonderful kinds, and some lend themselves particularly well to certain types of eating uses beyond just raw-ripe fruit, such as: juice, wine/beer, syrup, dried etc...
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Old 04-11-2016, 04:20 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Can't wait to receive the 2 Namwahs I ordered.
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Sorry, folks. When I think of bananas, I think dessert types.. I just moved to Florida from central Illinois after 48 years, born and bred in the heart of farm country. Nobody there cooks bananas. I like plantain chips and cooked plantains and bananas, but find they must be freshly cooked to be good.
I grew banana plants in Illinois as well. Don't have a clue what kind as I never even dreamed of fruiting anything there. I just stuck em in the ground because I thought they looked cool, and dug them and put them in buckets in my basement for the winter.
I love them dried.
Banana wine and beer? I don't know about that.
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Varieties I supposedly bought: Manzano, Cavendish, Blue Java, Sweetheart, and Gros Michel.
What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.
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I really like Manzano, and Mysore. But I have limited experience.
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Pitogo is my new champion followed by pisang jari buayi and mysore... I haven't tried that many though
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So many new names for bananas I never heard of....just wondering if folks making this stuff up, ha ha.
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Williams via PrGiants/Bananimal/Cincinnana were sure good.

And the Blue Java via / bananimal/the dude with the armored(aggressive, deadly, loving) boar hunting hounds in a two story awesome kennel where I stepped in a epic pile of dog ****.....With flip flops on..

Dans friend had it going on...

Yes....I stepped in it...


The bunch was on top of the dryer in the house And had a small amount of mold..but .
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Williams via PrGiants/Bananimal/Cincinnana were sure good.

And the Blue Java via / bananimal/the dude with the armored(aggressive, deadly, loving) boar hunting hounds in a two story awesome kennel where I stepped in a epic pile of dog ****.....With flip flops on..

Dans friend had it going on...

Yes....I stepped in it...


The bunch was on top of the dryer in the house And had a small amount of mold..but .

Yeah, flip flops and dog **** don't mix... Lol!
We all do crazy things for bananas!
For me, it was a mix of chicken **** fermenting in stagnant water from a longtime clogged up sceptic tank!
With flip flops on!!!
True story, sadly...
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You can only have one kind of banana for the rest of your life... If all else were equal, as in, all bananas were exactly the same (Looks, size, ease to grow, cold tolerance, etc.) and eating qualities such as flavor and texture were the only difference, what banana would you be eating?

Since this is for fun and will not likely ever happen, you may post a top 3 (in order)...
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Old 04-16-2016, 04:24 AM   #17 (permalink)
 
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1. Brazilian
2. Namwa
3. Mysore
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Mysore, Cardaba (plump end type) and Maoli Kaualau
But so many more to try!
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1. Brazilian ... boiled green
2. Cuerno de Alce ... fried green or ripe
3. Kokopo ... dessert
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1. Brazilian ... boiled green
2. Cuerno de Alce ... fried green or ripe
3. Kokopo ... dessert
Is Brazilian any good fried or to make chips?
Is it a good producer?
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