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Kevin · 01-30-2010, 11:15 AM

Thanks everyone! Especially Gabe15 for that very thorough, if still a little confusing, explanation. It is rather compplex, and thanks for trying to explain it. Wouldn't it just be easier to classify then as seedless and seeded bananas? If it's true that all bananas can be eaten, then just make groups that are better for eating raw, ones that are better for cooking, and ones that have lots of seeds. I don't see why you couldn't just take a seeded banana, take the seeds out, and eat what is left raw, or cook it up. Don't we already have bananas that are better cooked than eaten raw? So, really, there is no such thing as a 'non-edible' banana, rather, like ewitte said, it is an issue of taste and annoyance (seeds). Who came up with these terms anyway?

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Kevin Location: Winnipeg, Canada Find me on the map! Zone: 2b Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 184 BananaBucks : 155,535 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 31 Times Was Thanked 100 Times in 76 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 5 Times	Re: edible vs. non-edible Thanks everyone! Especially Gabe15 for that very thorough, if still a little confusing, explanation. It is rather compplex, and thanks for trying to explain it. Wouldn't it just be easier to classify then as seedless and seeded bananas? If it's true that all bananas can be eaten, then just make groups that are better for eating raw, ones that are better for cooking, and ones that have lots of seeds. I don't see why you couldn't just take a seeded banana, take the seeds out, and eat what is left raw, or cook it up. Don't we already have bananas that are better cooked than eaten raw? So, really, there is no such thing as a 'non-edible' banana, rather, like ewitte said, it is an issue of taste and annoyance (seeds). Who came up with these terms anyway?