TracyWV

As you can see by the previous replies, there are many bananas that are labled as not edible for different reasons. I have seen many different sources label the same banana as edible that others lable as not edible. Sometimes they are specific like they may tell you that the pulp is sweet but full of seeds. Sometimes there is no or very little pulp to be worth trying to eat. Sometimes the pulp is hard or fiberous and stringy. Sometimes it tastes bad, or is very starchy. Some bananas are only good when they are very very ripe. Some are good only for cooking when not ripe or when not very ripe but when very ripe are sweet enough to eat as a dessert banana. You just have to test them out. You can also eat banana flowers from some cultivars, but some don't taste so good. You also can eat banana leaves. They have many uses in cooking and food preparation. You can't have a really good pig roast without them and they make good tamales. I like chicken stuffed with herbs and bread crumbs wrapped in banana leaves and roasted in the pit. I haven't tried eating Ensete corms yet but they seem to like them in Africa. Don't be afraid to experiment. If you don't mind spitting out seeds many bananas labled inedible are quite good and some are quite good only after you let them ripen 'til the skin turns black.

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