Comments on: 19 Essential Talking Points for the Banana Enthusiast

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:25:54 +0000

i was eating a banana when i found this….creepy

By: Henna

Henna — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:54:27 +0000

I love bananas. Unfortunately, I am a bit allergic. I have to cut them into small pieces with a knife and put them into my mouth. If banana touches my lips they get itchy and sometimes swell up. That is the only part they really affect, but it’s a pain in the buttocks all the same.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:31:29 +0000

I like bananas, they are a useful snack and easy to add to smoothies, fruit salads or cereal so they are a consistent part of my ‘five a day’. However, I once peeled a banana and two or three, small brown spiders tumbled on to my hand from WITHIN the banana and gave me quite a shock. I get nervous each and every time I open one, bnut it kind of adds to the enjoyment.

(Spider infested banana was bought from Asda, Hyson Green, Nottingham, UK at approx 2pm on 28/10/2001 by the way, can’t ever forget)

By: Bobby the K

Bobby the K — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:34:50 +0000

donner:
try buying organic bananas. they ripen differently because they aren’t treated the same.
they are not consistant, the way it should be. sometimes they taste like regular, cheaper commercial ones. but other times, i expect you would find them to be as good as when you were a kid. i have noticed at times a really nice banana flavour.

By: Reese

Reese — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:44:23 +0000

There’s a local grocery store that has a sign on the door to their back room, “no bananas allowed in back room.” I wonder what the reasoning is. I also very tempted to throw some bananas back there.

By: erm

erm — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:41:53 +0000

Anyone else heard before that humans share something like 50% of our DNA with bananas?

Don’t know how true it is, but it’s kind of cool…

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:49:26 +0000

Bas – I am actually somewhat allergic to bananas and I did not used to be, so it’s possible you’ve developed an allegry or intolerance for them. I really like them, but they have to be very, very ripe (at the very end of the stage that is considered ‘edible’) otherwise my throat starts itching and my stomach gets upset. I actually ate the first banana I’ve had in about a year for breakfast this morning. It was great – I wish I could eat them more often…

By: terri

terri — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:46:13 +0000

and if you need a way to transport your delicious snack, check out the “banana guard.” type that into your googles and see the truly wonderful and twisted site that comes out on top.

mine’s yellow. and no, i’ve never used it except as a conversation starter.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:38:18 +0000

Brachinus I was gonna mention the exact same thing. he shockingly ignores other fruit such as coconuts, pineapples and pomegranates which are perfectly edible but quite pains-in-the-a’s to eat

By: bas

bas — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:26:02 +0000

I believe I have become physically unable to eat bananas. When I was a kid I didn’t really like them, but throughout college I started eating them more and more. Right after I graduated, though, I noticed I would get heartburn more frequently if I had eaten a banana. Now I can’t even eat a small piece without feeling like I’ve swallowed a car battery. And the more I mention it to people, the more there are that say it’s the same way for them or someone they know.
Anyone know why this happens? I’ve heard it said that some people are intolerant to the potassium levels in bananas, but I don’t know if that’s true.