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Title: Bananas used to be better
Post by: bandit957 on January 26, 2023, 12:49:49 PM
Notice how bananas used to be better.

The bananas we had in the 1970s were creamier, sweeter, and tastier. They didn't bruise as easily, and they stayed fresher longer.

Man, they were good!
Title: Re: Bananas used to be better
Post by: hbelkins on January 26, 2023, 02:35:12 PM
Title: Re: Bananas used to be better
Post by: paulthemapguy on January 26, 2023, 02:51:44 PM
A great read:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/best-bananas
Title: Re: Bananas used to be better
Post by: Max Rockatansky on January 26, 2023, 03:17:49 PM
Wouldn't know, I'm allergic to something in bananas.  I always get minimum a swollen throat and at worst begin violently vomiting if I ingest anything with banana ingredients.  I'm told it might be somehow related to a latex allergy?
Title: Re: Bananas used to be better
Post by: CtrlAltDel on January 26, 2023, 04:15:03 PM
Now we've officially discussed everything.
Title: Re: Bananas used to be better
Post by: GaryV on January 26, 2023, 06:01:15 PM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on January 26, 2023, 04:15:03 PM
Now we've officially discussed everything.

Never underestimate the imagination of bandit.
Title: Re: Bananas used to be better
Post by: Scott5114 on January 26, 2023, 06:17:14 PM
Gros Michel?
Title: Re: Bananas used to be better
Post by: mgk920 on January 26, 2023, 07:40:05 PM
The current variety of grocery store bananas are ALL literally clones of each other and cannot be grown from seeds.  Since they are now under attack by a blight fungus that they were immune to until a decade or so ago they will likely be extinct within the next couple of decades.  From what I am aware of, regardless, they could not hold a candle to the taste and texture to the previous varieties that essentially went extinct during the 1950s or early 1960s.  'Yes, we have no bananas!"

Mike
Title: Re: Bananas used to be better
Post by: on_wisconsin on January 27, 2023, 05:46:41 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO5RHspqZVk
Title: Re: Bananas used to be better
Post by: kurumi on January 27, 2023, 12:28:40 PM
Fortunately, the size of a banana is still one of itself.