How do you keep bananas from going brown so quickly?

[SarahMc]

IME the only way is to use a http://www.amazon.co.uk/T-G-Woodware-Banana-Tree/dp/B00022M3GA (banana tree), I got mine in Dunnes, but you can get them almost anywhere.

 

[june]

That is right SarahMc. It is the effect of putting bananas in the fruit bowl with other fruits that causes them to ripen quickly. But 'mature' bananas can be better for you as they are easier to digest. Also far better for children to eat. It is quick to make banana muffins too if they are gone too brown to eat.

 

[bantragh]

Hi ClubMan,

Yes, I'm aware of the artifical ripening process used. But I was just saying that once a banana starts to ripen it actually releases ethylene which in turn can cause other unripened bananas (and other fruits) to begin ripening. I found the following at this link: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/85/8544cover.html

"In practice, these fruits are often picked green off the tree or plant so they can withstand shipping before they get too soft. Ethylene is such a powerful hormone that if a single banana is ripening in transit from the tropics, the gas can spur a mutiny of ripening among its compadres. Bananas are therefore shipped in containers that contain chemicals such as potassium permanganate that can absorb or inactivate ethylene and prevent any ripening disasters. The green bananas are then exposed to ethylene gas when they are safely ensconced in a local warehouse, a few days before their planned delivery to nearby store shelves."

 

[bantragh]

omg Grus .....and people wonder why where is such a prevalence of Cancer nowadays.......the answer is everywhere - check out the water the air the FOOD.
I, for example, never eat fish anymore as the choice is between fishfarmed fish(?) and open sea fish ( and only God knows what that is full of...) Actually If I really had to choose, incredibly - I would choose the fish farmed as its the devil you know...........