/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17423180
If its totally brown no yellow left. Then you just use it for banana bread.

>>17423180
Everything over the age of 16.

>>17423180
I worked at a cafeteria in college and so many people ate bananas that were mostly green/slightly yellow.
They always said the bananas went bad if there were a few brown spots on them.
This was the majority of people too. I was really taken aback by this.

>>17423202
Wtf where was that? I've never seen someone eat a green banana unless it's cooked

If it has no green hue left, I won't eat it.

>>17423180
Barely ripe is best taste banana
Ripe and overripe are fine flambé with rhum

>>17423180
>>17423180
If it's brown it's still edible

>>17423180
very ripe

>>17423180
between ripe and very ripe is the goldilocks for me. but i find it depends on the banana variety

>underripe
patacones
>barely ripe
juice
>ripe
eat straight
>very ripe
eat with oats/cereal/yogurt/milk
>overripe
banana bread

>>17423180

A nana at the beginning consists of mostly starch wich over time gets broken down into glucose, so the more brown it is the sweeter it is.
Who wastes it by eating it while still green, essentially the same as stuffing a handful of flour in your mouth?
Between Ripe and very ripe is the sweet spot.

>>17423180
If there is no mold on it it’s still good. If it’s to mushy to eat by hand, just bake it into some banana bread.

>>17423180
Very ripe minimum. If it's not covered in brown spots I'm not gonna eat it

>>17423491

At a certain point it starts to ferment and you taste the alcohol and what other products that process creates. Still often no mold in sight. That's definitely the point too far.

>>17423180
very ripe is too sweet for my taste
so I eat it when it's just ripe

>>17423180
Ripe/very ripe is the sweetspot.

>>17423477
Checked, yes this is my preference.

Bananas are such shit fruit. I can't believe we import them at the rate we do. If I buy a bunch of bananas 2 of them will be fully brown by the time I get around to eating them. I can buy a 5 pound bag of apples and the last one is still good 2 months later.

I don't really like fruit though.

Very ripe

fixed

I always buy bundles at the underripe stage. Tastes the best when its green, firm, and has a mild sweetness. Then by the time im down to the last banana, its at the "ripe" stage, which is tolerable. After that theyre way too mushy and saccharine.

>>17423180
Too ripe for what? Consumption? Cause overripe is still good for sandwiches and baking into bread.

>>17424599
dubs of truth

>>17423180
Depends on what you're using them for. If you're eating them straight up then you want them to be ripe like in the middle. If you're using them in baking though for like banana bread, then you want them to be very ripe or even overripe.

Never use them green for anything.

>>17423180
I will basically only eat bananas fresh if they are "barely ripe".

Ripe or very ripe I might use for banana muffins or bread.

Underripe you just wait a day or two.

Overrripe you throw it out because that shit is rotting.

>>17423180
Ripe/Very Ripe for eating, Overripe for banana bread, and Underripe for cramming

>>17425592
>Overrripe you throw it out because that shit is rotting.
It's not rotting. It just means all the starch has turned to sugar. A lot of animals will specifically seek out overripe fruit because it provides more energy and is easier to digest. Calling it overripe in that case doesn't seem accurate, I think people have just gotten used to seeing perfectly yellow bananas in media and see the spots as blemishes which means the fruit is bad, but I actually prefer bananas with spots because they have more flavor. Underripe bananas seem almost astringent which I don't care for.

Bananas are like burgers/steak. I typically want medium rare, but if it's medium or more on the rare side I'll probably still be happy.

>>17423219
I don’t mind eating green banana but I get triggered over how hard it is to peel

>>17425634
>A lot of animals will specifically seek out overripe fruit because it provides more energy
Kek, I don’t see how the calorie count increases after the fruit is picked, like okay, maybe it loses moisture and starches get converted to sugars, but it still provides the same net energy, if anything it loses energy due to nutrient loss, seepage and from potential bacteria feeding on it.

>>17423185
fpbp
i only eat very ripe bananas, they're the best by far. if i miss the window by a day or two, it's bread time.

>>17423180
heres me

>>17423202
>>17423219
Somewhere between "underripe" and "barely ripe" tastes best

very ripe and overripe are great for freezing and using it for smoothies

>>17423180
anything to the ripe of plantain

>>17423180
Barely ripe is the perfect ripeness

>>17426727
I like the edges just barely past being green so you get that little bit of 'naner twang

>>17423755
What's the price on bananas in America? I get Aussie bananas for $1.50/kg and I consider that to be the reasonable price.

>>17426746
About 40¢ per pound.

>>17423180
I'll eat anything up until it's pretty much completely brown. But, my preference is for all the ridges to be green.

>>17426754
How to are they so cheap if you have to import them good lord, mine just travel one state over.

>>17423180
I like barely ripe best.

>>17426759
We have all the producing countries on a short leather leash kek
Bananas were the first casualty of American exceptionalism

>>17426797
Yeah I guess the wacky banana republic must be to blame. It's funny cause you've got Australia on a leash and you don't even take our bananas :(

>>17423180
I'll eat them at any point, but I actually like that astringent flavor and lack of sugar that underripe bananas have

>>17426759
What does farm labor make in Australia compared to Ecuador or Guatemala?

>>17423180
Nowadays bananas are getting funky, the skin is overripe but the inside tastes like starchy green underripe.

>>17426746
>>17426754
>$1.50/kg
>40¢ per pound
pretty much the same price desu

>>17426896
Under minimum wage, that's for sure. It's usually foreigners who get fucked over by owners. There's a reason noone local works as a farm hand
>>17426901
Ppp makes the Australian deal better, I just find it interesting that importing bananas isn't making them more expensive.

Underripe or barely ripe, anything else is overripe

>>17426083
Raw starch is harder to digest than sugar. That's why people try to say green bananas can be healthy for their resistant starch but it just means your body can't digest it as well.

>>17423180
losing green

>>17426900
I've read that bananas give off gas that can affect how things ripen. If you're keeping them in a sealed bag or maybe the grocer isn't storing them properly that could be why. But I've never personally experienced that and I eat a lot of bananas.

>>17423180
Ripe is what I prefer to eat. I reluctantly eat very ripe, and overripe is going in the trash or into banana bread.

>>17423180
When the inside turns to mush.

>>17426900
Chemically ripened instead of tree ripened
>>17427032
This ripens other things like tomato's and avocado, not the bananananananananas themselves

>>17426912
importation costs are nothing when labour is so cheap in places like guatemala

>>17423219
>I've never seen someone eat a green banana
NGMI

>>17423180
>try to eat ripe banana
>attempt to tear off the tip
>banana fights back and entire banana either rips in half or is squashed from the pressure
Is it just me or have bananas gone bananas?

I'm a barely ripe/ripe guy, if it's green it's not yet ready, if it has multiple brown spots it will probably be thrown away

Green bananas are the best.

ITT: People who will suffer from heart disease later in their lives.

Enjoy your Tyramine, retards.

>>17423180
I prefer barely ripe or something between that and underripe. I find the mushy texture of ripe and very ripe unappealing.

>>17428114
>tear off tip
There’s your first problem. You pinch the bottom, opposite end from the stem. This splits the peel without having to manhandle it, and you can easily peel it from there.

Even monkeys have figured this out, what does that say about you?

>>17423488
Unripe bananas is the hipster “ooh I can’t handle sweet” contrarian larp. Guarantee the people who ‘prefer’ unripe bananas also drench everything in sriracha and drink IPA

>>17423180
Great, another race bait thread on /seekay/.

>>17428174
i bet youre feeling smart now

>>17428114
that's why you pre cut them with your thumbnail
you don't even have to go deep or hard, literally just draw the nail around the stem and tear, comes out perfect every time

>>17423180
ripe is the last stage I will eat it as is
any other barely ripe kings here?

>>17423488
I like the starchy barely sweet banana taste, and prefer the firm texture. When its soft and actually sweet then its best to leave and let get even more banana-y for some delicious bread. Middle tier bananas are great for smoothies because they wont give it any odd sliminess but are sweet and soft enough to blitz nicely.

>>17423180
I only eat them very ripe. If you stick them in the fridge at that point they'll turn completely brown but be good to eat for several more days

Very ripe has the best texture but barely ripe has the best taste