A popular dessert in our house when I was growing up was sliced bananas with hot custard .
Those days just like now we think that bananas which are over ripe and covered in black spots are `off`.
Over the years , I came to the realisation that the best bananas you can buy have skin that is covered in small black spots and speckles . The banana that seems over ripe is in fact the most flavoursome .
Supermarkets and consumers promote and purchase the bright yellow flawless ,firm skinned fruit , unfortunately what looks perfect lacks flavour.
The best banana can be purchased from the reduced section in your supermarket .
If I can`t sway you and you prefer your bananas very firm , then you should know how to store them correctly .
1. Never store them in the fridge
2. Store them in a dark place with an even temperature .
Bananas are unusual in that they are picked green and continue to ripen .If you want a banana for slicing , the skin should be yellow , for a smoothie the skin should be speckled .
A banana doesn`t need to be cooked rather just warmed through .
It is a waste of money to throw away the banana that starts to go brown , simply peel it and freeze the over ripe banana , keeping it to make banana ice cream , banana cake , or a smoothie at a later date .
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