Bananas

[Mallaig]

Is there any way to slow down the ripening of bananas especially in this hot weather?

[n00dles]

Eat them!! lol

[horty]

Keep them in the fridge, they last well then. H.

[n00dles]

horty, I thought bananas always go black if you put them in the fridge?

[hammerman]

Slightly off topic but relevent to bananas....a chef told me that if you put bananas among other fruit in the fruit bowl, the other fruit will rot much much quicker due to a chemical given out by the banana.

So always keep them seperate !!!

[horty]

No noodles, believe me they won't go black, I do it all the time, who told you such nonsense??? Just trust me and try it! Regards H.

[horty]

Should have said when they are transported and stored they are kept at low temperatures, maybe you are mixing up freezing them - which is of course a no, no. H.

[n00dles]

That's right hammerman they give off a gas which ripens other fruit quickly (have often used this for speeding up the ripening up process on peaches/nectarines).....

Well it's certainly not an old wives tale horty, just something that many people I've spoken to have said, and deffinately in the fridge, not freezer! lol ;o)

[Jules001]

I'd always been told not to store bananas in the fridge either and if you Google 'storing bananas in the fridge' at least the first 5 hits all say the same. I hate bananas once they have even got a slight tinge of brown on them so only buy a few at a time.

[horty]

Just try it noodles - what have you to loose???

[n00dles]

Okay horty, you win lol ;o)

Usually buy them green (don't like them over ripe) and don't have them around long anyway!!

Saut�d in butter (sliced in half, then sliced lengthways) till golden brown on both sides [soft + sweeter] with just a light dusting of icing sugar.....

[hugnie21]

My bananas always go black in the fridge. Is there a trick to stopping it?

[applebee]

hey.....you can always make banana bread with the ones that that are too ripe....so no worries

[n00dles]

Your sooo right applebee

I have several recipes, but one is so good I use it all the time !!

xXx ☺

[WendyS]

I've long strugged to find an answer to this problem and e-mailed Fyffes, the banana importers, to get their advice. They merely told me to store them "in a cool place" which wasn't particularly helpful.
My only practical solution is to buy some ripe bananas for immediate eating and some green ones which will take a few days to ripen.
Otherwise, peel them all, wrap them in clingfilm and freeze them, and eat them as a banana ice lolly as and when needed.