Bad Bananas

[Patsy33]

I can't seem to find a good banana anywhere lately. I usually get mine from Tesco or Sainsburys. Yesterday I bought a small bag from Co- op, as the loose ones looked horrible. They looked ok in bag and I felt pleased with myself. When I had one yesterday it felt soft and as I pealed it it was rotten all through. Tried another, the same! Has anyone else experienced this. Oh for a decent banana!

[gness]

Oh Lord help us!...He's worse in January......roll on February......☻

Melv.....go and find some waxwings....please..... ;-)

[Patsy33]

Melv, don't be so wet!

[gness]

Oooooo....think Patsy may be on dry January too........☺ ☺...x

[melv16]

KY is the solution ;-)

[gness]

Oh I so walked into that one, didn't I!..... :-(

[Patsy33]

I've had to have a red wine gness!

[gness]

You'll need smelling salts and a lie down before Melv's finished, Patsy....☻

[melv16]

Now, stop getting into all of a dither, you two ;-)

[Jackdaw33]

♪♪ Let's all go down the Strand (have a banana) ♪♪

[gness]

Dither?? Dither?? This was Patsy's perfectly respectable post til you started with your batteries and Jelly, Melv!.......x

[shoota]

The only good banana is a dead banana...

[Patsy33]

Lol gness! Honestly Melv, get a grip....

[Togo]

Lol @ Shoota.............. Seriously I seem to remember reading that there was a banana virus that was destroying the crop and in danger of wiping out all banana plantations world wide. On account that the main crop now on sale was derived from a very narrow gene pool of stock. I am being serious there.

[Patsy33]

Yes I remember that Togo. Perhaps thats why they're not so good...

[Togo]

I must say Patsy that we have noticed that they seem not to keep as well as they used to, and we have tried all the shops mentioned and more, including M&S. I also wondered if that might be the case. Perhaps the bananas cannot be shipped early in case the virus shows during ripening, so instead of cropping and packing green, they are held back to look for signs of the condition.

[237SJ]

Bananas are shipped to the UK when they are green. They are then left in the huge containers to ripen so maybe some supermarkets are buying them in too late. I loathe bananas but if I was going to buy them, I would buy them before they are really yellow

[DaisyNonna]

Lucky to have an excellent independent greengrocer on the shopping parade
No problem with their bananas
No butcher or fishmonger though

[Togo]

//Perhaps the bananas cannot be shipped early in case the virus shows during ripening, so instead of cropping and packing green, they are held back to look for signs of the condition. //

See 21.11