Bananas

[Mudcat]

are kinda gross.

They don't necessarily taste bad but they have an unsettling texture to them that only gets worse the more ripe they get.

Bananas are a good source of potassium. I eat bananas almost every day. As soon as I am on my last banana, it goes right on the shopping list: "bananas". Because I go to the grocery store basically every day, I only run out of bananas under extremely unusual circumstances.

My fixation on bananas goes back to one time I was rushed to emergency with an OD. They did blood tests and it turned out I had no potassium in my system. I don't know what happened to all my potassium but the tests don't lie. I remember they had me drinking little cups of concentrated potassium. Ever since then I have been acutely aware of potassium and so I eat bananas.

Bananas have other healthy stuff in them besides potassium but I am mainly interested in the potassium

Getting back to the main point though, they can be kinda gross. I just ate a banana which was very ripe and it was like a mouthful of mushy pablum. It made me think, this would probably be excellent for a 102 year-old with rotten teeth but I am a robust 47 with strong teeth capable of many things. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to swallow the chewed up mushy banana at one point. But I did. I need that potassium.

That is all I have to say about bananas right now.

Here are some related pics:

 

[Blitty]

I enjoy consuming bananas in a smoothie. Preferably accompanied by blueberries.

 

[wal66]

Muddy, I like bananas too but for me there is a very narrow window of opportunity for banana consumption. Right after tha last bit of green leave the skin (peel) and as soon as the very first brown spot appears.

 

[Cougar Bait]

I like mine mostly brown, just like I like my friends.

 

[stevek173]

I don't like how they affect my bowel movements.

 

[Matty]

I like mine mostly brown, just like I like my friends.

ACK. CACA.

I'm with Wally, it needs to be perfectly fresh.

 

[AMBy]

a ripe banana is great...an "overripe" banana is badddddddddd

 

[betplom]

Bananas

When i think of bananas this always comes to mind.

 

[Mudcat]

The apartment I currently live in actually came with a banana hanger. That is handy considering what a part of my day-to-day life bananas are.

Here is a current pic:

As you can see, I have 4 bananas right now so there is no need to have them on my shopping list yet:

 

[kato]

never eat bananas alone

with blitty on the smoothie

good hangover fruit

 

[rito]

What's on your list?

 

[Mudcat]

Ooooh.

What's on your list?

You talking to me? About my grocery list? It says

unyun
leddish


(meaning onion and lettuce. No bananas since I already have 4.)

 

[MrX]

Bananas gross me out. A few times a year I try to eat one because I feel like I should, and I can't put my finger on what's so gross about them. I usually make it through about 2/3.

 

[fiveteamer]

I enjoy consuming bananas in a smoothie. Preferably accompanied by blueberries.

Boys take note. This is how blitty scores with the ladies. Keeps a svelt figure.

 

[MonkeyF0cker]

I rather enjoy the actual fruit along with virtually anything banana flavored including but not limited to banana Popsicles, banana nut bread, banana cream pie, etc.

 

[Mudcat]

Bananas gross me out. A few times a year I try to eat one because I feel like I should, and I can't put my finger on what's so gross about them. I usually make it through about 2/3.

Well I hope you are getting a good amount of potassium from other sources.

 

[MrX]

Well I hope you are getting a good amount of potassium from other sources.

I'm worried about it. What are the signs of a potassium deficiency?

 

[Mudcat]

A sure sign of a potassium deficiency is nurses start giving you little cups of potassium to drink.

That's when I knew.