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I seriously doubt the refrigerator trick works. I am a former head of lettuce and bananas are always a department's number one selling item and they were never once put in the cooler to slow ripening.
Bananas come to the US really green and underripe. They are then put in gigantic rooms and gassed. That expedites the ripening process exponentially, and within days they go from very green to overripe. It's a constant challenge for a retailer to time the gassing so they can get them to the stores and sell them in that 1-2 day window where they are starting to show signs of yellowing but not yet turning black to where they need to be marked down or thrown out. It's not a process that can be slowed down or stopped.
They also bruise far easier than any other fruit. Run your finger down a yellow banana; within an hour there will be a black mark there.
I too prefer very ripe yellow/flecked with black spot bananas. Peak flavor. Don't understand people who like the firm greener ones but whatever.
You wolfin br0?
Wiper, do not worry about tuq, he has always been a hater and I am about to style on him.
Has it ever crossed ur tuq head that banana retailers could be as concerned about the coloring of the peel for consumer aesthetics as they are with the ripeness of the banana inside?
We all know ancedote is the most valid form of argument so I will share a story with you. I have approximately one year's experience of putting bananas in the fridge, but there is one bunch of bananas that I will never forget. I had thrown them in the fridge drawer and forgotten about them until about two weeks later. Now everyone knows, after that time on the counter ur bananas r gonna be black and mushy. Indeed my peels were black, so I initially thought damn what a waste. However, having studied philosophy I remembered its what is on the inside that counts so don't be so quick to chuck and open one first. I was shocked to discover that I would have actually preferred them to be a bit more ripe. Now tuq, were these magic bananas?
Did I buy them from the same guy who sold Jack his beanstalk beans......