The Banana Experiment

It doesn't matter where you live to comment about bananas. The only difference is that when we lived in Milwaukee, Facebook didn't exist yet. Since we moved to DC, Facebook is another way to stay in touch, so we check it out routinely for all the goings on. Every once in a while someone will put a tip about food items, recipes, or otherwise. We tried the recipe for unstuffed cabbage and really liked it. The idea about keeping bananas fresh intrigued us, so we thought we would give it a try. We haven't had a lot of luck with bananas after a couple days. It doesn't seem to matter about the brand, or the place we get them - they just start getting soft and mushy. So, according to the instructions, we got some Saran Wrap and wrapped the stem to keep it air tight. We have had two different bunches from two different places. And even though we might be hoping for a good result, it seems like there actually is a good result. Since using this technique for the last two weeks, the bananas have kept fresh longer. Even though there are brown spots on the peel, there are less brown spots on the inside and the bananas stayed firm. Facebook can be very annoying some times. But for this I'll make an exception.