keeping bananas

buy the green ones.

in a week they should be just right...



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'just right' is open to interpretation...

I get the greenest I can find. Today I got lucky and they are truly green.
Incidentally Chiquita Banana company just fired every employee in Panama. I don't know what it signifies for consumers here.

Why'd they do that? According to chatgpt:

Here’s what actually happened:

In late April, banana workers at its Bocas del Toro plantations went on strike over proposed pension reforms. By May 22, Chiquita Panama fired all roughly 5,000 daily laborers—labeling the strike an “unjustified abandonment of work.” The walkout, later deemed illegal by a Panamanian court, had already cost the company about $75 million

In early June (June 2–5), the company dismissed all remaining employees, including approximately 1,600 administrative and farm staff, effectively leaving it with zero workforce in Panama .

So yes—the entirety of its Panama workforce, around 6,500–7,000 people, has been laid off amid the strike and subsequent shutdown of operations.

Have you tried dipping the stem in paraffin or encasing it tightly with plastic wrap?

I wrapped the stem in plastic wrap and set the bunch on the counter, far away from all foodstuffs. The only alternative I have discovered is freezing, which I don't want.

tried freezing them once... lesson learned, never again...