Still no sprouts in my banana greenhouse, but in the meantime I've decided to investigate other types of bananas available at the grocery store. I regularly shop at Giant Eagle and this week I made sure to inspect the small selection of banana varieties at the end of the banana shelf.
My grocery store offers a LOT of bananas...all Cavendish:
They do, to their defense, offer 3 other varieties. This week I decided to try the Red Banana. Obviously, as you can tell from the name, the skin is red and they are a bit smaller than "regular" bananas. The sign claims they taste sweet with a hint of raspberry.
Samantha and I picked out 2 red bananas and hurried home to try one. I quickly learned that I have no idea how to tell if Red bananas are ripe and therefore had a really hard time peeling it. Once I got it peeled Samantha and I each took half to try. Not quite what I was expecting. Not only was the banana not very sweet, there was also no hint of raspberry and more or less the best way to sum up the taste is tasteless. I think it was not ripe enough. There is still a second chance though. I've decided to let the other one sit for a while and see if time improves the taste and consistency. I'd hate to think that my taste preference is for the Cavendish only because there are also many other varieties of banana! (Though most are not widely available, if at all, in the United States.)
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