My life could easily be measured as a series of showdowns with bananas.
They turn up. They turn brown. They turn me from baker to battle axe.
Every time this troublesome transformer throws down the gauntlet, I have to admit, I learn something. A lesson in creative capitulation, reluctant resignation or simple surrender comes with its little life cycle on my counter. I can’t say that about many other fruits.
The next hand of bananas ripening slowly in the kitchen will vex me. I know this, but I won’t stop buying them. Truthfully, I adore them and I could not imagine my kitchen without them sitting in the corner quietly keeping time in perfect freckled beats.
Banana Fact:
In Uganda, bananas are such a big part of the diet that the same word, matooke,
They turn up. They turn brown. They turn me from baker to battle axe.
Every time this troublesome transformer throws down the gauntlet, I have to admit, I learn something. A lesson in creative capitulation, reluctant resignation or simple surrender comes with its little life cycle on my counter. I can’t say that about many other fruits.
The next hand of bananas ripening slowly in the kitchen will vex me. I know this, but I won’t stop buying them. Truthfully, I adore them and I could not imagine my kitchen without them sitting in the corner quietly keeping time in perfect freckled beats.
Banana Fact:
In Uganda, bananas are such a big part of the diet that the same word, matooke,
is used for both "food" and "banana."
Banana Quote:
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
Banana Quote:
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
—Groucho Marx
Banana Recipes:
There are a million amazing banana recipes out there, so go try a few—maybe even a whole bunch!
Banana Recipes:
There are a million amazing banana recipes out there, so go try a few—maybe even a whole bunch!
From Lick My Spoon
From Baked Bree
From The Yeast I Can Do!
From The Yeast I Can Do!
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