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[–] vfreire85@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

what is the logo of x doing here?

[–] calmblue75@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

There is a snack called appam made with wheat/rice flour, which calls for overripe bananas. For this level of browned bananas, you probably don't even need to add sugar seperately.

[–] MrFloppy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Grill it with chocolate.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I have a chest freezer in my garage full of bananas that begs to differ.

[–] Bunnylux@lemmy.world 2 points 22 minutes ago

If your bananas have developed sentience and started to beg, you've left them too long!

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

I like to make banana milk with those really brown bananas. In fact, I let them age just so they are nice and sweet.

I take 1 or 2 bananas, break them in chunks and put them in a measuring cup that holds around 1L, add a bit of vanilla extract, fill with milk to cover banana chunks, blend with a stick blender until smooth, fill milk to the top, blend a bit more just to mix everything, done. Serves one (me) or two (regular) people.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 hours ago

Let them spend some time in the freezer. There's still a chance they could be used in pancakes or dog biscuits...

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

You can make banane flambée !

  • Split the bananas length-wise as good as possible, they should split in 3.
  • lay them done in a pan
  • heat it until hot, no need to cook them too much
  • sprinkle with powdered sugar
  • prepare a ~~shit~~shot glass of brown rhum and some matches (or lighter)
  • pour the shot on the bananas and light it on fire !!! 🔥
  • turn of the heat, let it extinguish buy itself

Et voilà ! You have delicious caramelized banana desert!

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

prepare a shit glass of brown [...]

I... don't think I will

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Sometimes I just hate the autocorrect on my phone... I meant to write "shot glass of rhum"

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 hours ago

All good, I was making a joke :P

[–] wieson@feddit.org 19 points 10 hours ago

They're totally edible

[–] portuga@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I have a female friend that just sprinkles cinnamon on it and mashes them with a fork and says it’s delicious. Yeah she’s crazy. I suggested putting some palm olive on it so it would make easier to scrape it into the garbage bin

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] portuga@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, but it tastes like ripe bananas with cinnamon. I also tried making banana ice cream (only ripe bananas, and stir it while it freezes. Didn’t become a fan. I just opted for not buying bananas

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like you're just not big on bananas

[–] portuga@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I can live without bananas. They’re not indigenous* to where I’m from (Portugal) so it makes little sense for me to pay for shipping from other countries while inevitably letting some go to spoil. There’s plenty of other fruit I can eat without making a bigger carbon footprint

*actually we have a variety of bananas from madeira island which is Portuguese. They are smaller than your regular banana but make up for it in taste cause they’re delicious (regular imported bananas don’t taste like much)

[–] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 minutes ago

It always makes me wonder what delicious flavors nature has provided that I'm missing out on. Just like Banana's in the states, we have a "main" variety of apple which is "Red Delicious" (it's just a name, not delicious). This abomination is the prettiest picturesque apple you've ever seen, but it tastes like cardboard compared to any other apple species. I wish we still had access to all the different varieties of banana's that used to be around but guess we've fucked that one up.

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

But I always make banana cake!!! Mmmmmm

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

My Grandmother won't eat them until they're like this.

I'm a 'just a hint of green' girl.

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

So you like 'em young and hard?

Sorry.

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

The key to amazing banana bread is to make it with soft, brown sugar. The stuff that is clumpy, glistening with moisture, reminiscent of molasses. It adds so much to the flavor. And actual nuts, of course.

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't it reminiscent of molasses because brown sugar has molasses in it?

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Yes, that is absolutely correct.

[–] krakenfury@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

This makes me think you could use straight sorghum, or mix in some with brown sugar.

Also makes me want to try panela, unrefined whole cane sugar from Central and South America

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I do in fact use unrefined, brown cane sugar, although I have not tried panela specifically.

The one I use pretty much looks like this:

It's an organic fair trade brand, but I'd have to look up where it is imported from.

As I said, I can't imagine making it with any other kind of sugar any more. Sorghum seems like an interesting idea, might have to experiment with that.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 29 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

Don't tell me what I do and don't do

[–] door_in_the_face@feddit.nl 4 points 4 hours ago

Haha, I took this post as motivation to finally use up those frozen bananas I had. Now I have banana bread muffins in my freezer instead. It's a good upgrade if you ask me.

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 14 points 14 hours ago

Finally! A use for my old bananas AND excess nut butter!

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 39 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

I wasn’t ready quite yet so I put them in a bag in the freezer.

The bag got so full I had to move to a bigger bag.

My freezer is half full of brown, frozen bananas.

I don’t even like banana bread. Help.

[–] door_in_the_face@feddit.nl 2 points 4 hours ago

Make banana bread for friends or neighbors?

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Buy a chest freezer

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 24 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Bananas act as egg substitutes. Add to any sweet baked thing, like waffles or pancakes.

Edit: peel them first, and put them on a plate in the freezer before you stick them in a freezer bag. It's much less intimidating when you don't have to deal with peeling a shitty slimy frozen banana.

Edit edit: Muffins are superior.

[–] ciapatri@sh.itjust.works 16 points 17 hours ago

I cut them up into chunks before freezing and then use for smoothies.

[–] krakenfury@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 hours ago

I estimate I make the banana bread 13-20% of the time.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 3 points 12 hours ago

Some good ideas in here!

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I don't make banana bread very often because I make a damn good banana bread from a recipe my mother showed me (that I'm certain she got online) and I have absolutely zero self control, so the entire load will be gone in two to three days.

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Days? Try hours.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 14 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

I love banana smoothie way more than banana bread. Put a couple ripe bananas, some sugar, milk, blend. Enjoy. Less effort and more bananas used.

[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago

My research showed that even 1µg of banana is enough to make the whole damn smoothie taste like nothing but banana so I leave them out of my smoothies.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 6 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Lose the sugar and add a date or two. Makes it whip up into a totally different consistency for some reason.

[–] UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I might not be getting some joke here, but what's a "date" in this context?

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 3 points 12 hours ago

Oh interesting twist, will keep in mind

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago

Can also sub dates or sugar with honey. Or maple syrup (not table syrup/hfcs).

[–] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 16 hours ago

Suugar? Ripe banana is already sweet enough.

[–] shartworx@sh.itjust.works 11 points 17 hours ago

I always make the banana bread.

[–] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 9 points 17 hours ago

Freeze them! Frozen banana is even better than fresh in milkshake.

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago

I love banana bread, but hate fresh bananas, so I never buy any. I guess that's one way to solve this problem.. 😂