TIL what happens when you freeze a banana.
Recipe:
Around 17 on the day before discover that you're out of lemons, peel a just barely ripe banana anyway, cut it into round slices, put it into a small box with a tight fitting lid, leave it in the freezer overnight.
Around 9 in the morning get the box with the banana from the fridge, put it into the bento box with the rest of the meal, put everything in a thermal bag with two small reusable ice blocks and a bottle of water that had remained in the fridge overnight.
Drive 1.5 - 2 hours in ~30°C (no AC), leave in the trunk of the car while doing $THINGS; at 12:30 - 13:00 get the bento box, eat the lunch, eat the banana.
It was *sweet*. It was very soft, it could be picked up with a fork, but just barely, and it was extremely sweet. it had also leaked a sweet syrupy liquid that was also quite sweet.
Have I mentioned sweet?
It wasn't too sweet, however, as long as one has a bit of a sweet tooth it was quite pleasing.
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • • •yes, very sweet!
we freeze a lot of bananas - and use them in smoothies with milk. currently trying to grow our own bananas:
They are the USA's "most imported food".
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • • •Interesting.
Another thing you can do with a frozen banana (a more ripe one) is, freeze the (peeled) banana with a skewer in the end. Take it out and dip in molten chocolate, and return to the freezer until set.
You now have a cold ice-cream substitute with a crunchy chocolate shell :)
(optional, roll the freshly dipped banana in finely chopped nuts before re-freezing)
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