*snickers* .... This might interest Meep

[charisstoma]

K J Charles, author, posted on twitter: I've been contracted to write a horror story. TBH I might just send this in.

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[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

*heaves* no thanks!

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

See. The author did think about submitting the recipe for a horror story.

I want to know why ripe bananas. Green bananas or their cousins plantains are starchy with only a hint of the flavor but without the sweetness. I've found them good as a potato substitute in stews.

Lately it seems People make odd salads. I've read a recipe with strawberries and cooked chicken together (there were other things too but I stopped after I found that combination)

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

I've put Pomegranate seeds in a salad and had Pineapple with a salad. Depends on the salad - I don't add mayo... maybe a little dressing or Balsamic.

Seen 'salad' with jelly squares and celery and mayo and...yuck

Perhaps because she's British? Availability ;)

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

If you've got bananas then you can buy them green. They ship them green and ripen them up by putting a ripe apple in with them which gives off ethylene.

*frowns at you* British and unavailable HA. You're 'reserved'.

Jelly squares?! as in jello squares. I share your yuck.
Balsamic dressing Yum.

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

Yeah don't often see them green here though.
Plantain you'd get in London and places but unlikely around here.

Not 'unavailable' but 'unlikely'

yep those things *grimace*

I love Balsamic :)

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

Ask if they've got some in the back that haven't been ripened as they probably want to stagger their stock and ripe bananas have a limited shelf life... If you want to try this. There's not much difference in taste between an unripe banana and a plantain esp if the banana is very unripe.

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

I work in a supermarket ;)
You do see the slightly unripe ones but not often the really green. But I don;t really like Banananananananas anyway, hubby is a fan I eat one every so many years unless it's mushed in cooking something ;)
Never tried Plantain.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

I go through a banana craving every once in a while. It's not bad diced over oatmeal though I like crushed pineapple better.
While green they're starch flavored with the barest bit of banana. Could see it in goulash as a potato sub since there's lots of cumin and chili powder to it to disguise that hint.

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

You're not convincing me!
Tried them fresh in Jamaica, those were nice.