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Bananas and Plantains
A banana is an herbaceous tree-like plant which bears an elongated fruit. It comes in different sizes and colors when ripe, including yellow, red and purple. Among the top banana-producing countries are India, Mexico, China, Ecuador, Brazil, Indonesia and the Philippines.
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What is a banana's appearance?
Bananas are yellow and curved, wider in the middle and narrowing towards each end. Inside, bananas are ridges, but on the outside they are smooth. Overripe bananas may have brown spots or patches on them, whereas underripe bananas will be green or green on one end and yellower on the other.
What is the meaning of the term 'banana republic'?
A "banana republic" is a derogatory term for any badly-run, corrupt, poor country typically in the Caribbean or Latin America. Usually such a state would be a republic with a corrupt and authoritarian political leadership and stereo-typically the main product would be the farming of a cash-crop such as bananas. The phrase probably comes from the inter-war period when the USA through the company United Fruit made many caribbean countries (such as pre-revolution Cuba) totally dependent on the USA for exports with the USA maintaining client regimes in those countries.
Banana republic is a clothing store. They sell, clothes, shoes, perfume and sometimes furniture. They are one of the most well-known clothing companies in the world.
How much fiber in a small banana?
Dietary fiber content is 2.6 grams per 100 grams of banana
It is origami 20 calories because bannaas are good for you
Yes, but I highly recommend not actually eating it.
Some species of fingerling banana's are indeed red/purple and quite sweet.
Very nutritious and fun to eat.
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Can yellow bellied turtles eat banana?
You bet! Though, if it's an aquatic turtle he'd be a lot happier with a bit of fish, a meal worm, or even a dead fly. Infant aquatic turtles tend to be meat eaters, becoming almost completely herbivorous by adulthood.
Dogs do not dream about bananas. They all dream they are back to their primordial wolf pack origins. They imagine they all have wolf heads and run down Elk, Antelope, and even Moose. Oddly, they dream of having a wolf head which is not a stretch for a German shepard but looks funny on a Chihuahua or Weiner Dog.
Jamaica has a warm, tropical climate being located in the Caribbean and places with this type of climate and vegetation such as palm trees will have coconuts. With Jamaica being a popular tourist destination, I would doubt they would be without coconuts!
Of course Jamaica has coconuts. I live in Jamaica and trust me their quite abundant too. We buy them every Sunday to make a special dinner. By The way I came across this question while doing homework. Our climate acts in the favor of those types of plants.
Is banana harmful in cold and cough?
No bananas are not harmful when you have a cold. In fact, they are rich in potassium which can help combat sweating, vomiting and diarrhea. They are easy to digest and can help replenish lost electrolytes. So eat up!
Where in the Philippines that fruit tree crops are grown?
Fruit tree crops are grown all over the Philippines. They are located on islands such as Bohol, Negros Occidental and Cebu.
What country is the best producer of bananas?
The top producing countries are:
India 16.8
Brazil 6.7
China 6.4
Ecuador 5.9
Philippines 5.8
Indonesia 4.5
Costa Rica 2.2
Mexico 2.0
Thailand 2.0
Colombia 1.6
Burundi 1.6
What causes a banana to split as they ripen?
they are kept cold... very cold while going from green to yellow, by the grocer. If bought and taken where it is hot, say a non-a/c car, then the heat will split them all open by the time you get home.
Some people simply don't like bananas, just like any other food. But, they might be more "yucky" if they are overly ripe. Try bananas that have little or no brown on their skin - these will be much firmer. Another thing is to try different things with bananas - bananas on bread with peanut butter, bananas sliced in your favirte cereal with milk. Many foods taste better for some people when they are combined with other things.
What part of the world do banana trees grow in?
Bananas grow in humid, tropical regions of the world. They thrive in Honduras, as well as in other Central and South American rainforests and in Africa and Southeast Asia. They require very warm climates and need lots of water. They grow best where it rains a lot. In the US, bananas are grown in Hawaii, but only a very small amount. The word "banana" comes from the Arabic word for "finger." Bananas got this name because they resemble fingers that grow together in long rows, which are called "hands." We call them "bunches."
How can you prevent bananas going brown?
Sprinkle them with lemon juice. The lemon juice reacts with oxygen more readily than the bananas, and it's the oxygen reaction that turns them brown.
What country did plantain come from?
The plantain (pronounced [plæntɪn] or [plæntɛɪn][1]) is a species of the genus Musa and is generally used for cooking, in contrast to the soft, sweet banana (which is sometimes called the dessert banana).
Plantains tend to be firmer and lower in sugar content than dessert bananas and are used either when green or under-ripe (and therefore starchy) or overripe (and therefore sweet). Plantains are a staple food in the tropical regions of the world, treated in much the same way as potatoes and with a similar neutral flavour and texture when unripe.
They are grown as far north as Florida, the Caribbean and Central America, the Canary Islands, Madeira, Africa, and southern Japan or Taiwan and as far south as KwaZulu-Natal and southern Brazil. The largest exporter of plantains to the United States is Colombia.
Also part of staple diet in West Africa, especially in Ghana, Nigeria, & cameroon
Reference and more info : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantain
Do bananas contain a lot of fiber?
All fruits have a degree of fiber in them. You may have to eat a few to get the daily recomened dose but thats a plus because you also get the pottassium you need also.
per 100 grams of banana, the dietary fiber content is 2.6 grams
What happen to a banana when you put it in a fridge?
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Putting a banana in the fridge will preserve it for a short period of time, but it will lose some of its potassium goodness.
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Nothing happens to them. They just won't ripen at all, since they are a tropical fruit which grow in hot climates.
But if they are overripe, and you want to keep them from getting moldy, then you can put them in the fridge. Although, in my opinion, cold bananas taste weird. Or maybe it's just that I don't really like bananas that much to begin with.
If you were to see a banana plantation, you'd probably say "yes," bananas do grow on trees. But although banana plants certainly look like trees, growing up to 30 feet tall, they're really giant shoots, the banana plant is an herb, not a tree! In fact, the banana is the largest plant on earth without a woody stem.
How do you turn Green bananas yellow fast?
Place it in a cold space, such as a refrigerator. The skin turns brown or black faster in a refrigerator, but the banana meat itself does not ripen that much more. In fact, it is recommended that ripened bananas be frozen to preserve them even longer. The cold temperature of a refrigerator encourages an enzyme (polyphenyl oxidase), which is naturally found in the banana, to polymerise phenols in the banana skin into polyphenols. Polyphenols are similar to melanin, the pigment responsible for the color in our skin. This is what blackens the skin of the bananas. Despite the color, the cold temperature will keep bananas firmer than a banana that has been left at room temperature for the same amount of time. The enzymes that break the starch into sugar, which makes the banana soft and ripe, work better at room temperature.
They are very healthy.
There is a lot of vitamin C, B6 and Potassium in bananas. It has been proven to enhance brain activity and prevent complications during pregnancy. Bananas also might enhance mood and bio-availability of other nutrients from food.
What esters smells like banana?
Banana popsickle ester, this is the ester that is use in banana liqueur
