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[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago

Banana bread is super easy to make. The only reason i don't make it more often is because it's basically cake in disguise.

[–] reboot6675@sopuli.xyz 5 points 17 hours ago

Tbh these don't even look that bad. Even many times you peel one of these and they are totally fine on the inside

[–] MrFloppy@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

Grill it with chocolate.

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 7 points 22 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.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Bunnylux@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

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

[–] wieson@feddit.org 19 points 1 day ago

They're totally edible

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 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 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

prepare a shit glass of brown [...]

I... don't think I will

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 3 points 22 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 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

All good, I was making a joke :P

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

I had to control my laugh during a meeting :D

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 day 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.

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

[–] door_in_the_face@feddit.nl 2 points 22 hours ago

Make banana bread for friends or neighbors?

[–] ciapatri@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago

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

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Buy a chest freezer

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

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

[–] door_in_the_face@feddit.nl 5 points 22 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 13 points 1 day ago

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

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day 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 4 points 22 hours ago

So you like 'em young and hard?

Sorry.

[–] grrgyle 3 points 23 hours ago

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

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day 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 22 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Yes, that is absolutely correct.

[–] krakenfury@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 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.

[–] portuga@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day 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 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] portuga@lemmy.world 2 points 21 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 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like you're just not big on bananas

[–] portuga@lemmy.world 2 points 20 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 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] portuga@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Every fruit from big supermarkets tastes like chemicals, looks shiny like you say and they’re all the same size. Also they pick them when they’re not ripe a refrigerate them, so an apple lasts like 3 days outside the fridge before you open it and it’s rotten inside. The good fruit and vegetables come from local markets. It’s less convenient and sometimes even more expensive but you get to taste and benefit from the better nutritional content.

[–] vfreire85@lemmy.ml 1 points 19 hours ago

what is the logo of x doing here?

[–] calmblue75@lemmy.ml 1 points 19 hours 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.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 15 points 1 day 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.

[–] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 day ago

Suugar? Ripe banana is already sweet enough.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day 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 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Oh interesting twist, will keep in mind

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[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day 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.

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

But I always make banana cake!!! Mmmmmm

[–] shartworx@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

I always make the banana bread.

[–] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

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

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Some good ideas in here!

[–] krakenfury@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago

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

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