Bananas would be far less commercially viable if their ripening wasn't so predictable and tightly linked to their color. amirite?

+54 Bananas would be far less commercially viable if their ripening wasn't so predictable and tightly linked to their color. amirite?

by Nathan38 2 days ago

avocados were enjoyed as a secret by people from south america until everyone discovered how to open them so you are right

by Anonymous 2 days ago

with a knife?

by carrie28 2 days ago

SHHHHHH

by Anonymous 2 days ago

There's at least a bit of a trick you need to know with the hard skin and large hard seed. It's not like they're apples. Although probably less of a trick than with pomegranates.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

True, but most fruits don't signal ripeness as reliably for humans. Apples, avocados, and even tomatoes can look ripe but still be hard or flavorless. Bananas are unusual in how well their color maps to texture and sweetness and I have to think has contributed to their success in the retail setting.

by Nathan38 2 days ago

Well you also need to understand this is really like the 3rd or 4th thing society has considered a banana and that most bananas you buy in a retail setting are probably heavily bred to be sold in retail and aren't really what a "wild" banana would be

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Okay, so they'd be less commercially viable if they were different? Which was OP's point?

by eduardo83 2 days ago

Bananas are unusual in how well their color maps to texture and sweetness This is precisely why we bred this particular type of banana. Other banana relatives aren't as predictable.

by Future_Agent4325 2 days ago

100% Bananas are awesome. I think they are making a bid to control our evolution as did grains

by donlarkin 2 days ago

Even 80% bananas are still pretty good.

by schowaltergrant 2 days ago

Ita just sad you can only one sort of Bananas these days in most countrys due to the past Banana-wars and the fact the once famous one has gone extinct due to an illness which killed allmost all the plants because they were genetically just clones of each other and had no chance to develop immunity. In some shops you can buy cooking-bananas but i would love to try red or the nice blue ones which are said to taste like vanilla ice cream.

by HatMedical 2 days ago

Yeah but it's not as good a movie as 28 Days Later

by donlarkin 2 days ago

by Nathan38 2 days ago

you can check my ripeness by touch.

by schowaltergrant 2 days ago

That gets to my point though - if you had to check every banana by touch the shelves would be covered in brown mushy spots and wouldn't sell nearly as well.

by Nathan38 1 day ago