Here's a fun gift 2nd Man got from one of my dear coworkers.
It's called a Nana Hat (as seen on Shark Tank). They sell them HERE on Amazon.
It works because bananas produce ethylene gas as they ripen and the cover over the stem end keeps them from absorbing the gas so they stay fresher longer. You stretch the silicone cover over the stem end of the bunch. There is a magnet in the end and once that is done, you put the cover on so it has some pizazz!
Practical AND cute!
They make other animals of course, dogs, pandas, octopus, unicorn, etc but I mean, come on, every banana needs an actual monkey watching over them, am I right?
By the way, these bananas had the cover on them for 5 days, sitting on the counter and they still looked good! I think we can say this works, ha!
Once we have bananas growing (hopefully) at the farm, we might just have to have several of these!
Looks like a banana condom! LOL
ReplyDeleteLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DeleteIt seems like the ethylene gas can still get out of the spaces between bananas. It is cute.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure some does but it's a super tight fit and it definitely slows down the process. :-)
Deletecute.
ReplyDeleteI have been going the cheaper way; wrapping the whole top with scotch tape.
Wet and cloudy and foggy out today. No sunshine here today.
Have a great day and enjoy your evening
We never knew that was a thing. Cool!!
DeleteVery cute. I separate my bananas, then wrap the ends in foil. It does help. Here in Perth (Australia) we are still having a HEAT wave ☀️☀️🦘🦘
ReplyDeleteNow that's smart too! Heat wave, I forget that it's summer down on the other part of the world.
DeleteVery cute. I noticed my daughter had her banana tops wrapped but had forgotten why. I have tow very ripe bananas waiting for me to decide to make banana bread or compost them. Maybe tomorrow - it's going to be a major snow day.
ReplyDeleteMarcia; you can freeze them bananas to use in the future. Can use them in making smoothies or make into banana bread.
DeleteIf you leave them whole, they will last for about 3 moths to where as if you slice them into coins they won't last as long; about 2 months.
I normally leave my bananas whole instead of slicing them in chunks or into coins.
I do peel my bananas first Before placing them on a parchment lined tray and flash freezing them. Once frozen solid (3-4 hours) I will place in ziplock bag, getting out as much air as possible.
A nice cold smoothie makes for a great, cool treat when it's hot outside in the summer months.
The banana peels you can throw away in your compost bin or if you have roses in you garden, use the peelings as food for your roses.
Great ideas from Colleen, yep, we had a few a couple months ago (before this) that were too ripe and 2nd Man made banana bread, it was so good.
DeleteThat is really cute. Please let us know how well the bananas hold up with the stem covered.
ReplyDeleteThey lasted much longer than they would have. Those in the picture were 5 days old when the pic was taken and lasted another couple of days but of course we ate them all, ha.
DeleteThose look so much cuter than my plastic wrap and rubber bands. :) I'm going to check those out on Amazon. Galestorm.
ReplyDeleteThey are cute and it's interesting seeing how many other ways people have of doing this same thing. Kind of neat that someone just figured out a way to make it more appealing to the masses, ha.
DeleteGreat idea! And cute, too!
ReplyDeleteIt works and it's cute to have on the counter, that's a win/win, ha.
DeleteAs long as we are all talking about bananas here, I have a banana tip for you all.
ReplyDeleteDid you know that if you peel a banana from the bottom up to the stem; you won't get any of them so called banana 'strings' that you normally would if you peel from the stem downward. Works 99% of the time.
Thanks for sharing this. 2nd Man taught me this said that's the way they grew up eating bananas. I had never heard of that. It's the only way I do it now. I think in nature, primates do this in the wild as well. :-)
Delete:-} Let's just say that I have been peeling them from bottom to stem ever since I was old enough to peel my bananas myself. I done it my way and no one was going to tell me any different.
ReplyDeleteWith magazines; to this day I start from the back and work my way to the front of the magazine.