How do you peel a banana?

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lozina

Lifer
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I peel from the stem side and sometimes it fails and I end up with mushy tip but then I just sorta spit that end out

HEre's another question: Do you completely peel your banana before eating it or do it peel and eat in repeated cycles until it is done?

I always completely peel before eating but I notice most people peel and eat in progressive steps
 

bignateyk

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Wait... how the hell do you peel a banana from the non-stem side? I'm genuinely intrigued by the idea. It could help me as I peel 2+ bananas a day...
 

onlyCOpunk

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Originally posted by: KeithTalent
http://www.wikihow.com/Peel-a-Banana

I use the monkey way.

KT

I WIN! You stem siders all LOSE!!!

It really is the best method. No muck on your fingernails. It ALWAYS opens cleanly. And you can either eat the seed or bite off that piece and spit it out. Now to mention the stem makes a good handle when you get down to the nitty gritty.
 

rasczak

Lifer
Jan 29, 2005
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I break it in half.

Peeling from the nonstem side is assuming that the bananas are fully to over ripened. I need mine a little green, hence why i break the banana in half.
 
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I hurl the banana at the ground as hard as I can. This generally splits the skin, allowing me to suck out the juicy innards. This is the same method I use to eat squirrels.
 

InverseOfNeo

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Originally posted by: darkxshade
Stem side.

Thread needs a poll

Non-stem side!!! And I have previously used all the arguments that people have provided with my co-workers.

But this thread does need a poll.
 

SonicIce

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Apr 12, 2004
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One thing I know is they taste much better when they're a little green than when they're a little brown. And the greener the easier to open.
 

MattCo

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went to the store during my lunch break to get a bunch, let the peel experiments begin.
 

funkymatt

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Jun 2, 2005
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Originally posted by: Blackjack200
Originally posted by: Gothgar
Originally posted by: henryay
Me and my sister peel from the stem side.
My mom peels from the other end.

What do you do?

wait... what?

how the fuck do you peel from the non-stem side?

Some people just do. There were some people at my house once that were telling me "oh, it's so much easier to peel from the the other end." All proud like they knew some kind of fruit hack. I tried it a few times and went right back to the stem side. It's idiotic.

:laugh: lol fruit hacking!
 

imported_Imp

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I pinch the stem side then tear from that side. I think I've seen it, but I don't 'get' why you would start from the other side. The stem is just asking to be pulled.