banana glut

basill

Could they be sliced and slowly dried in a low oven to make nana crisps? I do like the ones from the healthy food shops, but I dont know if they are baked or fried
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Fred1949

Thanks to all those who have helped me with my banana problem, i have bought some more especially to try out some of the recipes suggested!

squeaky

If you check out the Cooking section of the MEGA Index sticky at the top of the Old Style forum listing you'll find a whole bunch more banana recipes and ideas listed under "fruit"

derek198198

Fred - which club do you DJ at? I think I may have seen you there on my ballroom dancing. I must say, you mix with the best of them. Bo!

On the subject of bananas, Im sure google would give you plenty of options of what to do with them if you just searched for 101 uses of a banana.

powie69

sparky61 wrote:

Just found a whole page of recipe's using bananas.

http://www.hookerycookery.com/banana-menu.htm

I can recomend the banana chutney. Have made loads in the past few months as pressies. It works well with curries my friend told me. I have also kept some from about 4 months ago and it tastes fine. Good Luck

Savvy_Sue

On my way to work on Friday morning, I discovered a LARGE box of bananas in my porch, which I think were intended for my DH to take to work (he is manager of a charity which runs a cafe and we do get surprises like this from time to time). Anyway, he'd gone by that time, I wasn't taking this box to him on the bus, and the bananas are now blacker than ever (although still remarkably good inside).

I've made a double batch of banana bread which has used 12 of them and that can go into his work. But I'm running out of eggs, flour and ideas. I know you can freeze them, but I've got no freezer space. And I know you can dry them in a low oven for 24 hours, so I may try that tomorrow after the roast is done. But any other bright ideas?

Alternatively anyone willing to come to NW Bristol for a bunch of bananas, please PM me and I'll get back to you tomorrow (about to swallow my tea and head out to Pride and Prejudice, girly night out!)

Curry_Queen

You've just reminded me that I have some bananas in the freezer taking up valuable space!

Now, the last time I tried to peel a frozen banana it didn't go too well, and when I tried to defrost one it went black and left a puddle on the side

I want to make a cake or banana loaf of sorts to use up these bananas (6) but what's the best way of dealing with them from frozen?

squeaky

Curry_Queen wrote:

You've just reminded me that I have some bananas in the freezer taking up valuable space!

Now, the last time I tried to peel a frozen banana it didn't go too well, and when I tried to defrost one it went black and left a puddle on the side

I want to make a cake or banana loaf of sorts to use up these bananas (6) but what's the best way of dealing with them from frozen?

This google page has ideas such as smoothies, and also whizzing frozzed bananas before putting them in a cake. I'm not sure how many, if any, of those pages tell you how to get frozen skins off (dunk in boiling water?) but there might be some ideas there:-

Using frozen bananas

lily_the_pink

I know the following wont use up many bananas but it is easy and you can put in oven after your roast - my mum used to make this when I was a kid:

Baked bananas

2 bananas per person will give a good sized portion
golden syrup or honey
lemon juice

split bananas in two (lengthways)
arrange in pyrex baking dish
cover with some honey or golden syrup - not sure how much prob about 1 table spoon per person
squeeze lemon juice over this

bake in a moderate oven - if I remember takes about 35 minutes - basically until bananas are still in one piece but mushy.

Serve with evaporated milk.

Perfect for a coldish autumn afternoon.

Savvy_Sue

squeaky wrote:

Using frozen bananas

That is NOT a website to show my sons! :rotfl: Paintballing with frozen bananas?