Sunday, November 6, 2011

Bananas

I was curious if there is a way to store bananas to keep them from browning so quickly.
I kept bananas (a) laid flat, (b) in a bag, and (c) suspended for a week.






















Results:

The bananas in the bag kept the longest (apparently oxygen causes bananas to brown).
Bananas laid flat and hung basically browned at the same rate.
Eat your bananas within 6 days of buying them (unless they are kept in a bag).

Bananas laid flat












Bananas in bag












Bananas hung

4 comments:

  1. This is awesome, and very practical.

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  2. Awesome. Didn't know that about the plastic bag, because I heard somewhere that you should put bananas in brown bags if you want them to ripen faster. Another variable to test?

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  3. hmm, I actually like bananas on mostly brown, so this is nice to know.

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  4. hm never thought plastic would make them stay not-brown longer....

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