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atrailofdisasters t1_jdpmho0 wrote

It’s upside down.

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DelusionsBigIfTrue t1_jdrg4gx wrote

Does anyone know if this is a Big Mike banana in the photo? It doesn’t look like a Cavendish.

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cjboffoli t1_jdrhb2b wrote

You're right. They're not Cavendish. They might be Orinocos.

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DelusionsBigIfTrue t1_jdrhlk2 wrote

Could be. Maybe Lady Finger? I’m bad at identifying these with only images lol

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Mypigfounditself t1_jdtmrna wrote

That's not the problem. The problem is I can't tell how big they are. OP should have put a banana for scale!

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Xbalanque_ t1_jdqc6ew wrote

A free tarantula in every bunch!

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BarefootUnicorn t1_jdqdu9n wrote

A beautiful bunch of ripe banana

(Daylight come and we want go home)

Hide the deadly black tarantula

(Daylight come and we want go home)

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MystifiedPeroxide t1_jdplk18 wrote

Pretty cool! Wonder if they would last a little longer then?

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AdmiralPoopbutt t1_jdpoy9b wrote

Possibly but shipping and handling is a lot less efficient this way. Might be beneficial in areas close to where bananas are grown though.

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Laogama t1_jdpthuc wrote

I live in a banana growing area. Nowhere does this. Then again, nowhere wraps bananas in plastic either.

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Captain_Naps t1_jdqg2c6 wrote

>Then again, nowhere wraps bananas in plastic either.

on styrofoam platters.

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windofdeath89 t1_jdqo0xt wrote

I grew up in a banana growing area and it is indeed common to have these in smaller shops (Not supermarkets and the like).

You don’t have to buy the whole thing just take how many ever you want.

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scorched-earth-0000 t1_jdqnb7w wrote

You're obviously wrong. Somewhere does this, look at the picture Somewhere bananas are wrapped in plastic, I've seen it before this and you see it here. I don't understand you

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Fish201 t1_jdqyp6c wrote

I think you can assume he meant that nowhere in the vicinity of the area he lives in did this

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SnooHabits7630 t1_jdqa0ir wrote

This is how you'll find bananas in grocery stores in India. In all of them.

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birdlawprofessor t1_jdrcywr wrote

Not quite? In my city in UP you will occasionally see green bananas sold like this alongside other vegetables, but in the fruit markets and at the grocery stores I’ve only ever seen them sold in bunches like they do in the west.

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WantsToBeUnmade t1_jds7b86 wrote

As an aside, I love how the same abbreviation (UP) can stand for such disparate places as the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Uttar Pradesh. I had to reread the sentence when my mind initially used the wrong one.

It's a neat contrast.

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TVotte t1_jdppa6b wrote

LPT never wrap bananas in plastic. It makes them go bad.

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cutelyaware t1_jdpxnvc wrote

Not wrapping them in plastic makes them go bad too

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Layne205 t1_jdqjhow wrote

They start out bad and can only get worse.

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BoiglioJazzkitten t1_jdr763i wrote

Wait... Are there bananas wrapped in plastic in the background?

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ToptenRubs t1_jdrd84e wrote

They are so girthy! Can’t wait to try to fit a whole one in my mouth

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derpmcturd t1_jdqumu1 wrote

what the hell is going on with those obese bananas

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APLJaKaT t1_jdrhaen wrote

That's cool. But how come they put the stalk in upside down?

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OrgJoho75 t1_jdppi78 wrote

Look like 'pisang nipah' where it sold as banana fritters over here.

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JerseyshoreSeagull t1_jdqb4lc wrote

I would stay away from those. They're mealy with no flavor.

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proto3296 t1_jdqs4d5 wrote

Do they remove the banana spiders???? Like what

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Orange_comfort t1_jdq5ngu wrote

We do it for tomatoes too. Keeps them fresh for longer. Or that's the belief anyway.

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jankyj t1_jdqc68a wrote

And the stem is now weighed as billable product.

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WannaTeleportMassive t1_jdr0spz wrote

Lmao they aint on the vine when im paying for them.

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jankyj t1_jdrbe7i wrote

Me either -- hell, i even take the huge stems off portobello mushrooms and leave them behind.

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CookingToEntertain t1_jdqi5sw wrote

When I was in south America I would buy one of these and put it on my balcony as a bird feeder. Would get so many cool birds all through the day

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akayataya t1_jdqpsdr wrote

They tryin to copy them Brussel's sprouts

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Scuba_BK t1_jdqqpba wrote

It will keep the bananas fresh for a long time

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doubleflush t1_jdqxi40 wrote

daylight come and i wanna go home

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Guac__is__extra__ t1_jdqyiyt wrote

That’s how you know they’re not imitation bananas

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Lee2026 t1_jdr8s40 wrote

That’s are some thicccc bananas

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extopico t1_jdra82j wrote

That’s a good variety too. Much firmer, stretchy flesh.

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14X8000m t1_jdrf7ww wrote

Who wraps bananas in plastic? The gas released makes them ripen faster. Considering that they're already ripe, that means spoilage. It's also terrible for the environment.

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MountainLog5291 t1_jdrkfkt wrote

I love when they put fruits and vegetables on polystyrene and wrap them in plastic. It’s so natural and biodegradable

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IscahRambles t1_jds5yx3 wrote

Especially for bananas that basically come in their own packaging to begin with.

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odrea t1_jdrn3x5 wrote

more natural than that impossible XD

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hskskgfk t1_jdrqawu wrote

It’s pretty common in India

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ngatipakehatokuiwi t1_jdrt9g5 wrote

It’s to educate people that bananas don’t come from plastic trays

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azechouser t1_jds87x1 wrote

This is an actual bunch of bananas. An individual banana is a finger, the small group is a hand, multiple hands is a bunch.

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graebot t1_jdsejia wrote

Fuck you and the branch you grew up on!

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Heterophylla t1_jdsgnoh wrote

What?? I thought they were made with a machine like sausages and they just used the banana peel as a casing.

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JustABasicBadWitch t1_jdsmmrh wrote

Wait... I thought bananas grew in trees like coconuts??? Wait what the fuck does a banana plant look like? Are they not a type of palm tree???

Excuse me whilst I go down a rabbit hole about bananas... the last time this happened, I ended up calculating the weight of a giant sturgeon in both peel and unpeeled bananas...

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marky294201 t1_jdt1043 wrote

Ive heard that american store bananas arent shit

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NFASMG t1_jdtoiks wrote

Those small bananas are tasty.

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AVERSE_AVICE t1_jdrrafc wrote

a great way to cut out all that wasteful packaging... gif

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sashinexists t1_jdq3nko wrote

This is fucking sick! It would be cool if this was standard

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KnudsonRegime t1_jdriiz6 wrote

The only reason it’s not is logistics. Bananas are notoriously quick to spoil in transit and fast transit is expensive. The banana trains in the US are still the fastest long haul freight method and they have priority over any other train on the tracks.

Since you can fit more bananas without their stalks it’s vastly more economical than wasting a bunch of space with non-edible material.

What nobody talks about is how stalked bananas are shipped LTL (less than truck load) and their carbon footprint is 20x+ that of bulk bunches.

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SwaggerEilte t1_jdqspiz wrote

Here in india its pretty much the standard in the usual fruit shops. The shopkeepers cut the bunch from the stalk depending on how much the customers want.

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Poopedinbed t1_jdqbavk wrote

Becauae i wouldn't believe those were real bananas unless they were attached to the stall. Look at those chodes.

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