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Topic: Banana's
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Cat
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From: England
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted January 25, 2003 05:18 PM
 
How do you eat yours??????I recently decided to only eat organic food.
1 in 3 people die of cancer here in the UK  I really do feel that we spray way to many chemicals on our food - which cannot be good 
Oh and don't even get me started on the GM crops. (Genetically Modified) - how totally unnatural is that Anyway back to bananas...
So in my organic quest - I now get an organic fruit and vegetable delivery every week. It's kind of cool....as you don't know what you are going to get (unless you check on their website where they tell you weekly)as they deliver things that are currently in season......but I guess my Uranus singleton likes the surprise  Anyway....I struggle with bananas...always the fruit I end up with.....(they don't juice)
So this week...guess what......the mangos where apparently not good enough....so with a very nice apology they said they had sent me extra...........YES you guessed it...BANANAS......  So it's banana soup, followed by roast banana, then banana fritters..... - ok so I'm exagerating. IP: Logged |
Cat
Moderator Posts: 3307
From: England
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posted January 25, 2003 05:28 PM
Oooofff had trouble posting...error, error, error....to expressive with my smilies Soooo to continue..... Any interesting "how to get rid of banana recipes/ideas" would be appreciated
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theFajita
Knowflake Posts: 2007
From: Boca Raton, FL USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted January 25, 2003 08:06 PM
I like bananas with cinnamon  did you know if you gently squeeze them they divide into three naturally? I'm with you about the chemicals- I doubt America is any better ------------------
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pearly
Knowflake Posts: 554
From: Neptune, Milky Way, Universe
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted January 25, 2003 11:54 PM
Hey Cat  That seems like a really cool delivery to get. What a great idea, thanks for sharing that. As for bananas, I really like them alot! I usually make protien shakes with them and mix frozen fruit in with them and almond milk. I also like ice, peanut butter, bananas and a little soy or almond milk.... really decadent, but great power shake.  IP: Logged |
Cat
Moderator Posts: 3307
From: England
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted January 26, 2003 08:56 AM
Thanks everyone for the banana ideas  ....trying them this week.
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juniperb
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From: www.Heaven.Home
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted January 26, 2003 10:22 AM
Cat I  bananas... plain, in ice cream... on whole grain toast with warmed cream cheese ... most of all with peanut butter piled high on 7 grain bread. MMM-mmm
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Cat
Moderator Posts: 3307
From: England
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posted January 26, 2003 10:41 AM
Mmmm Juniperb  IP: Logged |
Hopeful
Knowflake Posts: 1396
From: The Mists of Avalon
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted January 26, 2003 12:49 PM
I LOVE banana bread and have a yummy recipe if that appeals to you. I'm interested in this organic fruit delivery! I wonder if we have it here???Hopeful IP: Logged |
Cat
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From: England
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted January 26, 2003 01:48 PM
Hi Hopeful
Ooo yes please - I do love banana bread and used to have a great recipe from when I lived in the States....seem to have lost it though, so if you have time I would really love to have your recipe.The organic delivery - yes I love it. Here in London I use....
http://www.abel-cole.co.uk/index.html They deliver throughout the UK and are excellent. You can also get organic meat, chicken etc delivered. Actually I find doing this, I spend less on food - as I don't need to go food shopping so often - which then stops me from over buying and ending up throwing things away (which I always feel so guilty about when I do that!) I'll do a search on google for you to see if I can find something similar in the USA.
Sue
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Cat
Moderator Posts: 3307
From: England
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted January 26, 2003 01:59 PM
Not sure exactly which area you live in re deliveries but here are a few links I've found..
http://www.torontoorganics.com/newsletter.asp?a=20 Hmm actually here's the link to the google search I did...it gives a lot of sites....
(I search for organic vegetable deliveries in America)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=organic+vegetable+deliveries+in+America With Abel & Cole (that I use) you just set it up as a weekly order so it's not that you have to keep looking at what to order each week. Which makes it very easy and every Friday I get my food delivered to my door Obviously you can add extra items should you want to at any time, or cancel at any time.
Hope those help.
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juniperb
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From: www.Heaven.Home
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted January 26, 2003 02:06 PM
Lucky me cuz my mom-in-law is our local produce lady & she can order me any I like (some is cost prohibiting tho ) so
I can get most produce organic. Being farm country, organic fowl ect is easy to aquire too.
I need to be more carefull of the things I eat tho. Since I quit smoking, all food is fair game & I`ve eat any thats in sight.
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Hopeful
Knowflake Posts: 1396
From: The Mists of Avalon
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted January 26, 2003 02:25 PM
Cat - I will check out those sites a bit later and will post the bread recipe too. I'm rushing a bit right now (as usual!).thank you! Hopeful IP: Logged |
Hopeful
Knowflake Posts: 1396
From: The Mists of Avalon
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted January 26, 2003 11:20 PM
Here it is - a phenomenal banana bread recipe...if I do say so mys-ELF! Banana Bread 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon each salt and soda
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 3)
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted and cooled
Optional: 1 cup pecans or walnuts
Optional: 1/2 to 1 cup milk chocolate morsels and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla In a bowl, stir together flour, salt and soda; set aside. In another bowl, combine bananas and sugar; stir well. Then add egg and butter and stir to blend. Pour liquid ingredients into dry ingredients and mix just until moistened. Pour batter in a greased 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 inch loaf pan. Bake in a 325 degree F oven for about 55 to 60 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes then turn onto a rack to cool completely. Makes 1 loaf. Note: the banana taste will be stronger the riper the bananas. Hopeful IP: Logged |
Cat
Moderator Posts: 3307
From: England
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted January 27, 2003 12:40 PM
Hi Hopeful
Thank you so much for typing out the recipe for me.......
I'm going to make it tomorrow...can't wait to taste it
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Hopeful
Knowflake Posts: 1396
From: The Mists of Avalon
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posted January 27, 2003 02:51 PM
Sue - if you want to be really decadent, use the pecans, chips and vanilla. Very yummy!Hopeful IP: Logged |
Cat
Moderator Posts: 3307
From: England
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posted January 27, 2003 05:03 PM
Hopeful
The very thought of it makes me feel like I've died and gone to heaven....I am going to cook up a storm tomorrow
Thank you
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Cat
Moderator Posts: 3307
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posted January 28, 2003 04:24 PM
Hopeful
Banana bread is now in the oven...can't wait....tic toc tic toc
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Hopeful
Knowflake Posts: 1396
From: The Mists of Avalon
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posted January 28, 2003 04:51 PM
oooh - I'll definitely be checking back in to see how it turns out. Did you put everything in? I can't decide how I like it best...fresh out of the oven when the chocolate is hot and gooey or...after it sits a day and the banana flavor gets stronger. So, I eat half right away and half the next day...or almost half! Hopeful IP: Logged |
Cat
Moderator Posts: 3307
From: England
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted January 28, 2003 06:11 PM
Mmmm...Mmmmm now that was scrum... scrum..scrummy
Thanks for the recipe Hopeful 
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Cat
Moderator Posts: 3307
From: England
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted January 28, 2003 06:15 PM
Oooo your last post wasn't there when I just posted....
I put walnuts in.....yummy.
Sue PS: I couldn't wait for it to cool down....the smell was driving me  had to eat some straight away IP: Logged |
Hopeful
Knowflake Posts: 1396
From: The Mists of Avalon
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posted January 28, 2003 10:11 PM
Oh yes, the smell will drive you...bananas! I'm glad you enjoyed it.  Hopeful IP: Logged |
theFajita
Knowflake Posts: 2007
From: Boca Raton, FL USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted January 29, 2003 02:31 AM
That banana bread sounds soooo delicious! Printing out the recipe now..
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Hopeful
Knowflake Posts: 1396
From: The Mists of Avalon
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted January 29, 2003 02:08 PM
Danita - you'll it!Hopeful IP: Logged |
Oxychick
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From: neither here nor there
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted January 29, 2003 11:30 PM
This reminds me of a recipe I learned in 4th grade for something called banana boats. scoop out the banana and mix it with whipped cream or cool whip or whatever. then put it back into the banana peel (hence the "boat" part) and sprinkle with chopped nuts and cherries. i don't really like cherries, so i never used them. but otherwise, as a kid i thought it was cool. also, the george foreman grill book has a recipe that calls for cooking bananas with a little honey (like carmelized bananas). IP: Logged |
theFajita
Knowflake Posts: 2007
From: Boca Raton, FL USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted January 30, 2003 07:51 PM
Mmmmm carmelized bananas. Probably like bananas foster which is so wonderful!------------------
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