Step one: When choosing a banana, make sure it isn’t one of those really big ones. They are very difficult to manage, and make quite the mess. I personally like mine on the moderate size, plenty firm and solid, with just a slight spongy texture.
Step two : A banana appreciates a compliment, so make sure you tell it just how perfect it is. In fact, you have never seen a banana quite like it before in your entire life.
Step three: With your fingers, gently peel each layer of skin peel back, until it starts to bear it’s delectable fruit. It might start getting a tad sticky at this point, so keep a towel handy.
Step four: Continue peeling down the entire shaft of the banana. Remember to compliment and thank the banana for this awesome opportunity. Show proper enthusiasm, because banana’s can tell when you are faking it.
Step five: Behold your peeled banana in all its hopefully unblemished glory!
Step six: Gently take your now unsheathed banana and take a big bite. Now, doesn’t that taste good? Isn’t it smooth and silky? Worth all the effort, I’d say.
Step seven: Unfortunately, this is as much fun as it gets. Keep in mind though, there are many banana’s looking to get peeled out there. Now armed with the proper knowledge, you can peel as many as you like without fear.
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My follow up to “How to peel an orange”…
That’s an excellent looking banana. Have you ever seen that banana slicer on Amazon? There are like 3500 historical reviews of it that are worth the read.
That is a ton of banana’s ingested.
Geez I said historical! Stupid autocorrect! I meant hysterical!
I figured it out..lol
Very helpful. Now can you explain why that final bit of banana, no matter what the size, always makes me gag?
You haven’t practiced enough.
No. No, that’s not it. I blame the banana.
Banana gets no love.
I’m not going to go on and on about this (too late) but I love bananas. They are the ultimate workplace fruit. But that last bite, man! Maybe if I ate the last bite first.
I wish you many happy future banana bites.
I can’t stand bananas, but banana flavoured things I love, I think it’s the texture of the fruit I despise. Now if you can just show me how to open my banana yoghurt tub…
Without it spraying you? I hate that. Every damn time.
This is my dilemma
I usually just wear a bib.
Okay, I’m just gonna say it. We’re not talking bananas here, people, are we? (Seriously, are we???)
If banana’s are penises, then yes. We are.
That’s an incredibly informative article. For 28 years I have been forced to pass bananas to a nearby person, sheepishly beseeching them to peel my banana. But from this moment I forth I need not do that, and I am eternally grateful.
Take what you have learned and pay it forward.
I will, my friend. I will.
Crap, I have been doing this wrong for so long…
It’s alright. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
That’s what I’ve been doing wrong with bananas. I’ve been “faking it” too much. This has really helped me.
I am glad. My next post will be called, ” How to pretend to not be faking it.”
I picked a lousy day to be a plantain.
The skin is a bit tricky on those.
It pains me to note that most chefs would advise using a sharp knife – so barabaric!
Could always be worse, those mandolins look like they could slice it plain in half.
I have a mandolin – it’s one of my favoritekitchen gadgets – though it is dangerous as hell.
Keep it the fuck away from your plantain!!
Thanks for the free advice – I’ll cherish it, always.
Just looking out for you.
I just got out of a day long conference where someone very important explained a concept that I didn’t understand by saying a monkey, a chef, and a banana salesman banana peeling guide. I am going to send her this one because I am pretty sure she was confused. I was confused. I am still confused.
I hope my how to guide can help all of the people with their banana peeling.
That is one good looking banana you’ve got there….
Thanks. 😉
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Thank you so much for this. I wrote a post about how to eat fruit last year, but the one part I couldn’t figure out was how to peel a banana. I’ve added an update.
Thank you! It pleases me greatly that I can share my knowledge with ya’ll.
Nice. 🙂
Thanks!
They’re supposed to be naked? C I am so ashamed.
Don’t be. We are all novices at first.
Hahahah brilliant!
Thank you. Now I can learn to correct my mistakes. ^_^
I am always here to help with your fruit peeling needs. 😉
Why am I suddenly turned on? Is this normal? What is wrong with me???????
You must really love banana’s.