I used to open it from the stem side, but then I saw video of a monkey open from the bottom… I tried it and it was easier to open especially the less ripe ones.
The bottom. Which I guess is the bit without the sticky out but that it’s snapped of a bunch with. You just squeeze the bottom black bit and it opens up.
Most people I see pull the top but that’s more unreliable. I believe monkeys will use my technique, or rather I’m using theirs.
Interestingly, that’s where they flower. Banana growers knock the flowers off so they can’t pollinate leaving it with the black bit on the end that’s easy to open.
The stem side. I enjoy them as long as they are slightly green, so usually the skin breaks easily when bent. Otherwise I will use a sharp knife and make an horizontal incision at the start of the stem to facilitate the peeling.
I am aware of the way monkeys open them, tried and didn't like it because of the dark mushy part at the end of the fruit, opening from the stem allows to easily leave it behind.
I take my fingernail and run it along the inner spine splitting the banana skin open so I can extract the banana. I then carefully repose the banana skin in the fruit bowl so that it appears it is an unopened banana.
I like to hold the banana upright facing away from me, and then I sneak up behind it and use a really sharp knife to sever the jugular part way through before I rip its head backward, peeling the skin all the way down its spine.
It's immensely satisfying, especially the crisp clear sound the knife makes as it cuts off the life force
I eat it from the end opposite the stem: Just pop the nub off like a button and split from there. I have found it to be, by far, the easiest way to open a banana.
The outward facing part from how it grows, not where the stem is. Used to think that was the bottom, but it's the top. Just pinch it and it opens easier every time.
This is the way. You can avoid the funky Satan's anus portion like normal and you get to open it incredibly quickly. Bonus you get two halves that are easy to use for peanut butter + banana 'hotdogs'.
Sorta left of center. That is I usually cut the top third off and give it to my cockatoo who likes the stubby bit to hang onto while he eats the inside and then proceeds to tear the non edible parts apart (he pretty much likes to tear everything apart). Barrring that I do the standard way even though I am aware how the other way is supposed to work better. I just can't resist the pull tab.
Depends on how ripe they are. Before they go spotty the stem end is usually thicker than the blossom end, so I open from the bottom. Once it's ripe then the stem is usually much easier.
The stem - even if the other side is more optimal, I hate the brown bit, so I prefer to open at the stem (which isn't usually that hard) and throw that part away when I get to the end.
the outside
Oh... That makes sense.
The outside...
Clever Hobbitses....
This is fricking
Awesome!
You can look at the markdown of other people's comments to see how they did whatever they did
Markdown!
hm, I think I’ve been doing it wrong then …
I used to open it from the stem side, but then I saw video of a monkey open from the bottom… I tried it and it was easier to open especially the less ripe ones.
Yes, butt:
I also saw a video of a monkey peeling it from the stem side and then proceeding to clean it of all those stringy bits before finally eating it.
Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIc5kTth1lE
lol I cut that tip off
Also when you drop the peel on the ground for someone to comically slip on, it looks like it does in the cartoons.
The bottom. Which I guess is the bit without the sticky out but that it’s snapped of a bunch with. You just squeeze the bottom black bit and it opens up.
Most people I see pull the top but that’s more unreliable. I believe monkeys will use my technique, or rather I’m using theirs.
Interestingly, that’s where they flower. Banana growers knock the flowers off so they can’t pollinate leaving it with the black bit on the end that’s easy to open.
Huh. I'm going to start doing this. I usually open them from the stem.
EDIT: lol fixed my crazy autocorrect mistake 🤣
I Isuzu from the stem but suzuki from the bottom now, where the seed is
Whoops. Edited my comment hahaha
I do what you do. If it's good enough for monke, it's good enough for me.
The outside.
The stem side. I enjoy them as long as they are slightly green, so usually the skin breaks easily when bent. Otherwise I will use a sharp knife and make an horizontal incision at the start of the stem to facilitate the peeling.
I am aware of the way monkeys open them, tried and didn't like it because of the dark mushy part at the end of the fruit, opening from the stem allows to easily leave it behind.
I use the same method for the same reason but prefer no green, instead with small brown spots (no big ones) for ideal ripeness.
I brake it in half with my hands
This is the way
The outside?
I take my fingernail and run it along the inner spine splitting the banana skin open so I can extract the banana. I then carefully repose the banana skin in the fruit bowl so that it appears it is an unopened banana.
This is the only correct way to eat a banana.
This thread is starting to remind me of this
Unscrew the tip of the faucet and hide it inside the faucet. Even a metal detector wouldn't find it.
I've no idea what happened but yes, I totally somehow commented in the wrong thread? 😂
For posterity: https://dormi.zone/post/1915307
I like to hold the banana upright facing away from me, and then I sneak up behind it and use a really sharp knife to sever the jugular part way through before I rip its head backward, peeling the skin all the way down its spine.
It's immensely satisfying, especially the crisp clear sound the knife makes as it cuts off the life force
Sick. What's the button combo for this one?
While I don't use your visualisation technique, this is the best method.
I eat it from the end opposite the stem: Just pop the nub off like a button and split from there. I have found it to be, by far, the easiest way to open a banana.
Yup. Literally just pinch the bottom nub and it's open.
That's the way monkeys eat them. It's the easiest way
The outward facing part from how it grows, not where the stem is. Used to think that was the bottom, but it's the top. Just pinch it and it opens easier every time.
the correct one
wait, you're supposed to peel them?
Otherwise known as the coward's way
What
Middle out
Wow, people still quote Silicon Valley?
This is the wrong answer lol
Ain't nobody got time for that!
Mostly snapping it in half. Sometimes the monkey end(not the stem).
This is the way. You can avoid the funky Satan's anus portion like normal and you get to open it incredibly quickly. Bonus you get two halves that are easy to use for peanut butter + banana 'hotdogs'.
This is the way
I eat it with the crust.
Sorta left of center. That is I usually cut the top third off and give it to my cockatoo who likes the stubby bit to hang onto while he eats the inside and then proceeds to tear the non edible parts apart (he pretty much likes to tear everything apart). Barrring that I do the standard way even though I am aware how the other way is supposed to work better. I just can't resist the pull tab.
So, for me it depends.
Do I have a knife handy? The stem. If not you can mush less from the bottom by pinching the end and pulling
All of them.
At once?
Yeah. Like the Lilly interview scene in Late Night with the Devil.
Depends on how ripe they are. Before they go spotty the stem end is usually thicker than the blossom end, so I open from the bottom. Once it's ripe then the stem is usually much easier.
Yeah I usually prefer a banana a little on the green side, so its bottom for me.
Centre. With a knife. Because I rarely eat more than half a banana at a time.
Same but I don't use a knife, you can just snap bananas in half with your bare hands!
What do you mean... Open??? Don't you guys just chomp on them
Yeah, but which side do you chomp first?
The middle
The outside.
The responses to this post have me more than a little rattled
Neither side. You break it in half. Am I the only person that does this?
Zatoichi approves.
Anal cavity
The back, that way the peel stays in one large easy-to-dispose-of piece instead of a fragile octopus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYxGA8QaoC0
Why open the banana? Just eat it from the bottom
The left side.
i eat it like anyone does. from the middle.
seriously from the top (where the stem is)
So uncivilized
have you seen that trick where you slice a banana without peeling it?
With a needle and thread? I tried that once when I was a kid, but I couldn't get it to work.
yep
The other side duh... Applies whichever side you use
Usually, I do it from top to bottom.
Why would one open a banana? 😁
What is the sound of one banana clapping?
The front
The right side.
The right? With the stem facing you or away from you. Either way it's a bit weird to open a banana from the side.
Right, as in correct
Yes.
From the stop light side.
The stem - even if the other side is more optimal, I hate the brown bit, so I prefer to open at the stem (which isn't usually that hard) and throw that part away when I get to the end.