Basic Pursuits

Refrigeration keeps bananas fresh longer. Yes, I know it causes the skin to brown, but it will keep the fruit fresher longer. Luckily, we don't eat the skin. Older refrigerated fruit also works well in smoothies.

Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to pick the little "stringy things" off of
it. That's how other primates do it.

Take your bananas apart when you get home from
the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.

Photo by Stacie