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Nothing is dreamier than a frozen banana in a smoothie and for bakers about to embark on a banana bread or muffin, nothing is easier than having frozen bananas on hand. But the internet is full of bad advice about how exactly to freeze these lovely fruits.
Ideally bananas should be peeled before freezing, but the world is not an ideal place, and I have been known to lazily chuck an unpeeled banana in the freezer. I thought this meant having to wait for the thing to thaw before peeling, but it turns out there is an…
I have a bowl full of bananas going brown at home, so once again dug through the archives for a solution. Turns out it’s easy — bananas separated at the top will ripen more slowly, because of a gas they emit called ‘ethylene’.
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