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Thu, Mar 8, 07 at 17:44
| I was surprised by how quickly my Ice creams ripened. I mean it took 6 months since it flowered, but I lost a hand or 2 because of splitting on the side facing away from view. I had just checked them last weekend and they were all green. Last night I caught a glimpse of the southeast side and they were YELLOW! Tricky boogers. I have another bunch that should be ready next week. I tasted one of the split ones and it did not appear to have been hurt by the frost that wiped out all my pups. Delish. |
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- Posted by gardenguy_ z6b PA (My Page) on Wed, Mar 14, 07 at 23:19
| holedigger, how do Ice Cream bananas taste in your own personal opinion? I've always wanted to taste one, but they don't sell the fruit here, at least not that I know of. |
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- Posted by holedigger z10 Long beach (My Page) on Thu, Mar 15, 07 at 13:02
| Ice creams are small bananas, about half the size of the supermarket variety.They taste best when completely ripe. The peel should be leathery, completely yellow including the stem. I don't think they would travel well as they tend to bruise easy. I don't like the flavor when the stems are still green or once they start to brown. They are very sweet and dense, they almost have a vanilla taste at the back of the tongue. A very intense sweetness that you don't find in commercial bananas, but not really like vanilla ice cream. I only get to taste them approximately every march for a few weeks. This year we had flooky weather and they ripened before I had a chance to cut them down, which meant 10 hands of ripe fruit at one time. Usually, I cut down the bunch before any signs of yellowing and can have fruit for over a month. |
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