Do you separate bananas from the bunch to keep them from ripening so fast?

[Sheree Bobbins]

Does this trick work?

Thanking you in advance.

 

[IndianaMouse]

I'd be very interesting in knowing if this or anything works to slow down the ripening. I got seriously sick of throwing away bananas so I started tossing them in the freezer (unpeeled) last June. By the time I started my Christmas baking I had enough bananas to make 22 batches of banana bread! It was gross peeling the bananas because they'd turned to mush but the banana bread was delicious.

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

22 batches of banana bread! That's a good idea for using ripe banans. That's got to be a record! I am packing an early supper for an appointment in the city, and I'd like to have a yellow banana to eat.

 

[tvguy]

We don't buy a lot of bananas, but having an overripe one left over to make a loaf of banana bread is always part of the reason we buy bananas.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

I've heard that wrapping the cut stem end with Saran Wrap slows the ripening process.

 

[John VN]

I've heard that wrapping the cut stem end with Saran Wrap slows the ripening process.

yes, it works!!!!

 

[Lilliputian]

No, we just eat them before they go bad and freeze them if we won't get to them in time. Sometimes I buy extras on purpose so that we'll have some to freeze for smoothies.

I've heard of separating them, but we tend to buy around 15 bananas at a time. I can't imagine where I'd keep them all if I had to spread them out.

 

[MIGrandma]

I've never heard of that before. But I only buy 2-3 bananas at a time, not a whole big bunch, so they rarely go bad. I like them "just yellow" and DH likes them to the point where I would consider them to be "past their prime."

 

[lynxstch]

I also wrap the whole end stem with plastic, it does slow down the 'going bad too fast' process as far as I'm concerned

 

[Mizzoufan]

We buy bananas on a daily basis. Seems like the ripen on the car ride home LOL

 

[Happy Snowman]

I wrap the stem with either plastic wrap or aluminum foil. It works great. I've had them keep for about 2 weeks doing that.

 

[wenrob]

I have never heard of doing that. In our house a bunch will disappear in two days or will sit and get over ripe. There is no in between.

To skip the gross factor of having to peel frozen bananas I peel them, slice them into two inch chunks, lay them flat on a cookie sheet and then put them in the big freezer for an hour. Then I just toss them in a freezer bag and put the bag in the freezer. I'll also count how many slices make up a banana and make a note of it so I know how many I need for a recipe.

 

[runwad]

I wrap the stem with either plastic wrap or aluminum foil. It works great. I've had them keep for about 2 weeks doing that.

Never heard of that, I'm going to try it. I always separate them and yes it does work. Sometimes my kids eat them as soon as I bring them home and other times they sit.

I just throw them in the freezer skins and all. We will also use overly ripe bananas for smoothies.

 

[Happy Snowman]

Never heard of that, I'm going to try it. I always separate them and yes it does work. Sometimes my kids eat them as soon as I bring them home and other times they sit.

I just throw them in the freezer skins and all. We will also use overly ripe bananas for smoothies.

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[saraschoening]

The first thing my MIL does when she buys bananas is separates them all and place them around the kitchen... she swears by it..

 

[WDWAurora]

We hang ours, bunched. Nothing on the stems. Works pretty well.

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

Yes! I've had success with the saran wrap on the separated bananas' stem. It's been a few days and there is still green coloring at the top of the bananas. I don't have to carry a bag supper to Vancouver tomorrow after all, but the bananas would have been usuable. I do love when the bananas just turn yellow.

 

[bookgirl]

I don't separate them but I do put them in solitary. LOL

The bunch of bananas is not kept anywhere near other fruits or potatoes/onions. The gas from them will speed up the ripening of the bananas.

I eat some, but some I will put by the other produce so that they will over ripen and I can freeze them for smoothies. Once they turn black and brown they sweeten up and you don't need to add sugar or honey to your smoothies.