Aren't bananas the most persnickety fruit?

They know. Shh!

They are the most untrustworthy of all. If I buy them green, they refuse to turn yellow. If I buy them yellow, they turn brown before I get them home. They are very sneaky.

^^ They really are! There was a meme going around that went:

12 p.m. Banana “I’m not ripe yet.”

3 p.m. “I’m not ripe.”

6 p.m. next day “I’m not ripe.”

2 a.m. whispers “I’m ripe now.”

7 a.m. “I’m rotten.”

I have never heard of the word persnickety before. Thank you, I will find a way to use this in real life.

Also, avocados are worse

Agree about the avocados, a more persnickety fruit than bananas!!

I think they collude and are partners in crime!

Not as bad as avocados. Avocados have a 90-minute window of ripeness. At 12:00pm, it’s rock hard and flavorless. At 12:01pm, it’s perfect. At 1:32pm, it’s an inedible brown mess.

I don’t find bananas as fussy. I buy bananas of varying ripeness so I always have some just approaching perfection. I also use the brown bag technique of rapidly by putting them in a bag with a ripe apple. Does seem to work pretty well. Try this for your banana cake.

And if I end up with too many ripe bananas to eat – I freeze them and make smoothies. They blend up well and have the texture of ice cream. Also, if you freeze bananas at perfect ripeness, you might be able to use them for recipes.