OOOPS

Sorry, I left off the the place in the Caribbean that banana rootstock were first received.
The full answer for number 4 is : Tomas de Berlanga, a Portugues Monk, in 1516 delivered banana rootstock to the island of Santo Domingo.

And the Winner Is!!!!!

Congratulations to AC, winner of our Banana Quiz. AC you have won a corsage box full of our delicious Banana Bites. Yum!!
Give us a call for when you want to pick them up, they will be fresh made that day.


For those of you who submitted answers but didn't win, the correct answers are as follows:

1) Which country is experiencing a blossoming of the ‘Morning Banana Diet’?
Japan

2) True or False: Bananas tend to increase blood pressure in adults?
False

3) Who is credited with bringing the banana from India to the Western World?
Alexander the Great in 327 BC

4) Which Caribbean Island was the first to receive banana rootstock in 1516?
Tomas de Berlanga, a Portuguese Monk, in 1516

5) True or False, the banana tree is related to the orchid and the lily.
True

6) True or False, Bananas contain an equal amount of potassium and sodium?
False, an average sized banana contains 467 mg of potassium and 1 mg of sodium

7) True or False, The origin of the word ‘banana’ comes from the Chinese word for finger?
False, it comes from the Arabic word for finger

Going Bananas!!!

Going Bananas!!!

Included in this blog entry:

Fun facts about bananas!

Banana quiz with fantastic prizes!

Banana salsa recipe

We have previously talked about strawberries and apples here on our blog, and the lowly banana was feeling left out. As you know, at Flowers to Eat we have several arrangements and products based on this wonderful fruit and our creative uses of it, so, let’s talk for a few minutes about the fruit eaten by more people in the U.S. than any other.

Bananas come gift wrapped in their own thick peel. Their creamy flesh is enjoyed by men, women and children of all ages.

The banana plant grows 10 to 26 feet high and produces clusters or “hands” of 10 to 25 fruits. It‘s not a tree, it is actually the world’s largest herb!

While bananas were enjoyed by people in Asia and Africa several thousand years ago, they were introduced to the U.S. in the late 19^th century.

In spite of their thick peel, bananas are really fragile in nature and quite perishable. They need to be handled gently. Bananas were originally enjoyed in the U.S. only by people who lived near the seacoast towns where the ships, delivering them from the tropics, would dock. With today’s rapid transportation methods and refrigeration, bananas are now easily transported around the world.

Bananas are one of our best sources of potassium, an essential mineral for maintaining normal blood pressure and heart function. The potassium found in bananas may also help to promote bone health. Potassium may counteract the increased urinary calcium loss caused by the high-salt diets typical of most Americans, thus helping to prevent bones from thinning out at a fast rate.

They are also a good source of vitamins B6 and C. They have been tied to new diets, touted as a means of losing weight when combined with a glass of room temperature water. Bananas have also been associated with ameliorating the potassium depleting effects of heavy soda drinking, with assisting babies and very young children suffering from intestinal disorders, with providing soothing protection from ulcers, and possibly with reducing your risk of age related macular degeneration.

Talk about a single food item providing so many benefits to us! Bananas are a gold-mine of goodness!

Do you think you know a lot about bananas? Take our quiz below by cutting and pasting it with your answers into an email. Send it to info@flowerstoeat .

If you answer all the questions correctly, we’ll give you a 4 piece box of our delicious Banana Bites! I’ll publish the correct answers to the questions next month on our blog.

Banana Quiz

1) Which country is experiencing a blossoming of the ‘Morning Banana Diet’?

2) True or False: Bananas tend to increase blood pressure in adults?

3) Who is credited with bringing the banana from India to the Western World?

4) Which Caribbean Island was the first to receive banana rootstock in 1516?

5) True or False, the banana tree is related to the orchid and the lily.

6) True or False, Bananas contain an equal amount of potassium and sodium?

7) True or False, The origin of the word ‘banana’ comes from the Chinese word for finger?

Banana Salsa

2 medium-size ripe bananas, chopped

½ c. chopped green bell pepper

½ c. chopped red bell pepper

3 green onions, chopped

1 Tbs fresh cilantro

2 Tbs light brown sugar

3 Tbs. lime juice

1 Tbs oil

¼ tsp salt

¼ tsp pepper 1 small jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped (optional)

Combine first 10 ingredients, stirring gently.

Add jalapeno pepper, if desired.

Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours.

Excellent on Redfish and other light fish.

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