Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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

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