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
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
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
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
4) Which
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.
