tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post1187230944822603484..comments2024-02-28T08:49:26.228+00:00Comments on 'Feasts and Festivals': 10th April 1633: The Introduction of the BananaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09045660787350825648noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-57267390605963692222013-11-09T09:47:55.670+00:002013-11-09T09:47:55.670+00:00Johnson received his bananas from Dr John Argent, ...Johnson received his bananas from Dr John Argent, President of the Royal College of Physicians, who had land holdings in Bermuda.(ref: English Naturalists from Neckam to Ray: A Study of the Making of the Modern World by Charles E. Raven,pub. 1947). Johnson reported that they "became ripe at the beginning of May and lasted until June; the pulp or meat was very soft and tender and it did eat somewhat like a Muske Melon". He also said "Some have judged it the Forbidden Fruit;other-some the grapes brought to Moses out of the Promised Land."leylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697614562117058030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-5397625366425089102013-04-14T17:04:29.270+01:002013-04-14T17:04:29.270+01:00Thanks all. I used to be married to someone who at...Thanks all. I used to be married to someone who ate very ripe bananas and very green pears. It meant he never got to eat a banana and I never got to eat a pear...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045660787350825648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-68384777420687624382013-04-13T17:40:31.779+01:002013-04-13T17:40:31.779+01:00I am actually bananaphobic this a great post!I am actually bananaphobic this a great post!Suzy - Sudden Lunchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-76253369929025743442013-04-12T10:57:49.849+01:002013-04-12T10:57:49.849+01:00Ah bananas and chocolate in foil...eaten hot and g...Ah bananas and chocolate in foil...eaten hot and gooey...a super memory!Gerry Snapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269492251928362799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-8497734197400123802013-04-11T08:54:14.806+01:002013-04-11T08:54:14.806+01:00That's lovely Liz. I'll join you in the wh...That's lovely Liz. I'll join you in the whisky although I've never tried the combination as I tend to have banana on toast in the mornings. but not too often - I have a strange relationship with bananas and there are long periods when I just don't fancy eating one. People here eat them very ripe which I can't bear. this works out well as I no longer have to throw them away when they get bruised and squishy.<br />Amazing that they have been around in the UK for so long. I wonder about that 16th C skin!<br />My favourite banana thing is peanut butter and banana sandwich in nice home made bread. But again it's not something I would want every day.<br />I wonder who are all those people munching their way through the supermarket bunches?<br />Kate xthecatalanwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705509300995127135noreply@blogger.com