• " In recorded account , bananasdate back to around 600 B.C.E. , when they were refer in Buddhist texts . The yield came to the Americas in the 15th century but was n’t regularly imported to the United States until later , surveil a showcase at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition . Now their popularity can not be denied - American consumers eat 30 pounds of bananas a year ! "
• When harvested , bananas contain about 20 percent amylum and only 1 percent sugar . By the clock time the yield isripe , the balance are turn . Bananas also release relatively large quantity of ethylene gas to aid themselves ripen ; the accelerator pedal will even ripen other fruit put in a bag with a ripening banana .
• Designer Stefan Sagmeistercovered a wallwith bananas in an NYC exhibit a duet of years ago called thing I Have learn In My Life So Far . plain that did not include creating a banana tree bulwark that would one daygo off !
• Miss Chiquita was make in 1944 , line by artist Dik Browne who also instance her " cousins " : the Campbell Soup kids and Hagar the Horrible . She initially appear as an vivify banana tree , but eventually arise into " the First Lady of Fruit , " where she ( well , models portraying her ) begin making guest appearance on radio . ( you could alsovotein a current blueprint contest to introduce a new Chiquita banana sticker )
• Miss Chiquita is not the only banana mascot , though – theBanana Slugis the official mascot of the University of California Santa Cruz .
• At first coup d’oeil theblue bananamight not look any different from a regular banana tree . But hold back ! It actually farm an exceptional flavor which is often describe as a vanilla extract - custard , or like shabu cream !
• Speaking of pick , Banana Creme was the original Twinkies flavor from 1930 , when the Twinkie was first invent , to the 1940s , Twinkies were filled solely with banana creme . But a banana tree shortfall during the war forced Hostess bakers to replace it with the now familiar vanilla flavor .
• Most of our great - grandparent develop up eating not the Cavendish ( the banana we know today ) but the Gros Michel banana , a variety that was apparently tasty . But starting in the early 1900s , banana plantations were invaded by a fungus calledPanama disease , and vanished one by one . Cavendish , a Chinese change , did save bananas from being completely pass over out ; however , they are smaller , bruise more easily and not quite as tasty .
• If you are distressed about wound bananas in theodolite , fear not!Carrying casesandbanana guardsare out there . Of of course , some banana are just tough ( and , obviously , tattooed ) .
• Still need more banana ? Then you ’ll probablygobananas at theInternational Banana Club Museum . Over the retiring 38 years , Ken Bannister has collect more than 17,000 banana - themed artifact . The collection include a banana golf putting iron , banana tree drink , and a Au - sequined " Michael Jackson banana . " Mr. Bannister organizes the goods into " arduous " ( brass , lead , wood , plastic banana ware ) and " soft " ( stuffed bananas , banana beach mats , banana tents ) . He estimates the endeavor has be him over $ 150,000 over the geezerhood .
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