# Anyone here had a Cavendish banana? Do they really taste different? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 17, 2014, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-had-a-cavendish-banana-do-they-really-taste-different/707479 "2014-12-17T07:47:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-had-a-cavendish-banana-do-they-really-taste-different/707479/21 "2014-12-19T01:53:43Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Wouldn’t anyone over the age of about 60-65 have had Gros Michel bananas in their youth, considering that they were the dominant export banana until sometime in the 1950s? Do any of our more… experienced Dopers have any experiences like this? They were really good. Cavendish are a small step away from plantains, by comparison: starchier, less sweet, and less yummy banana flavor. I used to wonder why bananas weren’t as good as they were when I was a kid, but chalked it up to nostalgia until I learned the real reason. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-had-a-cavendish-banana-do-they-really-taste-different/707479/22 "2014-12-19T03:19:44Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Maybe **Siam Sam** knows. They’re grown in Thailand. They’d probably make a hell of a banana split. Thailand has several different banana varieties, but I just eat them. I couldn’t tell you their names or anything about them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-had-a-cavendish-banana-do-they-really-taste-different/707479.md?page=1)