Are Green Bananas safe to eat?

[CookingWithGas]

@njtt

Er, bananas are green when they are unripe. It is a quite different case from potatoes and garlic, which can turn green if they are too far past ripeness.

Of course. I was just amplifying previous comments. Green is green. Potatoes and garlic age but do not ripen, however. Er.

[elfkin477]

@CookingWithGas

They’re certainly safe, but as others have noted they taste better when ripe.

That’s a matter of opinion. I have a lot of company in preferring under-ripe bananas to ripe ones. They’re less mealy/firmer and aren’t as cloyingly sweet as ripes ones are.

[CookingWithGas]

@elfkin477

That’s a matter of opinion. I have a lot of company in preferring under-ripe bananas to ripe ones. They’re less mealy/firmer and aren’t as cloyingly sweet as ripes ones are.

Fair enough. De gustibus non est disputandum.