I wish.
Perhaps specialty fruit markets. Everything I know about bananas is in that article.
Of course, they mentioned Belgium, perhaps a quick trip through the chunnel is called for?
Very yummy bananas to try, from south east Asia, called locally, elephant toes. They are small and short and stubby but very yummy. I sometime see them at the market and always buy them!
And what about the wonder that is the banana plant itself?
It produces bananas only once. How odd. Then it shoots up another plant from the same root right beside the old one and starts all over again, very curious. Oh, and elephants love those banana plants even without the fruit attached.
Plus you failed to mention all the take out food in places like SE Asia which is served in a banana leaf. The all natural, no waste, disposable food container. Fold it right and nothing leaks out.
And, of course, there are all those dishes that are cooked in banana leaves!
And, last but not least, if you’re caught in an unexpected monsoon you can always grab a banana leaf as a makeshift umbrella.
It wouldn’t be particularly odd if the banana plant were a lot smaller. It’s a perennial herb - the world’s largest herbaceous plant. Often referred to as a “tree” because of its size, and because it grows tightly rolled leaves that look like a trunk.
So if we can go to the moon, why can’t we synthesize bananas so we don’t have to go buy them every few days and then throw some of them away or eat the dark lumps?
BTW, I one got one that had a bone in it, i.e., a hard spine along the length of its insides. Shoulda saved it.
