# OK removing 1 banana from a bunch at grocery store? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 22, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-removing-1-banana-from-a-bunch-at-grocery-store/666895 "2013-08-22T18:30:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-removing-1-banana-from-a-bunch-at-grocery-store/666895/41 "2013-08-27T23:13:22Z")
We don’t refrigerate bananas. Theres no need to since the Debbie Meyer Green Bags came out ten years ago. They work great with most fruit but especially bananas. We reuse the bag a few times to cut the cost. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-removing-1-banana-from-a-bunch-at-grocery-store/666895/42 "2013-08-28T01:46:33Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > I’ve taken one off a bunch, and I’ve taken stragglers. I figure I’m keeping the universe in balance. > > My grocery store often has a pile of sad-looking solo bananas off to the side with a lower price tag than the pretty ones. I sometimes grab a bunch of spotty soft ones to make banana bread. Some grocery stores bag up the spotty ones and sell at a reduced price, advertising that they are great for banana bread and smoothies. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-removing-1-banana-from-a-bunch-at-grocery-store/666895/43 "2013-08-28T02:20:31Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > Exactly. Buy what you need. Why buy more? > I did witness a man breaking off the large stems on broccoli, and bagging just the crowns. This wasn’t cool. But, I have since noticed that some stores sell broccoli crowns, plus sell broccoli with stems at a lower price. I know this is unrelated, but sometimes I buy broccoli just for the stems. At my usual grocery store they’re sold in a two or three stem bunch, rather than by weight, so ditching part of them doesn’t save any money. Raw, peeled - so good. Cooked - blech. I steam the crowns and give them to the dogs with their kibble. Bananas - if there is a ‘bad’ one in the bunch - bruised or damaged, I will pull it off and leave it behind. I’m not paying for a banana I won’t eat. Too many in a bunch - I will hunt for a smaller bunch of the perfect ripeness, rather than rip off one or two. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-removing-1-banana-from-a-bunch-at-grocery-store/666895/44 "2013-08-28T02:43:10Z")
> [@brainstall](#): > > I know this is unrelated, but sometimes I buy broccoli just for the stems. Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) does something with broccoli stems. I steam them in the microwave and feed them to tropical fish and the black worms that also feed the fish. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-removing-1-banana-from-a-bunch-at-grocery-store/666895/45 "2013-08-28T02:46:01Z")
My husband likes to remind me about the time I was breaking a banana bunch in half at Safeway, and the other half flew out of my hand and landed about 20 feet away. He says it is one of the very few times he’s seen me blush. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-removing-1-banana-from-a-bunch-at-grocery-store/666895.md?page=2)