# One banana, Two banana **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2024, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-banana-two-banana/997423 "2024-02-11T06:33:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-banana-two-banana/997423/1 "2024-02-11T06:33:07Z")
Need a quickish answer. Bought a hand of bananas, Wednesday. Put them on the banana hangy thing. Yesterday, #1 banana was separated at a peely seam. Today 2 more. Ok. Are these banas safe to eat? Why did they do this? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-banana-two-banana/997423/2 "2024-02-11T06:34:10Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yesterday, #1 banana was separated at a peely seam. > Today 2 more. You mean they…split? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-banana-two-banana/997423/3 "2024-02-11T06:35:22Z")
Heh! According to how you mean _split_ They stayed home. The peel split at the seam. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-banana-two-banana/997423/4 "2024-02-11T11:49:24Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Are these banas safe to eat? Yes. The sooner the better…they’ll go brown quicker. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Why did they do this? Because they can ! ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-banana-two-banana/997423/5 "2024-02-11T14:16:34Z")
What number bananas do you buy? I prefer number fours myself. [https://images.app.goo.gl/rLeLAebmc5Y73RWJ7](https://images.app.goo.gl/rLeLAebmc5Y73RWJ7) ---
**Author:** ![a6ka97](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-banana-two-banana/997423/6 "2024-02-11T15:07:58Z")
#6 is perfect. But I buy a hand (never heard that term before) of 5 or 6 at a time to make it through the week. Usually pick a 2-3 at the store and may end up with a 7 by Friday. Once in awhile my wife and I will buy a larger bunch and she will save a couple to ripen to “off the chart” to make banana bread or chocolate chip banana muffins. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-banana-two-banana/997423/7 "2024-02-11T15:24:14Z")
I buy 5s but I like them somewhere between 6 and 7 to eat. To me, 5 and 6 look about the same there. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-banana-two-banana/997423/8 "2024-02-11T17:06:31Z")
You may well know this, but some people are surprised to find that bananas point up on the tree, not hang down, as in Beck’s banana hangy thing. Also, if you are careful and the fruit not too ripe, you can easily split it into three neat sections longitudinally. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-banana-two-banana/997423/9 "2024-02-11T17:15:07Z")
I prefer to eat them at 4 or 5. Five is perfect. Riper bananas have more flavor, but I’m not wild about banana flavor, and i like the firmer consistency of less ripe bananas. Beck, I’d certainly eat those bananas (except they are almost certainly riper them i prefer) but my food safety standards are a lot looser than yours. I’ve eaten such bananas, and it never occurred to me to worry about them. (Unless they sit someplace where raw chicken juice might have splashed into them, or something. Then they might actually be unsafe.) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-banana-two-banana/997423/10 "2024-02-11T23:55:27Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > …hand of bananas… [Hand Banana is a _BAD_ Dog!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqurxi4PPIo) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-banana-two-banana/997423/11 "2024-02-11T23:58:15Z")
Bad, bad, bad 🍌 ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-banana-two-banana/997423/12 "2024-02-12T16:10:25Z")
Bought bananas today and brought them home. Some hour later I separated them, and noticed that one was split. I remembered this thread, so I ate it immediately. It was between a 4 and 5, and I prefer a 6. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-banana-two-banana/997423/13 "2024-02-12T19:11:55Z")
I hope you didn’t Die…Cap. Brought down by Split banana would be a terrible obit. ☺ The grandson ate mine. And are still causing trouble. I suppose it’s safe to eat split bananas. Banana split sounds more fun though. 🍌 ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-banana-two-banana/997423/14 "2024-02-13T21:02:11Z")
Oh, I finally understand the title of this thread. Tra la la! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5yqAaejuRn8/hqdefault.jpg "The Banana Splits/The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana) (1969)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yqAaejuRn8) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-banana-two-banana/997423/15 "2024-02-13T21:36:50Z")
Yay! Someone got it.