The Banana
A banana is a curved tropical fruit with a thick, yellow skin (when ripe, otherwise green) and soft cream-colored pulpy flesh which you can eat. Bananas grow on trees in large bunches.
Banana Non-Fiction
Musa sapientum
A large herbaceous plant cultivated in tropical and semi-tropical regions in great abundance, and one of the most productive plants known.
The fruit of the banana is the staple food of the natives in many of the Pacific Islands. Compared with wheat the productiveness of the banana is as 133 to 1, and against potatoes 44 to 1.
The fruit of the banana is the staple food of the natives in many of the Pacific Islands. Compared with wheat the productiveness of the banana is as 133 to 1, and against potatoes 44 to 1.
Banana Fiction
Bananas in Cooking
Bananas Baked
In South America bananas are baked and eaten as a substitute for meat. They are slit and buttered, then baked, like the homely potato "in their jackets" for half an hour.
Bananas Scalloped
Cover a buttered pudding dish with a thick layer of sliced bananas; over this put two tablespoons of sugar, and moisten with lemon juice, and then sprinkle a layer of breadcrumbs, repeating this process until the dish is filled; pour a little melted butter over the top and bake until the top of slightly browned.
Banana Cake
Put in a saucepan four tablespoons of sugar, four of sherry, and the same amount of orange juice; place over heat, peel and thinly slice six bananas and add to the liquid. Cook them for five minutes. Make a sponge or cup cake and bake it in a biscuit tin. When the cake is partly cool, spilt it and spread half of prepared bananas over the lower part; place the top of the cake on the fruit, and put the remaining bananas on top.
In South America bananas are baked and eaten as a substitute for meat. They are slit and buttered, then baked, like the homely potato "in their jackets" for half an hour.
Bananas Scalloped
Cover a buttered pudding dish with a thick layer of sliced bananas; over this put two tablespoons of sugar, and moisten with lemon juice, and then sprinkle a layer of breadcrumbs, repeating this process until the dish is filled; pour a little melted butter over the top and bake until the top of slightly browned.
Banana Cake
Put in a saucepan four tablespoons of sugar, four of sherry, and the same amount of orange juice; place over heat, peel and thinly slice six bananas and add to the liquid. Cook them for five minutes. Make a sponge or cup cake and bake it in a biscuit tin. When the cake is partly cool, spilt it and spread half of prepared bananas over the lower part; place the top of the cake on the fruit, and put the remaining bananas on top.
Banana Hangers
Bananas stay fresh longer, keeping them elevated to prevent bruising.
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References
- Childcraft Dictionary, 1989 edition.
- Pears Cyclopaedia, Twenty-Ninth Edition, 1926.
- The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, 1992
