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Bananas + Monkeys = Genius

by · August 4th, 2009 · 9 Comments

I eat bananas almost on a daily basis.  I am one of the believers that they are a perfect food.  So, it came as quite a surprise when I recently saw a video that turned my banana world upside down. 

Question: How do you open a banana?  You peel the stem down, right?  Apparently, this is not how monkeys break into this fruit – they start at the other end.  Watch this:

Just mind boggling.   That said, will you convert? 

H/T to Choosing Raw c/o This Is Life In Austin for this revelation.  And to Banana Bunker, just because.

Tags: Interesting

9 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Bear Silber // Aug 4, 2009 at 9:02 pm

    Hahahaha, I remember when I first saw this….I was blown away…but it works great!

  • 2 Insanewiches // Aug 4, 2009 at 11:37 pm

    Yes, I will convert. It’s so simple, yet so effective, and makes you wonder why you didn’t think of it before!

  • 3 JoeBloggs // Aug 5, 2009 at 12:11 am

    Best. Post. Ever….

    That is genius!

  • 4 Cin // Aug 5, 2009 at 1:05 pm

    That’s how we’ve done it since we were kids! My stepdad showed us the way long long ago!

  • 5 Sethonious // Aug 5, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    Been doing it that way quite a while. Plus the stem makes a nice handle this way.

  • 6 lynnnj // Aug 6, 2009 at 10:27 am

    WOW! I’m a convert. Starting today.

  • 7 Mark // Aug 10, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    You all struggle with opening it from the “top”? I’m game to open it from the other end, but I don’t have problems so no real desire to switch.

  • 8 Lilia // Aug 12, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    I just tried it today, I will never peel a banana the old way again!!! Why didn’t I ever try this before?!!!

  • 9 Monty // Aug 27, 2009 at 6:39 pm

    Peeling it this way makes it so you don’t get the nasty “strings”.

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