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28 January 2007

What do you call those stringy things when you peel a banana?

post by: mischief at: 22:00 | 17 comments

No, not this [nsfw if you work in a convent].

posted by mischief 28 January | 22:02

String ... string ... string .... bananaphone?

The science of banana peeling.

Anyway, surprisingly, they have a technical name -- phloem bundles. They're part of the fibrovascular system inside the banana.

posted by stilicho 28 January | 22:19

I call them banana strings. I'm thinking about calling them phloem bundles, though... much fucking nerdier.

posted by Divine_Wino 28 January | 22:24

I don't know, but I hate them and refuse to eat a banana until I have removed them all. In fact, I just did exactly that.

posted by dg 28 January | 22:34

Phloem bundles sounds like something I coughed up last week. (I TOLD you I was sick) Bananas probably have a better vascular system than I do... ;)

posted by wendell 28 January | 22:35

thanks, mischief!

posted by gaspode 28 January | 22:38

I call them inedible.

posted by loquacious 28 January | 22:43

Call them irresponsible.
Call them unreliable.
Throw in undependable too.
Do their foolish banana bits bore you?
Well, they're not too clever -
They just adore you.
Call them unpredictable.
Tell them they're impractical.
Rainbows they're inclined to pursue
Call them irresponsible.
Yes, they're quite inedible,
But it's undeniably true -
They're banananistically mad for you.

posted by wendell 28 January | 22:50

Banana strings are the only reason I dislike bananas. I can never seem to remove all of them.

posted by muddgirl 28 January | 23:04

~~babana~~ banana hair.

I am in ur country, killin ur language

posted by carmina 28 January | 23:45

yw, gaspode

posted by mischief 28 January | 23:46

I like to separate bananas into their natural thirds.

posted by brujita 29 January | 00:10

Banana pith.

posted by Specklet 29 January | 00:42

Banana strings it is for me.

posted by youngergirl44 29 January | 01:31

Huh. I never really paid any attention to the little stringy things.

Here's a question for you all: How do you peel your banana?
I do it the same way banana-eating primates do it, the opposite of every banana on this page.
It's so much easier than starting at the top (hence why our furry friends do it that way), and theres no risk of bruising the banana when the stem part doesn't want to come off.

You just pinch the black part at the bottom, and peel. It's that easy!

(It's also how all the peels people slip on in cartoons look. When did people start peeling it at the top, anyway??)

posted by CitrusFreak12 29 January | 11:21

My mom used to use a nice stiff wire brush to get all the strings off my corn before serving it. My wife doesn't. I love mom.

posted by danostuporstar 29 January | 11:42

Banana strings. And this is weird: I've been meaning to post about them for a couple weeks.

posted by deborah 29 January | 12:29

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