My roommate and I bought about 10 bananas over a week ago, and they still look as green as they were when we bought them. They don't seem to be rotting or ripening. What does this mean?
2007-09-17 16:15:14 · 11 answers · asked by glennkrueger 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
They were picked to soon...and they will stay green unless you put them in a brown
bag with an open jar of Vegemite...
Good luck.!!!
2007-09-17 16:22:01 · answer #1 · answered by Kerilyn 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Usually it means that the bananas are just not ripe yet. However, I have purchased bananas in a store that I waited to ripen and turn yellow, only to find that they were already ripe and soft, and ready to eat.
I think there are different "species" of bananas that are shipped in from various countries. You may just have a bunch of them. If they feel soft, peel one, and see if it looks ripe. Otherwise, they were just picked too soon off the tree and shipped to the store. Try placing them in a bowl by a window. The sun will help to ripen them faster (I hope!)
That, or you could hire a monkey to test them out for you!
2007-09-17 16:27:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Green Bananas Not Ripening
2016-11-07 10:32:58 · answer #3 · answered by pellenz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try putting them in a brown paper bag--good for ripening bananas, mangos, and avocados. Are you sure you didn't buy PLANTAINS? They are larger in size and forever green, and actually considered a starch--not a fruit--and you need to cook them to eat them. (And they would be much more expensive too!)
2007-09-17 16:20:35 · answer #4 · answered by vanindel 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Plantains do turn yellow when ripe, similar to most bananas.
2015-05-04 06:31:04 · answer #5 · answered by Lorna 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure that they're bananas? There is a banana type fruit that stays green. I can't recall the name. Eat one, if it tastes good, then they're fine. = )
2007-09-17 16:20:58 · answer #6 · answered by twofunnyboxers 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means they are not ripe yet. Set them out on the table for a couple days and they should turn yellow.
2007-09-17 16:29:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
karillyn is right...am an island girl i never use to buy my bananas...don't eat them...get full fresh bananas..i don't know the science about it but yes they were picked too soon
2007-09-17 16:26:38 · answer #8 · answered by aleraiders 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've probably, mistakenly purchased plantains. They will stay green until they rot. Then they'll be black.
2007-09-17 20:25:22 · answer #9 · answered by wry humor 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Put them in an opened paper bag they may ripen............
2007-09-17 16:20:40 · answer #10 · answered by Dianne L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋