Receipe calling for "male end of banana",,what's the difference?

Question

I know which end that is..is one end that different from the other?

Is it the taste or the texture?

This receipe was in the magazine "Southern Living"..

Hey Chef..I would have thought it was the other end..where that little black thingie goes up inside the banana,,,

Answer 1

The chef has it wrong,it's the other end.
Think about the anatomy of a flower.
There are the outer petals. Then there are these pollen tipped things sticking up called the anthers which are the male sex organs . Then there is a hollow tube in the middle of the flower that leads down to the ovary.
Fruits from flowers develop from the male end back , therefore the bottom of the banana is the male end.
From a culinary stand point I am completely at a loss to explain why that instruction is there at at all

Answer 2

Male end of the banana is the one with the end that holds bananas in the bunch (the end with the branch thingy).
I know it sounds funny, but its how they determine which end of the bananas gets to be eaten first. Because while they are at the bunch, the end that is closest to the tree gets to ripened first because of how the nutrients in the bananas gets circulated.
Basically it is the texture.

Answer 3

mr danger has it right. For the rest of you Americans, I am also, I found that talking to people from around the world we are about the only ones that peel a banana from the stem end. Other then monkeys and they do what is there first..

Answer 4

The male end is the end that you start to peel at.

Answer 5

LOL LOL LOL!!

I'd hope they are both the same, and yes, I also believe someone is tryin to get you!!!

Answer 6

No clue. I think that someone is pulling your leg.

Answer 7

Geez, which part of a mango does it say to use???