Photograph courtesy of W. Paul Thomas These bananas, shot by W. Paul Thomas, look like they're just at that stage I really like when I use them on PBJ-banana sandwiches and in my morning cereal. From the Serious Eats Flickr Group....
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I hope this lip-synching woman is someone's grandmother so that her grandkids can see this video and go, "My grandma is awesome!" If the lip-synching isn't enough for you, there are also googly eyed-bananas and a banana-wielding teddy bear at the end to amuse you. Watch the magic, after the jump....
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There are cases to protect whole bananas from turning into bruised, mush-filled bags, but what about when you want to just protect the cut end of half of a banana? The NANA Saver™ Banana Holder is designed to grip onto the exposed end of your half-eaten banana and keep it fresher for longer by reducing its exposure to air. And since it's shaped like the missing half, It's kind of like a prosthetic for your banana. Make your banana feel whole again! [via The Presurfer] Related Banana Cupcakes: Buttercream vs. Cream Cheese? Photo of the Day: Banana Wall Forbidden Love of Hot Dog & Banana...
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Photograph from La Mariposa on Flickr Brighten up your living room with a...banana wall? View the fruit-bearing wall and more installations at Stefan Sagmeister's exhibition Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far, now showing at Deitch Gallery in New York City....
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To celebrate the fact that I can now wear shorts outside and happily eat fruit again, here are my favorite bilingual singing fruits: Bonus: Same fruits, but singing in Hebrew and Arabic! Boy, they sure get around....
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"True love is more powerful than peer pressure, social norms or any other of mankind's laws. It is especially true when you're talking about hot dogs- those suckers shouldn't even exist." Superstar indie web comic Diesel Sweeties is phasing out their Forbidden Love of Hot Dog & Banana t-shirt on April 15th, so if you like hot dogs, bananas, love and pixel art, plus the idea of wearing food on your chest, consider this a friendly exhortation to buy one before it becomes an unattainable collector's item. Shirts are $18 mens/19$ womens, + shipping....
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My favorite blog post I've read so far this week is by far the a risk vs. reward analysis of fruit by Justin of Guardedly Optimistic. Here's what he has to say about the humble banana: fruit: bananarisk: lowreward: moderateanalysis: Never a bad choice, the banana is the .290 hitter of fruit. When was the last time you had a surprisingly bad banana? Never, that’s when. More importantly, the banana offers the most easily interpreted warning signs in the fruit family: if it’s slightly green or covered in brown spots, you know you’re rolling the dice. You will most likely never eat a memorable banana, but for a low-risk fruit that pays out solid dividends, you can’t do better....
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Dutch supermarket staff find millions of dollars of cocaine stashed in banana boxes; "There probably must have been a logistic mistake," says befuddled Limburger spokesman. This never happened while I was stocking shelves....
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If you can't see the video above, here's a direct YouTube link. There's also rotting watermelon and rotting pumpkin....
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