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#1512844 --- 01/30/18 12:58 PM Freeze or Dry?
bluezone Diamond Member Registered: 12/19/04 Posts: 32419 Loc: USA	is it better to freeze bananas or dry them for later use? when freezing them is it better to leave the skin on or remove it _________________________ "OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING, A SOLDIER DIED TODAY."
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#1512847 --- 01/30/18 06:57 PM Re: Freeze or Dry? [Re: bluezone]
HeavenlyPlaces Diamond Member Registered: 02/26/02 Posts: 21988 Loc: Someplace Else	Depends on what you plan to use them for. _________________________ "I went shopping for feminine protection. I decided on a .380 automatic." - Karen Riply
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#1512851 --- 01/31/18 08:17 AM Re: Freeze or Dry? [Re: HeavenlyPlaces]
bluezone Diamond Member Registered: 12/19/04 Posts: 32419 Loc: USA	majority of the time would be just to eat other times would be for a smoothie or for baking _________________________ "OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING, A SOLDIER DIED TODAY."
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#1512865 --- 01/31/18 01:31 PM Re: Freeze or Dry? [Re: bluezone]
Timbo Silver Member Registered: 07/18/12 Posts: 14227 Loc: CNY	Thawed bananas are brown, mushy and terrible (IMO) to simply "eat". On they other hand, they're fantastic to use for baking (breads, cookies, muffins, sauces, drinks, etc.). While still frozen in plastic wrap they make excellent "bananacicles" A good quick, healthy, yummy snack (hit: pull-back plastic before eating). Careful if home-drying bananas, without preservatives they can quickly turn rancid, if not dried thoroughly. _________________________ Everyone's entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts.
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#1512869 --- 01/31/18 08:19 PM Re: Freeze or Dry? [Re: bluezone]
HeavenlyPlaces Diamond Member Registered: 02/26/02 Posts: 21988 Loc: Someplace Else	If you're just looking to be able to eat them your better strategy is to buy fewer ripe or more green bananas. Frozen bananas work quite nicely, when thawed, for banana breads, cakes and cookies or for smoothies. I am not experienced in drying bananas so have no advice in that regard. _________________________ "I went shopping for feminine protection. I decided on a .380 automatic." - Karen Riply
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#1513125 --- 02/08/18 12:14 PM Re: Freeze or Dry? [Re: Timbo]
bluezone Diamond Member Registered: 12/19/04 Posts: 32419 Loc: USA	Originally Posted By: Timbo A good quick, healthy, yummy snack (hit: pull-back plastic before eating). would be wise to remove the plastic prior _________________________ "OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING, A SOLDIER DIED TODAY."
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#1513127 --- 02/08/18 12:27 PM Re: Freeze or Dry? [Re: HeavenlyPlaces]
bluezone Diamond Member Registered: 12/19/04 Posts: 32419 Loc: USA	Originally Posted By: HeavenlyPlaces If you're just looking to be able to eat them your better strategy is to buy fewer ripe or more green bananas. for some reason the 'green' ones do not seem to taste as good as the (store)ripe ones even after they are ripe(yellow) Originally Posted By: HeavenlyPlaces Frozen bananas work quite nicely, when thawed, for banana breads, cakes and cookies or for smoothies. can freeze a few and use them for a smoothie when the fresh ones run low in the house Originally Posted By: HeavenlyPlaces I am not experienced in drying bananas so have no advice in that regard. someone mentioned banana chips as an alternative to buying bananas almost weekly not sure if anyone has tried to make banana chips _________________________ "OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING, A SOLDIER DIED TODAY."
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