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1102 sats \ 42 comments \ @suraz 5 Sep ideasfromtheedge

https://m.stacker.news/50026

So, this morning, my daughter spotted some bananas on the table and immediately wanted one (she always loves bananas). As she was about to grab one from the bunch, my wife suddenly said, "Wait, go wash the banana first!"

I looked at my daughter and rolled my eyes, signaling her to go to the sink and wash it. And, she did so.

Me, confused inside my head: "Really? We need to wash a banana before eating it?" 🤷‍♂️

Yes, always4.1%

No, never 87.7%

Sometimes, when it's possible8.2%

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104 sats \ 2 replies \ @IamSINGLE 5 Sep

Do you brush your teeth before consuming anything? The bacteria might build up if you haven't brushed your teeth a few minutes ago before eating!

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @suraz OP 5 Sep

What about after eating then? We need to brush again?

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @IamSINGLE 5 Sep

Yes, yes! Why not we get permanent brush setup somehow in our mouths.

52 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 5 Sep

I had never done it. Never seen any Indian doing it!

61 sats \ 1 reply \ @DesertDave 5 Sep

I have never heard of this. Why? She knows you don't eat the peel, right?

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @suraz OP 5 Sep

Yeah, she knows. I think some people have habit like that.

61 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 5 Sep

It might not be a bad idea. The skins are probably covered in all kinds of pesticides.

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @ken 5 Sep

Indeed.

Profit > health, apparently...

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Taurus 7 Sep

Lot of fruits (apart from bio ones) are covered of really bad pesticides. But do you eat the skin? For other fruits I agree in doing it

61 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 5 Sep

I'd wash if I ate bananas with the peel on! 🤠

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @ken 5 Sep

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40 sats \ 0 replies \ @BTCLNAT 5 Sep

Wash the bananas!!??? I am a doctor and I have never read or advised a patient that they should wash a banana before eating one. It must be a custom inherited from washing fruits that are eaten with the peel (apple, pears, etc.)

But in any case, there are times when bananas can be so dirty that you have to wash them before eating them.

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 5 Sep

Sometimes they use incense to ripen bananas. But there's no need to wash it. You don't eat the skin right?

Right?

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @suraz OP 5 Sep

Yes. Never eat the skin. Let's say it, it's a strange habit. 😇

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @ninjagrandma65 5 Sep

the fuck?

39 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 5 Sep

Nope. If it's a thick-skinned fruit like a banana or orange, I don't bother (though I do know some folks cook banana peels, and I've zested oranges, and I always wash then).

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @beerussama 5 Sep

Why do we need to wash the Bananas. Bananas are in Pyjamas. Bananas in pyjamas are coming down the stairs.

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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi 6 Sep

No, never

When we eat banana after peeling, then what is the need to clean it?

27 sats \ 0 replies \ @mdominicorobin24 5 Sep

Sometimes you have to. Look at this public service announcement.

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 5 Sep

I don't see a point in washing bananas.

People have strange habits and tendencies. Whenever my wife turns on the air conditioning, she opens a few windows. I keep telling her to stop doing that, you are just making the AC work harder and she says "you have to blow out the hot air first". I don't know why but she firmly believes this and can't be reasoned with. So I just go behind her and close all the windows. Haha.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @suraz OP 5 Sep

Women 🤣

29 sats \ 0 replies \ @ravener 5 Sep

That's something that I've never thought about until this post, but the answer is no

29 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satoshi__Nakamoto 5 Sep

Some times

29 sats \ 0 replies \ @flat24 5 Sep

Oh wow!! This is the first time I've heard about washing a banana before eating it!

29 sats \ 0 replies \ @redlight_pleb 5 Sep

Not eating them as they aren’t growing in my latitude, can’t wait to get to the tropics and will gorge!

29 sats \ 0 replies \ @bitalion 5 Sep

Most people do it out of habit, nobody eats the banana peel. Fruits like apples or pears should be washed. If I pick them from the tree, I never wash them.

29 sats \ 0 replies \ @OgFOMK 5 Sep

We wash tangerines, oranges and watermelon or fruits that we cut out peel that may touch the inside. We do not wash bananas.

I do now as of 2021 only easy organic bananas. I noticed the fruit of bananas was tough inside and not what I was used to of 50 years ago I started buying organic bananas and the quality of much better.

It might be a scam but empirically it seems to be a good value.

I don't wash the bananas though.