{"id":100417,"date":"2015-03-21T01:23:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T15:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=100417"},"modified":"2020-06-30T13:00:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T03:00:12","slug":"going-bananas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/03\/21\/going-bananas\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Bananas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ford-on-food-d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-77803\" title=\"Ford On Food\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ford-on-food-d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ford-on-food-d.jpg 210w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ford-on-food-d-180x300.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><strong>March 20, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>by Jason Ford<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fordonfood.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ford on Food<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for me, I can\u2019t eat raw bananas without upsetting my stomach.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m also too unfit to swing from trees &#8230; so I would make a lousy monkey. There is something in them (maybe tannin) that makes me feel unwell.<\/p>\n<p>I can, however, eat cooked bananas.<\/p>\n<p>So if you have a similar intolerance, try them barbecued or fried with caramelised sugar and rum. Or maybe diced and cooked in pancakes.<\/p>\n<p>Bananas are one of the oldest cultivated fruits and have been eaten by humans in places like India and Asia thousands of years.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to popular belief, bananas don\u2019t grow on trees or even palms; they are the fruit from one of the world\u2019s largest herbs. <\/p>\n<p>And, to confuse the issue some more, bananas are technically a berry.<\/p>\n<p>Bananas grow in large bunches referred to as a &#8220;hand&#8221; and are harvested green, because they ripen best after being picked. <\/p>\n<p>They contain heaps of essential vitamins (particular B-group), complex carbohydrates, potassium, dietary fiber and absolutely no fat.<\/p>\n<p>Varieties commonly available in Australia are Cavendish, Lady Finger and the new Gold Finger variety.<\/p>\n<p>Banana leaves can also be used to make parcels for steaming fish, and I have also used banana flowers in some Asian stir-fries.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Caramel and Rum Bananas<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/banana.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/banana.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"banana\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-100419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/banana.png 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/banana-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/banana-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>With North Queensland banana growers in a bit of strife at the moment over the Panama virus outbreak, this dush is a good way to support our banana farmers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 tablespoons butter\n<li>2 thickly sliced Canebdish bananas\n<li>2 tablespoons raw caster sugar\n<li>2 tablespoons rum\n<li>Natural yoghurt\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Melt the butter in a frying pan; add the bananas and fry to a light golden brown\n<li>Sprinkle in the caster sugar and continue cooking until sugar thickens to a caramel\n<li>Add the rum and if using gas stove be careful of a flamb\u00e9 effect (whoosh!)\n<li>Place the caramel bananas in serving bowls and dollop on a generous scoop of natural yoghurt\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/ford-on-food\/\">Read more Ford On Food columns<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately for me, I can\u2019t eat raw bananas without upsetting my stomach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":100419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[595],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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