Frivolous poll -- how do you slice bananas?

[Stacia]

A different thread where someone mentioned there being only one proper way to fold towels got me thinking about bananas...

 

Growing up, we routinely ate banana or banana w/ peanut butter sandwiches. My mom always sliced bananas so that they made little circle shapes & put them in nice little overlapping rows to fill the slice of bread.

 

As an adult, my aunt once asked me if my mom still sliced bananas in her 'cute' circular way. Apparently my aunt always cut them longways. It never occurred to me until that point that there was any other way to slice a banana. I thought circles were it.

 

I must admit that I live on the wild side now & mix it up these days -- I will cut them in circles or longways, depending on my mood.

 

:lol:

 

What about you?

 

P.S. If you eat banana & mayo sandwiches, I'm not sure I can speak to you. <shudder>

Edited November 30, 2016 by Stacia

[hornblower]

I don't eat them on bread but if I'm slicing to put on porridge etc, then it's usually circles. I usually don't do it on a cutting board ... I just slice against my thumb and drop right into the bowl.

[Farrar]

I rarely slice them... but if I do, then definitely at an angle so I end up with ovals. Not a poll option!

[Stacia]

I rarely slice them... but if I do, then definitely at an angle so I end up with ovals. Not a poll option!

 

Oops! Just fixed that for you!

[Farrar]

Oops! Just fixed that for you!

 

Woohoo! I absolutely claim the name of this banana slicing style.  :tongue_smilie:

 

I do sausage the same way. I'll bet there's actually some fancy chef name.

[J-rap]

Circles!  I worked at a Baskin-Robbins in high school, and we had to learn how to slice bananas without ever touching our fingers on the banana itself (except for the peel of course).  We'd hold it in the palm of our hand, peel off the top strip, slice it length wise, and then into half-moons.

 

 

[maize]

Circles. Unless they are part of a banana sundae. In which case, sideways!

 

 

How else could it be called a Banana Split (do you use that term? I've never heard anyone say banana sundae.)

[RioSamba]

I chose circles because that's the method I use most frequently. I cut them lengthwise for sandwiches sometimes, but I halve them first, then cut each half in several slices. I make fun fruit animals sometimes, banana circles have served as owl eyes, but I prefer kiwis for that purpose.

[Stacia]

I chose circles because that's the method I use most frequently. I cut them lengthwise for sandwiches sometimes, but I halve them first, then cut each half in several slices. I make fun fruit animals sometimes, banana circles have served as owl eyes, but I prefer kiwis for that purpose.

 

Cool. I love fun food creations!

 

(Btw, there is the ability to vote for more than one way of banana slicing in the poll.)

[Suzanne in ABQ]

For peanut butter toast: little circles

 

For ants on a log: longways

 

[happi duck]

Not slicing but:

 

I peel the banana then using my finger split it into its natural long sections then break off the size pieces I want from there...long for sandwiches, medium for cooked and small for oatmeal.

[Arctic Bunny]

For peanut butter toast: little circles

 

For ants on a log: longways

Which clearly leads us to: in what way does ants on a log involve a banana? I've only ever known ants to be eaten while on celery with either peanut butter or cheese whiz!

[Arctic Bunny]

Sandwiches and banana splits lengthwise, cereal in circles!

[redsquirrel]

I usually cut in circles but then slice those in half so they are semi-circles.  My mother put a fear into me of giving children food that was about that diameter.  I can still hear her: "A hot dog is about the diameter of a child's trachea. Anything that size needs to be cut smaller or they will choke". 

 

I also cut them on the bias (long oval thing Farrar likes) l if I am trying to hide the fact that I won't give them little circles.  I cut them long enough that they have to bite them.  I do the same with soy sausage etc as well. Cucumbers and carrots get the same treatment.

 

Sorry... my own issues here, lol.

 

[ikslo]

Farrah style , with mayo - never peanut butter. (Sorry.)

[shukriyya]

I don't really eat them...so you're safe with me Stacia as far as mayo and bananas go  :cheers2:  When I prepare them for ds or dh I do the circle dance.

[Heidi]

I LOVE banana and mayo sandwiches.  :drool:

[RioSamba]

Cool. I love fun food creations!

 

(Btw, there is the ability to vote for more than one way of banana slicing in the poll.)

Thank you for pointing this out. Voting for only one felt so wrong! LOL

[happi duck]

So...

I have *never* heard of Mayo and banana sandwiches. I have questions.

 

1) how ripe is the banana? Green? Yellow? Brown specks?

2) how much Mayo are we talking about? A thin coating on the bread? A visible layer? Thick globs?

3) is the bread usually toasted?

4) always Mayo or is miracle whip an option?

 

I am so curious!

[Melissa in Australia]

Circles. Unless they are part of a banana sundae. In which case, sideways!

 

We used to have banana sandwiches for a treat when I was a kid...buttered bread, banana circles and sugar (!!) sprinked on top. Yummy.

 

 

Strangely we had sugar sprinkled on most of our fruit as well, bananas, strawberries, cantaloupe..........   I didn't even know you could eat strawberries without sugar until I married DH, and he couldn't believe that people ate them with it.

[gardenmom5]

A different thread where someone mentioned there being only one proper way to fold towels got me thinking about bananas...

 

Growing up, we routinely ate banana or banana w/ peanut butter sandwiches. My mom always sliced bananas so that they made little circle shapes & put them in nice little overlapping rows to fill the slice of bread.

 

As an adult, my aunt once asked me if my mom still sliced bananas in her 'cute' circular way. Apparently my aunt always cut them longways. It never occurred to me until that point that there was any other way to slice a banana. I thought circles were it.

 

I must admit that I live on the wild side now & mix it up these days -- I will cut them in circles or longways, depending on my mood.

 

:lol:

 

What about you?

 

P.S. If you eat banana & mayo sandwiches, I'm not sure I can speak to you. <shudder>

 

the only proper way to fold towels is so they fit in the cupboard (or wherever you store yours.) smh.  (i didn't see that thread.. . . )

 

I only slice bananas when having a banana split.  so - circles.

[Tanaqui]

I peel the banana then using my finger split it into its natural long sections then break off the size pieces I want from there...long for sandwiches, medium for cooked and small for oatmeal.

 

YES. I learned this when the girls were babies and I have never looked back. (Because it's just so cool that bananas do that!)

 

[Night Elf]

So...

I have *never* heard of Mayo and banana sandwiches. I have questions.

 

1) how ripe is the banana? Green? Yellow? Brown specks?

2) how much Mayo are we talking about? A thin coating on the bread? A visible layer? Thick globs?

3) is the bread usually toasted?

4) always Mayo or is miracle whip an option?

 

I am so curious!

 

I grew up on banana and mayo sandwiches. I didn't taste bananas and peanut butter until I was an adult. I like my bananas firm and yellow. I hate mushy bananas and throw them out when they start developing brown spots. I put a thin layer of mayo on both sides of the bread. No, I don't toast the bread. It's a soft sandwich! And yes, miracle whip can be used if you prefer it to mayo.

 

My mom also made tomato and mayo sandwiches but I didn't eat those because I didn't like tomatoes until I was an adult. And I cannot imagine a tomato sandwich without any kind of deli meat!

[Daria]

The only way I have sliced bananas is with clean blunt scissors when we are cooking at work and I need a job for the kid I don't trust with a knife.

 

I usually model circles, but you get what you get. Often that is something resembling modern art. Mix with watermelon carved with a spoon and a sprinkle of blueberries for a delicious treat!

[ikslo]

I grew up on banana and mayo sandwiches. I didn't taste bananas and peanut butter until I was an adult. I like my bananas firm and yellow. I hate mushy bananas and throw them out when they start developing brown spots. I put a thin layer of mayo on both sides of the bread. No, I don't toast the bread. It's a soft sandwich! And yes, miracle whip can be used if you prefer it to mayo.

 

I agreed with you right up until the Miracle Whip.  Miracle Whip is an abomination, IMO.  [JAWM :hat: ]

[sixpence1978]

I just slice into circles, but did vote also for long ways....in case of banana splits.

 

Bananas must be sliced though.  For some reason they taste a lot better that way.

[RioSamba]

I just slice into circles, but did vote also for long ways....in case of banana splits.

 

Bananas must be sliced though. For some reason they taste a lot better that way.

My children completely agree with you. They also believe that it must be sliced by someone else.

[Closeacademy]

It really depends on what I am using it for.

 

circles--pudding or desserts

length-wise--sandwiches 

ovals--when drying

whole--eating 

chunks--for bread

[Cinder]

P.S. If you eat banana & mayo sandwiches, I'm not sure I can speak to you. <shudder>

 

Well even if you can't talk to me I'm going to talk to you. :p

 

I voted for all 3 slicing ways because it depends on what it's being used for: circles for cereal, long ways *and* diagonals for those yummy banana & mayo sandwiches. Same for banana pancakes--unless I decide to just mash the banana. I guess I do both long and diagonal because bananas have that crescent shape that doesn't lend itself easily to being sliced all in planks so the remaining part gets sliced in diagonals. Probably more than you wanted to know about my banana-slicing habits. :D

[Cinder]

So...

I have *never* heard of Mayo and banana sandwiches. I have questions.

 

1) how ripe is the banana? Green? Yellow? Brown specks?

2) how much Mayo are we talking about? A thin coating on the bread? A visible layer? Thick globs?

3) is the bread usually toasted?

4) always Mayo or is miracle whip an option?

 

I am so curious!

 

I grew up eating these. Mayo only--never had miracle whip until my 20's and never again. Ripe banana, not green nor over-ripe. Mayo in a visible layer but thinnish, not slathered on. Not toasted, although toasting might be ok--I dunno, I've not tried. My mom would probably say toasting is good. She likes to eat ice cream sandwiches that way. Yup--slab of ice cream on toast. :tongue_smilie:

[Ravin]

It depends on what I'm slicing them for!

[UCF612]

Circles but I don't cut them often.

[maize]

Strangely we had sugar sprinkled on most of our fruit as well, bananas, strawberries, cantaloupe.......... I didn't even know you could eat strawberries without sugar until I married DH, and he couldn't believe that people ate them with it.

The only fruit I've seen people regularly sprinkle sugar on is grapefruit-- which is just horrid. Don't they know that grapefruit is to be eaten with salt?!?

 

:D

[Lady Florida.]

I've never eaten bananas on a sandwich. The only time my mother sliced them and the only time I slice them is to put on cereal or in banana pudding. Therefore - circles or ovals (doesn't matter which).

[AnnE-girl]

I voted circles, but I'm not very precise, so some may be ovals. Slicing the long way just seems so fussy (except in half for a banana split). I would need a cutting board instead of just holding it in my hand to cut circles.

[Cinder]

Bananas must be sliced though.  For some reason they taste a lot better that way.

My children completely agree with you. They also believe that it must be sliced by someone else.

 

This reminds me--I've noticed that salads that someone else makes and that I have to pay for seem to taste better than any salads I've made at home. :D

[Farrar]

Great. Now I want a peanut butter banana sandwich. I haven't had one in years.

[Stacia]

Re: banana and mayo sandwiches...

 

As a kid (who hated mayo), I was unsuspecting when seved a "banana" (meaning banana with mayo) sandwich by my friend's mom. You can't really tell the mayo is on there because it matches the sandwich bread. I took a big bite and was unpleasantly surprised! However, I was a polite kid, so I ate it anyway & politely turned down offers for seconds or future offers of banana sandwiches at that house.

 

I do like mayo as an adult but I haven't tried a banana and mayo sandwich as an adult.

[idnib]

When I was a teen I worked summers in an ice cream shop so I have a particular way of slicing bananas into circles without touching the flesh or the counter. It involves slicing peels into 4th the long way, and using the last fourth as a cutting surface. It's a very fast way to do it without getting any banana on your hand. Slicing bananas is serious business.  :001_cool:

 

1) If you're right-handed, hold the banana your left hand with the stem up and pointing away from you.

 

2) With a paring knife in your right hand, place your right thumb behind the stem and the blade on the other side.

 

3) Cut through the stem and pull the peel all the way down on the side facing you.

 

4) Flip the banana over and do the same, cutting through the end and peeling the inside of the curve. You should now have a banana with the peel missing in the front and back, but still on the sides.

 

5) Lay the banana on one peeled side in your left hand. Remove the peel from the side facing up.

 

6) Slice the banana, using the remaining peel as a cutting surface between the banana and your hand. 

 

7) Add slices to dish, discard peel in hand.