Two bananas = how many cups?
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Comments (6)I think that I will engage in a little infanticide. I will have 8 plants in this clump if I leave it. I think that 4 or 5 should be sufficient for that one, at least until I know if its a banana, a plantain, or just pretty foliage. I suppose that early execution is better than letting them get a few feet tall. I have very sandy soil here on my hill. Drainage is fast and furious, so I fertilize twice a month in small doses and toss on whatever organics I come across. Larry...See MoreHow long can you keep saved frozen bananas for banana bread?
Comments (14)The food charts I have for how long you can keep bananas in the freezer gave no amounts of time, and one said "extended freezer time" - whatever that means (LOL). I guess the goal should be to use the frozen bananas in a timely manner (few months), but I was moving some things around in my refrigerator freezer and I found several ripe bargain bananas that were quick-frozen then placed in a FoodSaver bag, vacuum-sealed shut -- early last summer and promptly forgotten about. I made them into banana bread the other day for yet one more offering to the "throngs" for breakfast during their Christmas visit. When you vacuum-seal peeled bananas (or most food destined for freezer storage), they will last longer than in a typical storage bag because they are stored oxygen-free. Oxygen-free storage prevents the moisture inside the food from migrating from the surface of the food into the bag, drying out or creating ice crystals in the bag. A food science tidbit about using overly-ripe bananas for banana bread. When a banana bread recipe only calls for baking soda as the only chemical leavening, overly-ripe bananas are not as acid (6.5-7.0 pH) as a regular banana (4.6 pH) in order to react in partnership with the baking soda. The reaction may be a weak one resulting in a heavy banana bread. A good banana bread recipe, one that ensures adequate leavening, will use both baking powder and baking soda. If the recipe only has baking soda, make sure a portion of the bananas aren't overly-ripe, or there is another ingredient in the recipe that provides an acid ingredient. That could be some lemon juice added to the bananas to keep them from oxidizing and turning dark, orange juice, honey used as the sweetener, or yogurt, sour cream or buttermilk, which are all acid foods that will react with the baking soda. -Grainlady...See MoreTwo topics: Photobucket, keeping up with daily cups
Comments (13)Thanks rhome and bmore for that help. That problem is solved! I must have stumbled on that resizing option by accident in the first place. doraville, thanks for the empathy. Picasa is quite fast. I agree p'bucket is a pain to work through. Maybe after my kitchen is done I'll switch over. And your new kitchen is quite amazing! Beautiful cabinets, granite, floors, splash, dogs... The LOP probably helped get you through to this point, but I know you are happy to have your new elements finished! Congratulations! I'm guessing with those gorgeous cherry trees you live somewhere in the southeast, or eastern seaboard? jrueter, so funny about your DH! Now, you don't have any quirks like that, do you? I'm sure I don't! And I always do everything I am constantly telling my kids to do. rhome, with eight kids, I think there wouldn't be enough colors for that kind of a system anyway! But... sigh... it probably is yet another thing I just need to let go of for now. I always say I am going to deal with one thing at a time and end up trying to fix everything at once. I look forward to getting back to normal... if there is such a thing....See MoreTwo cups of coffee
Comments (11)Nice one! Although, There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal... Okay, I don't have a disposal, but I've told myself for too many years that there's always time to clean the house, especially those rooms only I ever enter -- but that time is running out!...See Moreovenbird
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