banalities of bananas

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Now that we’ve discussed both banality and bananas we can further explore the concept of the Banalities of Bananas.

I will leave the area open for discussion and contribution from our readers, lets consider several aspects of our Banana Banality.

1. Socioeconomic implications - does a society need to achieve a certain wealth status for bananas to achieve a rank of banal?
2. Culture - Are only certain cultures prone to hold the banality of bananas in such high regard?
3. Physical - if the banana were more exotic would it have so much banality?
4. Metaphysical - are bananas receiving their banal characteristics from a place beyond our own realm?
5. Freudian - Does the phallic nature of the banana have any impact on its familiarity and universal acceptance?

We look forward to your inspired discussion regarding the Banality of Bananas!

Musa acuminata Colla; Musa balbisiana Colla; Musa x paradisiaca L.
Family of Musaceae.

Description & storage
Edible yellow when ripe fruit that is thick skinned and comes in bunches when marketed for distribution.

Due to their tropical origins bananas must be kept at room temperature. If you want the bananas to ripen faster place the bowl in the sun. Like other tropical fruits never store bananas in the refrigerator. Cold temperatures will make the fruit decay from the inside out, they will not last longer in the refrigerator, rather turn black and mushy and be basically un-eatable.

Plant
Banana-plants can grow up to 45 feet tall, but most plants typically vary from 10 to25 feet. The plant itself has very big leafs that can grow to up to 12 feet long.

Use
Bananas are usually eaten by hand after easily peeling off the thick skin. Depending on the type of banana unripe bananas are also cooked, fried or deep-fried a lot. Cooked bananas become much sweeter and are often uses as the basis for decadent desserts. The flavor is also savory enough that many liquors use the banana as the base flavor. A very common treat for children of all ages is the banana split.

Types
There are five common different types of bananas generally available today:

As defined by the free dictionary:

ba·nal·i·ty

n. pl. ba·nal·i·ties

1. The condition or quality of being banal; triviality: The banality of the speaker’s remarks put the audience to sleep.

2. Something that is trite, obvious, or predictable; a commonplace: Television commercials are full of banalities.

The idea that something has become so commonplace or part of daily life that it become banal is a testament to our high standard of living and the impact of the global economy on daily life. What’s considered a banality today would have been inconceivable only a century ago. Such luxuries as fresh produce from exotic world places, instant communication, global travel, or even having the means to attain such status are symptom of a society at its highest point.

Fresh bananas are so common that I could go out into the snow and cold and go to a convenience store, gas station, or grocery store and procure some ripe bananas for pennies a pound. So expedient is our trade status that I can even find bananas that are still green and need to sit on the kitchen counter and ripen before being consumed.