Quilting! & OT- banana recipes & how to keep them!

I have 2 problems - both banana orientated!

2 - when you buy bananas, where or how is the best way to keep them and slow down their ripening? Probably due to the high heat we have been experiencing here in the UK lately. Glad I bought my tabletop fan about 6 weeks ago, when DH said " Why do we need that?" He isn't moaning now!

Now back to quilting, went to an exhibition this morning at Cowslips, Launceston, Cornwall. Wonderful & inspiring. The exhibitors were Charlotte Yde from Denmark

Oohhh, sounds like banana milkshakes to me!

As a kid, the traditional "why oh why did I buy so many bananas that are now all ripe at once" recipe was banana bread. But given your heat wave, I'd opt for the milkshakes. :)

I like to peel them and store in freezer bags. I hate trying to peel frozen bananas!

Smoothie recipe:

Blendiferize the heck out of it! A few red fruits (strawberries, raspberries, etc) gives it a lovely pink color that kids go for.

Hullo Jan This won't use up a dozen!! but it might, if you have visitors! Slice the bananas in half lengthwise, spread them with soft butter-type spread, sprinkle with brown sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon and put them under a very hot grill for five minutes or so. Serve with cream or ice cream. We love these. Wish I knew how to slow down bananas also!! . In article , Janner writes

Bananas!

Easy Cake Mix Cookies

JAKE's Banana Bread

Mix first 3 ingredients well. Dissolve yeast in water, add remaining ingredients. Mix everything until smooth. Pour into greased or papered muffin pans. Bake at 350 degrees for approx 20 minutes.

these freeze well! add blueberries too if you'd like

Kellie

Yes please!

Yes, she has lovely cake there! Oh, and fabric! Wonderful person and a wonderful place. I've known Jo for about 6 years now. Isn't her new exhibition room great?

Here you go:

Makes a large loaf. Bake in advance, as it takes a while to mature!

Line a 2 lb loaf tin with silicone paper or a loaf tin liner. Heat the oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4.

Rub the butter into the flour as if for pastry. Add all the dry ingredients and mix together.

Mash the bannanananananas roughly with a potato masher, add the eggs and mix well.

Add the squidged banananananananas and eggs to the dry ingredients and mix well. It's very sloppy, so don't worry! Pour it into the lined tin and bake for 1hr 30 mins. Cool in the tin.

Keep for 2 days before serving sliced and spread with butter. Oh, yummy! Worth buying a bunch of over ripe banananananananas for! Freezes beautifully.

You can use wholemeal self raising flour for this.

Me, too, please, pretty please!

MOANSSSSS That sounds so good! I love 'nanners.

Elena in Texas

I like to freeze some banana chunks............ when they are ripe but not overly so. Peel and break into chunks. Put in zipper bag and freeze. Great to blend with yougurt and a bit of honey, other fruit if desired for a smoothy. (especially good in the heat, makes a great cool breakfast.) You can also freeze mashed banana for later use. (I use Tupperware, but a ziplock bag should also work.) Just peel the overripe bananas, mash into a container and freeze. Ready to thaw and make banana cake or bread when it is cooler. Or freeze banana halfs on popsicle sticks, dip in melted chocolate, role in chopped nuts or not, to eat.

Pati, > I have 2 problems - both banana orientated!

Has anyone mentioned banana pudding? The easiest way is to make Jell-O "cook and serve" pudding, vanilla, lemon or chocolate. In the microwave, please, no need to get carried away here. Layer sliced bananas, vanilla wafers and the pudding. Tossing in a handful of pecans is good, a layer of Cool-whip (fat free, of course) is nice but not required. If you're going to go crazy making an impression, you can grate a couple of wafers and sprinkle the top of the pudding with crumbs. Super impressive is to cover the top with tiny marshmallows and run the pudding under the broiler until pretty. I rarely get to the impressive stage. Too many folks standing around with spoons and hopeful faces. Polly

Following up on my own post:

I use the banana bread recipe from Joy of Cooking or the banana cake recipe from Silver Palate. Both are greatly improved by the addition of fresh blueberries. (I also substitute a little whole wheat flour in any recipe calling for all white flour.)

--Lia

I hate to sound stupid, but sometimes I just can't help it. What is an OU? You said you have an assessment for your OU due this week.

I finally got the latest Harry Potter book in which they have to study for their O.W.L.s (Ordinary Wizard Levels, I think). Is OU something like that?

Nell in Austin

This long thread reminds me of my husband's Air Force sergeant when our world was young. Sergeant McDermid grew up in the UK during WWII. When the shooting was over and the first freighter came in with fruit for civilians, it brought bananas, which young James had never before seen. One was presented to him with the skin peeled halfway down. He ate it all, and was so delighted with the taste that he tried the peel, too. UGH!

I worked in Stretch N Sew many moons ago. The owner told of an elementary school classmate whose father was the local grocer. The teacher passed out pictures for the kids to color which included bananas. This poor child colored them black because her frugal father never brought them home while he could still sell them.

In article , Nell Reynolds writes

OU is the Open University. You can study for qualifications or just for fun. I'm an OU student, too. So what are you studying, Janner?

Our favorite method is to cut the bananas into thick slices and dip in melted chocolate. Freeze and eat. Yumy!

marcella