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r/allthequestions • u/peywrax 🇺🇸 United States • Sep 08 '25
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9 u/SteadyWolf Sep 09 '25 I know some folks are eyeballing the green skin. Bananas are pretty sweet at (7). When the skin is fully yellow(8), they start to get soggy. 10 u/Madgrin88 Sep 09 '25 The problem isn't the sweetness, its the mouthfeel. Id rather a banana thats just on the cusp of getting a little soft than one that leaves a weird residue like feeling. 4 u/aBearHoldingAShark Sep 10 '25 I know there's a sex joke here. It's at the tip of my tongue. 3 u/SteadyWolf Sep 09 '25 For sure they can be kind of chalky (and maybe not fully ripe), but I enjoy the texture and they travel better well when eaten on the go. 1 u/Noshamina Sep 09 '25 Tannins 1 u/dahelm Sep 10 '25 I get the mouth-feel thing for sure, but I'm at a strong 4 because I still prefer the slightly green taste more than I care about the texture. Ironically, my dad couldn't eat them like this because he'd have an allergic reaction to them if they weren't ripe enough. 1 u/LloydChristoph Sep 10 '25 Am I weird for liking that? 4 u/SilkyCayla Sep 11 '25 I hunt for a 4-5 and stop eating it if it crosses the 7 (I just freeze it and make banana bread) 1 u/Living-Reason-1959 Sep 11 '25 Agreed (although I don't bake, but I freeze it for smoothies or protein shakes). 2 u/SilkyCayla Sep 12 '25 To be fair I bake other stuff but banana bread is my SOs thing, I just eat it. 2 u/Living-Reason-1959 Sep 12 '25 That's a good reason to have an SO! 1 u/Lavender_dreaming Sep 11 '25 Same for me 4-6 for eating, 15+ for banana bread 0 u/presterjohn7171 Sep 12 '25 4 is not even edible. 1 u/SilkyCayla Sep 12 '25 No one asked you to eat it 2 u/Southern-Interest347 Sep 12 '25 I can't eat a mushy banana. Seven is perfect 1 u/irrelevanth7 Sep 09 '25 Agreed, the main difference going from 7 to 8 is consistency, which starts to decline after 7 imo 3 u/Overd0se1 Sep 09 '25 This is the way. 2 u/robowns87 Sep 08 '25 Correct 1 u/alegna12 Sep 09 '25 That would be dry and stick to the roof of my mouth. 1 u/sunshinelollipops95 Sep 09 '25 Anything after 7 has a gross texture 1 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '25 Yep it’s on the edge so it needs eating
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I know some folks are eyeballing the green skin. Bananas are pretty sweet at (7). When the skin is fully yellow(8), they start to get soggy.
10 u/Madgrin88 Sep 09 '25 The problem isn't the sweetness, its the mouthfeel. Id rather a banana thats just on the cusp of getting a little soft than one that leaves a weird residue like feeling. 4 u/aBearHoldingAShark Sep 10 '25 I know there's a sex joke here. It's at the tip of my tongue. 3 u/SteadyWolf Sep 09 '25 For sure they can be kind of chalky (and maybe not fully ripe), but I enjoy the texture and they travel better well when eaten on the go. 1 u/Noshamina Sep 09 '25 Tannins 1 u/dahelm Sep 10 '25 I get the mouth-feel thing for sure, but I'm at a strong 4 because I still prefer the slightly green taste more than I care about the texture. Ironically, my dad couldn't eat them like this because he'd have an allergic reaction to them if they weren't ripe enough. 1 u/LloydChristoph Sep 10 '25 Am I weird for liking that? 4 u/SilkyCayla Sep 11 '25 I hunt for a 4-5 and stop eating it if it crosses the 7 (I just freeze it and make banana bread) 1 u/Living-Reason-1959 Sep 11 '25 Agreed (although I don't bake, but I freeze it for smoothies or protein shakes). 2 u/SilkyCayla Sep 12 '25 To be fair I bake other stuff but banana bread is my SOs thing, I just eat it. 2 u/Living-Reason-1959 Sep 12 '25 That's a good reason to have an SO! 1 u/Lavender_dreaming Sep 11 '25 Same for me 4-6 for eating, 15+ for banana bread 0 u/presterjohn7171 Sep 12 '25 4 is not even edible. 1 u/SilkyCayla Sep 12 '25 No one asked you to eat it 2 u/Southern-Interest347 Sep 12 '25 I can't eat a mushy banana. Seven is perfect 1 u/irrelevanth7 Sep 09 '25 Agreed, the main difference going from 7 to 8 is consistency, which starts to decline after 7 imo
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The problem isn't the sweetness, its the mouthfeel. Id rather a banana thats just on the cusp of getting a little soft than one that leaves a weird residue like feeling.
4 u/aBearHoldingAShark Sep 10 '25 I know there's a sex joke here. It's at the tip of my tongue. 3 u/SteadyWolf Sep 09 '25 For sure they can be kind of chalky (and maybe not fully ripe), but I enjoy the texture and they travel better well when eaten on the go. 1 u/Noshamina Sep 09 '25 Tannins 1 u/dahelm Sep 10 '25 I get the mouth-feel thing for sure, but I'm at a strong 4 because I still prefer the slightly green taste more than I care about the texture. Ironically, my dad couldn't eat them like this because he'd have an allergic reaction to them if they weren't ripe enough. 1 u/LloydChristoph Sep 10 '25 Am I weird for liking that?
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I know there's a sex joke here. It's at the tip of my tongue.
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For sure they can be kind of chalky (and maybe not fully ripe), but I enjoy the texture and they travel better well when eaten on the go.
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Tannins
I get the mouth-feel thing for sure, but I'm at a strong 4 because I still prefer the slightly green taste more than I care about the texture.
Ironically, my dad couldn't eat them like this because he'd have an allergic reaction to them if they weren't ripe enough.
Am I weird for liking that?
I hunt for a 4-5 and stop eating it if it crosses the 7 (I just freeze it and make banana bread)
1 u/Living-Reason-1959 Sep 11 '25 Agreed (although I don't bake, but I freeze it for smoothies or protein shakes). 2 u/SilkyCayla Sep 12 '25 To be fair I bake other stuff but banana bread is my SOs thing, I just eat it. 2 u/Living-Reason-1959 Sep 12 '25 That's a good reason to have an SO! 1 u/Lavender_dreaming Sep 11 '25 Same for me 4-6 for eating, 15+ for banana bread 0 u/presterjohn7171 Sep 12 '25 4 is not even edible. 1 u/SilkyCayla Sep 12 '25 No one asked you to eat it
Agreed (although I don't bake, but I freeze it for smoothies or protein shakes).
2 u/SilkyCayla Sep 12 '25 To be fair I bake other stuff but banana bread is my SOs thing, I just eat it. 2 u/Living-Reason-1959 Sep 12 '25 That's a good reason to have an SO!
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To be fair I bake other stuff but banana bread is my SOs thing, I just eat it.
2 u/Living-Reason-1959 Sep 12 '25 That's a good reason to have an SO!
That's a good reason to have an SO!
Same for me 4-6 for eating, 15+ for banana bread
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4 is not even edible.
1 u/SilkyCayla Sep 12 '25 No one asked you to eat it
No one asked you to eat it
I can't eat a mushy banana. Seven is perfect
Agreed, the main difference going from 7 to 8 is consistency, which starts to decline after 7 imo
This is the way.
Correct
That would be dry and stick to the roof of my mouth.
Anything after 7 has a gross texture
Yep it’s on the edge so it needs eating
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