A longshoreman at the Port of Savannah had to unload ships full of bananas. They'd trip rad detectors, and in came inspectors to prevent a critical mass of banana.
Critical Mass of Banana [Limerick]
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Tag Archives: Banana
Banana Flower [Haiku]
banana flower glows in the morning sun, racing in stillness
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POEM: Banana Plant
bounces on a banana-laden stalk
your long leaves
twist & tear
like the Tacoma Narrows bridge
when wind whips over
every annum
foliage falls
stalk sags
yet you will rise and be reborn
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DAILY PHOTO: Birthing Baby Bananas in Bangalore
DAILY PHOTO: Banana Flower
Taken in December of 2013 in Kuala Lumpur.
The other night, I ate banana flower for the first time–that I know of / remember–in two separate dishes. My wife and I were eating at the Oh! Calcutta on St. Mark’s Road in Bangalore, and we sampled banana flower croquettes as part of an assorted starter platter, and then I tasted some of my wife’s entrée, which was “dry cooked banana flower with coconut slivers.” The former was tasty, but so spicy that my undiscerning palate was incapable of learning anything about the flavor of this flower. The latter, much milder, dish tasted like a tasty take on mashed potatoes (again, to my unrefined palate.)
The picture above was taken in Malaysia, but banana flowers are present everywhere bananas grow (throughout much of tropics.)
Deceptively, the flower looks like it could be a deadly weapon–with its pointy, conical bloom.
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DAILY PHOTO: Fruit Cart: Dragon Fruit and Banana
Taken in December of 2013 in Kuala Lumpur
I took this on Jalan Alor, Kuala Lumpur’s famous food street. It was early, well before dark when the street gets thronged with hungry travelers. The fruit stands were just getting erected and the frog porridge was simmering.
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