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When we throw away bananas we should never throw away a part of it as it could be worth a lot for our house. Here’s which one.
Every season has its fruits and many times we only wait for one of these to come along so we can savour our favourites and savour the taste of our favourite fruit par excellence.
But there are some fruits that can be found in the market all year round and are among the most popular and common, even if some of them have origins in totally different places from where we live.
Bananas: why you should never throw them all away
Some of these fruits that we Italians love are bananas, which are very useful for our health as a source of potassium and can often be used in any kind of recipe.
Native to tropical areas, it has been undermining the tables of our peninsula for many years and is almost never missing in homes to the point of having been painted also in some paintings depicting still lifes.
Often, due to its shape, it is associated with the male member and its name is used as a sexual allusion also following the song La Banana, which was very popular in the 2000s.
In the market we usually find yellow or green bananas depending on their ripeness, although it is always better, as experts advise, to consume those with a medium ripeness.
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