Recently I bought a bunch of bananas and it crossed my mind to eat the banana whole like an apple. It wasnt that bad except that it dried out my mouth a little. I just wanted to know if there was any vitamins and nutrients in the peel that would be beneficial if ingested. I recently read about the 1960’s habit of smoking the peels but any info that could be offered would be greatly appreciated.
I don’t know, but I’ve seen apes eat them like that, and apes are more closely related to us then they are to monkeys.
I’d guess there’s a lot of fiber there, but I don’t think I’ll ever try eating it.
Unfortunately, I have nothing intelligent to contribute to this thread. I do, however, feel it’s necessary to inform you that your post made me chuckle a little. The idea of someone buying a bunch of banannas and eyeing them on the way home, plucking one from the bunch and attacking the entire thing…
The question begs to be asked: did you eat the stem?
[quote]Mr. Mojangles wrote:
Recently I bought a bunch of bananas and it crossed my mind to eat the banana whole like an apple. It wasnt that bad except that it dried out my mouth a little. I just wanted to know if there was any vitamins and nutrients in the peel that would be beneficial if ingested. I recently read about the 1960’s habit of smoking the peels but any info that could be offered would be greatly appreciated.[/quote]
I think you’ve done enough smoking for today!
This does raise the question: Must the peel be included in calculations as relates to the ingestion of .9 of a single banana?
Real men eat the peel.
[quote]Mr. Mojangles wrote:
Recently I bought a bunch of bananas and it crossed my mind to eat the banana whole like an apple. It wasnt that bad except that it dried out my mouth a little. I just wanted to know if there was any vitamins and nutrients in the peel that would be beneficial if ingested. I recently read about the 1960’s habit of smoking the peels but any info that could be offered would be greatly appreciated.[/quote]
Are you serious? You ate the banana peel? For your next mission, eat a whole pineapple.
This also raises the question: should I be eating orange peels too? Or how about watermelon rind?
I don’t know, it seems to me that you are supposed to eat the fruit inside, and the skin is just a packaging for it to ride in. It probably won’t kill you, but did it really taste good? (I have a mental image of finishing off a tub of oatmeal and eating the cardboard)
I’ll stick to eating the meat of the fruit.
Jeff
No I didnt eat the stem and it really wasnt bad taste wise, I wasnt smoking but boredom will have your mind thinking about this that and the other. Thanks for the replies boys.
Watermelon rind WILL make you shit your brains out.
I ate a whole pineapple in a contest once…lol
just extra fiber…
hahahahhahha… i’m guessing you know this from experience
[quote]TriGWU wrote:
Watermelon rind WILL make you shit your brains out.[/quote]
My pit bull loves 'em, but he also ate a lightbulb.And my Simpsons season 6 DVD’s. And the panels off of a basketball. I think you get the idea.
Ha! Pussies!
Try eating all of a coconut. Or if you’re a masochist, try a durian. Yeah baby! Your shit’s gonna tear your rectum out…
My little boy chewed on a banana stem once and got violently ill. I don’t think I recommend it.
I don’t know about all that banana jibba-jabba, but I definitely eat the entire apple. I can’t even tell where the fruit stops and the core begins till I hit the seeds.
[quote]Vash wrote:
This does raise the question: Must the peel be included in calculations as relates to the ingestion of .9 of a single banana?
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With the exception of edible Brazilian dwarf bananas, the peel must be factored in using the following equation:
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On a side note, “single banana” is an ideological biased term distorted by traditional assumptions. I refuse to engage in any further debate on this ignoble linguistic level in the same manner as I refuse to die or refrain from posting pictures of my bare glutes.
Cheers, Allerious S.
i know the peel of an orange has extra fiber. i remember looking up trying to find if a banana peel had anything good in it about a month ago.
ive eatin the peel of an orange and a banana before. but for the most part it tastes kind of gross. and i have no clue of the nutritional content of a banana peel so i just eat the banana now after tasting that gross peel.
There should be some bad chemicals in that. bek?mpningsmedel, whatever that is in english.