Bananas - how to stop them ripening too fast .

[Andrew Dwyer]

I think there was a thread along these lines a year or so ago but I couldn’t find it and we probably have a lot of new members now with new ideas so here goes !

 

I generally eat 1 banana everyday for breakfast and usually buy 4 or 5 together from Big C or Lotus . I could buy 1 every day from the local 7-11 but they don’t always have them and sometimes they are already past their best.

The problem I have is I find that they ripen really quickly and I don’t like them like that.

I am kinda fussy and don’t like them over or under ripe !!

In the two countries I lived before it didn’t seem a problem and bananas would stay at their “ best “ for a few days, here it seems like they go from green to yellow with black patches overnight !!

 

Sooo, am looking for advice on how to store them to slow the ripening process . Have tried putting them in the fridge but that doesn’t seem to work for me.

 

What’s the trick ??

[shady86]

Hanging them and make sure the room temperature is not too hot. Try to buy bananas not so ripe, with little green skin and hard meat. Will take few days to ripe.

[MJKT2014]

Sealing the stem with plastic wrap seems to delay the ripening a bit for me. Supposedly it reduces the oxygen going into them.

[Vacuum]

Put them in the fridge.

 

Edit.  They will be black, but they are fine inside.

 

Edited July 14, 2018 by Vacuum

[Andrew Dwyer]

I think what I’m doing wrong is although I’m buying bananas that are green the room temperature is high and that ripens them quickly, when I come to the last two they are already past their best and the taste changes a lot ( IMO ).
I tried putting green bananas in the fridge but then they didn’t seem to ripen when I took them out.

I suppose I should put them in the fridge when they are ripe ?

The plastic wrap seems like a good idea, seem to recall hearing that before somewhere.

[keeniau96]

Skin them then wrap in usual kitchen plastic. Then pop in freezer and you will have a great snack that is especially good on hot day.

[lopburi3]

Once ripe put in one or two plastic bags and take as much air out as possible and tie closed and keep in refrigerator - undo and retie when you want one.  

Edited July 14, 2018 by lopburi3

[sometimewoodworker]

When ripe I peal them & put them in a plastic box in the fridge they are good for 2 to 4 days

[Andrew Dwyer]

Some great answers coming in .

Keep em coming

[PETERTHEEATER]

8 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said:

When ripe I peal them & put them in a plastic box in the fridge they are good for 2 to 4 days

I peal bell peppers but never bananas......?

[sometimewoodworker]

37 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

I peal bell peppers but never bananas......?

I like to ring the changes, and SWMBO keeps me supplied often from our garden 

[Crossy]

The fridge is normally too cold and they actually go black faster.

 

My mum sent me a "banana bag" in which you place the bananas, then put the lot in the fridge. It keeps the bananas just a tad above the fridge temperature, amazingly it seems to work, even with Thai bananas (ours didn't come from Amazon).

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Betterware-Banana-Bag/dp/B00ZR7DX5A

 

 

[Oztruckie]

When their over ripe put into a blender with ice cream and milk, they make a nice banana milkshake

[marquis22]

24 minutes ago, Oztruckie said:

When their over ripe put into a blender with ice cream and milk, they make a nice banana milkshake

I make a smoothie and add mango, honey, coconut milk and cocoa powder as well. Use concentrated milk if not have fresh milk.

[Vacuum]

3 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

I suppose I should put them in the fridge when they are ripe ?

Correct, maybe one or two days before.

[737Nell]

5 hours ago, shady86 said:

Hanging them and make sure the room temperature is not too hot. Try to buy bananas not so ripe, with little green skin and hard meat. Will take few days to ripe.

Good idea, I've never thought about hanging bananas, thank you, will try.

[johnsuma01]

3 best ways :

Eat it.

Blend it & fridge it.

Jam it and put in the fridge.

[Bangkok Barry]

5 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Put them in the fridge.

 

Edit.  They will be black, but they are fine inside.

 

 

 

My (Thai) wife agrees. But adds they should be wrapped in (news)paper so they don't get too cold. That is what makes the skin go black. An alternative to the banana bag above - I'd never heard of those.

[Jim walker]

My sister takes my over ripe black speckled bananas and bakes a banana cake for me she needs them overripe 

[Surasak]

I wrap the stem end in tin foil. Works for me and they stay fresh for a number of days.

[seancbk]

6 hours ago, shady86 said:

Hanging them and make sure the room temperature is not too hot. Try to buy bananas not so ripe, with little green skin and hard meat. Will take few days to ripe.

Just keep them in the fridge. 

[Suetape]

5 hours ago, keeniau96 said:

Skin them then wrap in usual kitchen plastic. Then pop in freezer and you will have a great snack that is especially good on hot day.

And great for frozen drinks.   

 

[Jingjock]

Have a look at this site, it may help you.

https://wgntv.com/2015/09/28/how-to-make-your-brown-bananas-yellow-again/

[sometimewoodworker]

4 hours ago, Crossy said:

The fridge is normally too cold and they actually go black faster.

True for unskined ones but not once peeled.

 

I was feeling guilty because SWMBO was supplying hands of about 20 to 30 and I certainly couldn't get through them before the skin was paper thin or they went black and mushy & even though they are free I still hate wasting food. So I tried them in the fridge with slight success. Then I thought about peeling them first and that gives me at least 3 days more eating time.

[metisdead]

An inflammatory troll post has been removed as well as the replies. 

[Brayka]

Bananas ripe faster in the presence of other fruit.

don’t keep them to warm but also not in the fridge. And as someone already wrote, cover the stem with plastic foil or aluminium foil. You can keep them much longer.

[Tongjaw]

Wife cuts them up and freezes them before they go off. She does the same with all our fruits. Great in the bender for a smoothie. 

[NickJ]

When you buy bananas in the US. The banana has been picked when it is very green. No where near being ripe. They are refrigerated. When they reach there destination they are gassed with ethylene. Then will start to ripen. Here the fruit is fresh so they ripen naturally.  I keep then in the fridge. It helps them last a little longer.

[juice777]

This is one more small problem I don't have to worry about because I going back to the UK.So I can buy a selection of different ripeness to last me the week.But I really fill for you.

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[LukKrueng]

when they ripe I eat them.