Ever notice this past year all the advertising gimmicks Chiquita has had on their labels?
From funny nutritional or silly sayings to the faces they have now.
Perhaps you just eat your banana and toss (hopefully composting) the peel with total disregard for the sticker.
Perhaps you still peel the stickers off and stick them to your forehead like when you were a kid.
That's ok, you are not the only one.
Ever notice the sticker, be it Dole, Chiquita, or Del Monte that the bananas come from several countries out side the US?
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
are several I've noticed.
For months, a guy at work and I made a daily morning segment out of comparing/sharing our banana stickers - both bringing in ones we thought were different to what he had collected - him applying them to his monitor until it was completely encircled as if he had a banana sticker make-up mirror bulb-like thing going on. Another time I should have taken a pic, and didn't before he had to take them all off as the Big Cheeses were coming from the home office.
Fun happens when you make it.
Buenas Noches!
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Showing posts with label Bananas. Show all posts
29.11.09
Banana Cake (Bread)
Baking Banana Bread always reminds me of certain people.
One being my mom, whose recipe I use.
Two being my son and daughter who love it.
Three being my bus driver mate who calls it Banana Cake and it makes me smile to think that and hear him saying it in my mind when I am making it.
I got up early and made some this morning - the house filled with the smell of the loaves baking just before my son woke for the day.
My son took both loaves back to school with him for these final 20 days he has of the semester. One double bagged so it could be frozen and pulled out during finals to give him some Mom Love and Power from home for those exams.
Banana Bread/Cake
1 stick butter (8 tbsp)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup bananas
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups flour
Optional add 1/2 cup chopped walnuts.
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, add sugar and blend thoroughly. Add eggs and bananas.
Mix together milk and lemon juice. Set aside. Mix in flour, soda and salt, alternating with milk/lemon juice mixture until all ingredients are thoroughly mixed and smooth. Divide into pans. Makes one regular sized loaf or two smaller loaves.
Bake @ 350 for 1 hour, then check the center with a toothpick, add time in 10 min increments as needed (I've found one large loaf can go up to an extra 10-30 min more, whereas the smaller loaves are routinely done in 60-70 min.)
One being my mom, whose recipe I use.
Two being my son and daughter who love it.
Three being my bus driver mate who calls it Banana Cake and it makes me smile to think that and hear him saying it in my mind when I am making it.
I got up early and made some this morning - the house filled with the smell of the loaves baking just before my son woke for the day.
My son took both loaves back to school with him for these final 20 days he has of the semester. One double bagged so it could be frozen and pulled out during finals to give him some Mom Love and Power from home for those exams.
Banana Bread/Cake
1 stick butter (8 tbsp)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup bananas
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups flour
Optional add 1/2 cup chopped walnuts.
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, add sugar and blend thoroughly. Add eggs and bananas.
Mix together milk and lemon juice. Set aside. Mix in flour, soda and salt, alternating with milk/lemon juice mixture until all ingredients are thoroughly mixed and smooth. Divide into pans. Makes one regular sized loaf or two smaller loaves.
Bake @ 350 for 1 hour, then check the center with a toothpick, add time in 10 min increments as needed (I've found one large loaf can go up to an extra 10-30 min more, whereas the smaller loaves are routinely done in 60-70 min.)
