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Eating Banana Corms

15 years ago

Saw this post over at the banana forum, though some would find it interesting...not that you'd really want to ruin a perfectly good banana plant but here's a Youtube link from within the post. If your interested watch from minutes 3:00-8:15. And, here's some repices from another link in the post you might find interesting.

Tom

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coffeemom
15 years ago
Well I don't think I'd ever eat a banana corm, but I've got to tell you, I spent the last hour going from link to link. Youtube was fascinating.Thanks Tom for posting this.
tomncath
Original Author
15 years ago
My pleasure, there was a reference that sounded like part of the plant that's edible is similar to palm hearts, but I never really found anything specific to validate that claim.
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Lellie, That looks delicious! The dinner wasn't a total loss. The shrimp were good and rice. We had some laughs about the banana boat. And a couple of cocktails (not as pretty as yours though). Coffeemom, I wish I had seen that about plantain flowers before I made it. But I won't be making it again anyway. I have a bunch of black sapotes on the table just about ripe. In fact one I have to whip one up tomorrow. More on the tree too. I had one a few days ago. There's a little girl in the neighborhood who loves them, so I give her some to take home when she comes around. I love when kids don't turn their noses up at fresh grown fruits and veggies. Not many mangoes around the neighborhood this year, must be an off year for them. But I still have a little in the freezer from last year along with some frozen carambola juice. In the blender with some lime juice, it makes a great drink. Suck on a miracle fruit first and it's a sweet delight. I love mango salsa too, and mango chicken.
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Oh, how embarrassing - I was rereading all the great advice and saw on my May 12 post that it said - "Thanks for the pep talk. Not"! I believe my computer shut down with a dead battery before I could finish whatever thought I was typing and I never went back to reread that post! I certainly wasn't trying to be snotty, and I apologize if anyone read it that way. Anyhow, the new frond has grown about an inch out from the crown. The musas next to it are thriving, and they are so pretty and vigorous that I'm not going to control them enough to keep the shade off of the palm. My plan is to transplant it , very carefully, ASAP into a sunnier spot and hope for the best. I'll try to do some frost cloth and Xmas lights over the winter too. If it doesn't pull through, I'll be ordering a new one next spring and starting it off in a better location. Can someone suggest their preferred method of winter mulching, please? Clayey builder's subsoil? Wow. I can do that!! :)
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junkyardgirl
15 years ago
I can't imagine wasting a good banana tree like that, but then, I guess if you had one that had fruited and was dying, you could.
fwbpat
15 years ago
Or lived in an area where they seldom reach even the point wher you could ripen them off-tree. I'd watched a Food show in which the flower itself was used as a vegetable...
Cheers,
Pat
naplesgardener
15 years ago
I was looking up a chicken recipe in "Savoring Southeast Asia" by Joy Jue and saw a one for banana blossom and chicken salad.

It says "The banana blossom is a common salad ingredient in Southeast Asia.....The main attraction is the banana blossom, with it's delightful fibrous and crunchy texture and a grasslike flavor reminiscent of raw artichokes."

It says to keep the blossom slivers from discoloring to immerse them in water with lemon juice.

I look forward to eyewitness reports of banana blossoms taste. I myself have no blossoms to experiment with.
coffeemom
15 years ago
The above recipe link has more info.I was ready to try the banana flower but this changed my mind.(wimp)

"Banana flowers are picked from the end of a bunch of bananas when the fruits are half grown. Removing the flower at this time will not hurt the fruit. Flowers from eating bananas have a bitter taste and should not be eaten. Only flowers from cooking varieties are eaten. They are used in meat, fish, or shellfish dishes"
Jaime Balanay
4 years ago
banana corm as food - search batanes in philippines - they make the best banana corm-pork or banana corm-beef or chicken or fish balls - they called it "Uved" :)
Jaime Balanay
4 years ago
by the way - heres the link to make it easier - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7GljkxTY0Q

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