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SueDonim Mon 13-Jul-20 17:36:26

You can freeze bananas if you don’t want to use them now. They’ll only be good for cooking when defrosted but it takes to pressure off using them all at once!

When we lived abroad I bought my f&v at a street stall. Items were bought either by the kilo or by the ‘piece’ for individual items. I asked for two pieces of mini-cucumbers but when I got home, I found I had two kilos of cucumbers! grin

paddyanne Mon 13-Jul-20 16:48:10

make Banana ice cream ,just mash the bananas and freeze them its a low fat alternative that I use a lot

lemongrove Mon 13-Jul-20 16:37:12

GrandmaSue I think many people have made mistakes with online shopping blush also there’s the fact that you can’t see sizes easily, recently I ordered a pack of flour and also some hairspray, and when they arrived they were tiny !

lemongrove Mon 13-Jul-20 16:35:00

Or....just drink the rum and eat a banana later.?

janeainsworth Mon 13-Jul-20 16:30:09

Fry your bananas in butter & then add rum grin

KerryS Mon 13-Jul-20 16:28:08

I once ordered a pack of sausages, expecting a pack of 8, but received 1 solitary sausage looking very pathetic and lonely!! But it made us laugh!! Whereas my elderly mum, not being used to online shopping, but doing it in lockdown, accidentally ordered 10 large blocks of cheddar instead of 1, and when she went back in to add things to her order, she forgot she'd already ordered cheese and decided to order 2 as she'd run out but and was gobsmacked when she received 12!! She was giving it away!! She did similar with minced beef, wanting 2 but didn't check that she's already added them and added 2 more. I think she was living on cottage pie for a good while!! So she has decided she doesn't like online shopping, and just goes to Aldi now!

NotTooOld Mon 13-Jul-20 16:10:26

You could bake banana scones (recipes on line) and freeze them for later use.

jane1956 Mon 13-Jul-20 16:07:34

If you like Baileys you can add 2 bananas and ice and mix/liquidise make a great drink

Bridie22 Mon 13-Jul-20 16:02:45

I ordered I pack of pears and received just one pear!

WOODMOUSE49 Mon 13-Jul-20 15:25:38

I thought I'd ordered two big oranges but two bags of big oranges arrived. Still can't understand why I didn't spot the price on the order! Made three cakes and froze them.

I can recommend this banana loaf www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/brilliant-banana-loaf

timetogo2016 Mon 13-Jul-20 15:05:51

That`s why i don`t shop on-line. lol.

GrandmasueUK Mon 13-Jul-20 15:04:00

Got my delivery today and instead of 4 bananas, I'd ordered 4 packs - (5 in each)! Grr.

Now trying to find other recipes as well as banana bread!

I realise I should compulsively check each shopping list!

I also mistakenly once ordered 22 leeks instead of 2 but the supermarket phoned me up to check, as they were huge. Two of them filled one carrier bag and they said that they thought they were going to have to put on another van, just for my order. grin