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Banana poisoning! Does it exist??

(63 Posts)
isthisallthereis Tue 16-Oct-12 16:09:47

I eat, I'd guess, 5-8 bananas a week. I love them, they're very cheap, convenient and filling plus Slimming World tell me they're not fattening.

Someone said to me "You'll get potassium poisoning"! Is there such a thing? If Yes, how many is too many bananas? smile

Elegran Wed 17-Oct-12 22:22:46

isthis I can just see that busty retired chemistry teacher expounding on the texture attraction of mashed banana.

Ana Wed 17-Oct-12 21:22:06

I never use the underline feature, but I love the 'strike through' and bold ones. And I'm far too fond of exclamation marks! Have I got a serious problem? confused

isthisallthereis Wed 17-Oct-12 21:13:00

Nanae Yes yes yes, mashed banana on wholemeal bread (but no butter for me!) way to go. But mashed banana may look like old, blackened banana but in texture and taste they are entirely different. Mashed = delicious, blackened = gross. I think there's some complicated food biochemistry at work here. C'mon there bust be a retired school chemistry teacher on here (sorry, chemistry was always my most impenetrable subject at school) who can tell us why mashed banana is soooo exquisite!

And a psychology teacher who can explain why playing withe the underline, bold and italic features here has been such fun! Answer: Because I can!

annodomini Wed 17-Oct-12 19:13:46

Oh, I forgot, I had pears instead of a banana for breakfast (sorry, couldn't lay my hands on any nitrous oxide). Now I am going to have my daily banana with my redbush tea.

nanaej Wed 17-Oct-12 18:40:39

Bananas are a very useful fruit! I had a banana sandwich for lunch,,squishy banana mashed onto a slice of buttered brown bread..naughty but nice!

baNANA Wed 17-Oct-12 18:12:05

My Gransnet name is partly down to the fact that I love bananas, I eat at least one every day, usually for breakfast, sometimes I will eat another two during the course of the day, but they mustn't be too ripe. What a sad world it would be without bananas !

CariGransnet (GNHQ) Wed 17-Oct-12 10:42:39

James returning to position right now!

He makes VERY nice cakes grin

glassortwo Wed 17-Oct-12 10:26:24

cari talking about cake where has the James Martin thread gone from the top of the threads, I thought they stayed up there until the web chat was over?

CariGransnet (GNHQ) Wed 17-Oct-12 10:23:12

Just had my second banana of the day. Would have preferred banana cake. Agh now craving banana cake

glassortwo Wed 17-Oct-12 10:19:59

Banana loaf is lovely and uses all those past their best bananas up, always tastes better the day after its baked if it last that long.

kittylester Wed 17-Oct-12 10:09:24

They make a lovely cake when they have gone mushy and you can freeze them like that until you want to use them - apparently - that's if you can stand to touch them - yeuk. You'd best wash your hands after too. grin

glassortwo Wed 17-Oct-12 09:57:23

I have weetabix and a banana for breakfast most days, does help with leg cramps as I can tell if I have missed my daily banana.

crimson Wed 17-Oct-12 01:27:38

blush

Granny23 Wed 17-Oct-12 01:03:24

Ooo! I must confess I like a firm one too.wink

isthisallthereis Wed 17-Oct-12 00:06:53

"I usually have a banana at breakfast time with yoghurt and Oatibix" - with liquid nitrogen? We know how to live here on Gransnet! smile

annodomini Tue 16-Oct-12 18:22:04

That's OK then. I usually have a banana at breakfast time with yoghurt and Oatibix.

crimson Tue 16-Oct-12 18:13:02

Oh you've made me think of that poor girl who lost her stomach after drinking that cocktail sad.

JessM Tue 16-Oct-12 18:09:06

In theory if someone eats enough pineapple it can dissolve their innards. This is because it contains a protein digesting enzyme! [grizzly halloweeny emoticon]
You can harness this in the form of a marinade (if you wanted pineapple flavoured meat - yuk)
GN has gone all chemical. Just been posting about aluminium on another thread.
Oh I do love science.

Riverwalk Tue 16-Oct-12 17:55:13

Jeni well if you don't like gin you could always have the tonic with vodka!

Nelliemoser Tue 16-Oct-12 17:29:37

I like my bananas barely ripe. I can't stand them in the house when they start to smell.

jeni Tue 16-Oct-12 17:23:40

Don't like gin!

Grannyknot Tue 16-Oct-12 17:23:07

ana we have the same system, I like them greenish DH likes them when they are almost overripe. Or for both of us, when they get a bit soft - bacon and banana on toast - yummy. Brown the banana in bacon fat. No diet there! I've never heard of anyone getting banana or potassium poisoning.

FlicketyB Tue 16-Oct-12 17:15:38

I don't like them either.

Greatnan Tue 16-Oct-12 17:00:56

I take one on all my long walks to prevent low blood pressure - plus a bottle of water, of course.

Riverwalk Tue 16-Oct-12 16:55:29

jeni and a gin & tonic!