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Cooking & Baking

eppur_se_muova

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19. Banana lhassi

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 01:40 PM

Jan 5

https://www.food.com/recipe/lhassi-indian-yoghurt-drink-22405

What India was drinking for centuries before 'smoothies' were a thing. As kids we made banana milkshakes from 1 banana, 1 egg (not really necessary), 1 T sugar, 1 t vanilla extract, 1 pt milk in a mixer or blender. Maybe you could up the count on the banana(s).

As someone suggested above, freeze any that get too old, then make "ice cream" from them. Add chocolate, strawberries, whatever you want. You can even use sour fruit, which would curdle milk but should be fine w/bananas.

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What would you do with hundreds of bananas? I have 6 more bunches still on the trees. [View all] sinkingfeeling Jan 5 OP

Banana bread, lots of it. Ocelot II Jan 5 #1

Banana cream pies.... displacedvermoter Jan 5 #2

Banana Ice Cream C_U_L8R Jan 5 #3

Holy cow! You just redefined a bunch of bananas SheltieLover Jan 5 #4

Doubt it. Banana trees are everywhere and bananas extremely cheap. This is a single bunch that had to be cut sinkingfeeling Jan 5 #9

Wow! Nice they are everywhere & cheap SheltieLover Jan 5 #12

Yeah, the toucans and oropendlas like them. Raccoons and coatis as well. Monkeys won't come that close sinkingfeeling Jan 5 #13

How did you get them down from the tree? They must weigh a ton! SheltieLover Jan 5 #14

My 'gardener' cut them. Yes, they weigh alot. The center stem is about 4 inches in diameter. sinkingfeeling Jan 5 #16

I was thinking cherry picker. SheltieLover Jan 5 #17

Maybe peel them & toss them out so they don't leave a mess? SheltieLover Jan 5 #15

Send it snowybirdie Jan 5 #5

I live in Costa Rica. Bananas are everywhere along the highways for free. sinkingfeeling Jan 5 #8

Deliver it to a Food bank! justaprogressive Jan 5 #6

I was thinking the same thing. A lot of people are in need right now. patphil Jan 5 #7

Share! pandr32 Jan 5 #10

Smoothies BOSSHOG Jan 5 #11

Load them on a truck... fargone Jan 5 #18

Banana lhassi eppur_se_muova Jan 5 #19

I would try making... 2naSalit Jan 5 #20

Donate them to a zoo or a chimpanzee rescue. nt in2herbs Jan 5 #21

That would be worth a lot of money here in Indiana. Emile Jan 5 #22

Well, at least it's less than 30,000 lbs. surrealAmerican Jan 5 #23

I have an Excalibur dehydrator... buzzycrumbhunger Jan 5 #24