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Cooking & Baking

2naSalit

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20. I would try making...

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 01:47 PM

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As many dehydrated 'chips' as possible and also 'banana mash' and freeze that for other stuff, you can use it as a base for pancakes and such. You've already done the other things I could think of for 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 Monday OP

Banana bread, lots of it. Ocelot II Monday #1

Banana cream pies.... displacedvermoter Monday #2

Banana Ice Cream C_U_L8R Monday #3

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

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

Wow! Nice they are everywhere & cheap SheltieLover Monday #12

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

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

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

I was thinking cherry picker. SheltieLover Monday #17

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

Send it snowybirdie Monday #5

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

Deliver it to a Food bank! justaprogressive Monday #6

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

Share! pandr32 Monday #10

Smoothies BOSSHOG Monday #11

Load them on a truck... fargone Monday #18

Banana lhassi eppur_se_muova Monday #19

I would try making... 2naSalit Monday #20

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

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

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

I have an Excalibur dehydrator... buzzycrumbhunger Monday #24