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What life hack is so simple yet so effective, you're shocked more people don't know about it? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[โ€“] 6 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Bananas are the way they are through millenia of selective breeding, so there's no reason to think that monkeys know anything we don't. If pinching the bottom is easier than bending the stem, your banana isn't ripe yet and doesn't want to be eaten until later.

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Have you ever tried opening a banana from the bottom like described in the comment?

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yes. Every time, it's gone less well than opening a banana from the stem end, unless the banana was horrendously underripe. I've never had the problem the alternative approach is claiming to fix unless I've intentionally opened the banana badly on purpose to prove a point about the problem really being people opening from the stem end incompetently.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 2 years ago

    While I can concede your point that it's feasible and possibly even more practical to open from the stem, I gotta say that since switching to the other end years ago(because I saw a similar thread on reddit), it's been super easy and I've had zero issues. The stem just has a higher rate of fucking up, but it's not like either end will fully decimate the banana. Peeling properly after it's opened is an easy fix either way.

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    A) that seems backwards: an under ripe banana will be stiff inside so you can snap the peel around the stem when you bend it, while a riper, softer banana will mush inside when you bend the stem. And,

    B) like I give a fuck what a banana wants

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  • [โ€“] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    A) The peel becomes easier to tear faster than the inside gets softer. You don't need to snap it, it doesn't need nearly enough tension to count as a snap once it's ripe.

    B) The banana's been selectively bred to want to be as delicious as possible. It only wants you to be happy.

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