Comments on: Yes, we have no bananas

By: Tomato

Tomato — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 10:27:24 +0000

Bananas in coconut milk

After wheat, rice and maize, the banana is the fourth most consumed food in the world. In Australia, however, after a cyclone (hurricane) in March flattened the continent’s main banana growing area in north Queensland, namely Innisfail, this herb…

By: DrReb

DrReb — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:00:52 +0000

A cataclysm of epic proportions. I like the pommy spunk of making do with parsnips for a better Britain. Hoorah! As long as it doesn’t get to the stage where it’s cheaper to fashion bananas from truffles…

By: Ed Charles

Ed Charles — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 06:05:04 +0000

He’ll be confused I suppose Helen. The world is topsy turvy.Who’d have believed we’d all be paying over the odds for nearly rotten mishapen vegetables from the Farmers’ Market.

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 05:49:27 +0000

So soon cabbage soup will be as de rigeur as lamb shanks? Where will that leave Charlie Bucket?

By: Ed Charles

Ed Charles — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:54:18 +0000

$5? You are lucky. Apparently they were recently $8 in Brisbane!. See the post above this one. Parsnips $7 a kilo. Rabobank reckons prices were up near 12 per cent last year. And it’s not because of the crazy weather. Apparently we want posher veggies and there is a hint that the retailers are taking us for a ride – wholesale prices haven’t moved too much.

By: AugustusGloop

AugustusGloop — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:42:47 +0000

I love parsnips but dressing them up as faux bananas is just plain wrong.

And what is up with the price of cabbage lately? $5 for a whole cabbage at Paddy’s Markets.

By: ejm

ejm — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:43:29 +0000

Ooops!!! Sorry about that… the link to my site on my previous post will be broken. (That’s what I get for not using “copy and paste”)

But it’s really not my fault. I was still laughing at the idea of parsnips masquerading as bananas.

-Elizabeth

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:22:58 +0000

I agree there are some truly great recipes for parsnips (‘pasturnakes’ in very old books) and turnips – its the banana essence that’s the problem!

By: Ed Charles

Ed Charles — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:09:14 +0000

Deborah, it looks like Starbucks might have to introduce parsnip themed beverages. They’ve had a bad record in Melbourne with several stores closing and the new variation may not help.

Janet, they do sound htruly horrible. I think this is a case for Heston Blumenthal. I reckon you’re all being mean to the humble parship/turnip. With their sugar content and the right treatment they could taste pretty good – of course, we’re not talking parsnip smoothies here.

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:11:59 +0000

Apparently during WW II children were given ‘banana’ sandwiches made with mashed turnip flavoured with banana essence. Now THAT sounds truly disgusting.