Other uses pp semi protected small yes pp move indef Infobox Cultivar name Banana image Musa paradisiaca Blanco1.88 cropped.jpg image width 240px image caption Banana tree Musa acuminata Lacatan Banana ... of the Lakatan Banana tree from the Philippines hybrid Musa acuminata Musa balbisiana br small Luigi Aloysius Colla Colla 1820 small group See Banana Cultivar Groups origin Southeast Asia , South Asia Banana is the common name for herbaceous plant s of the genus Musa genus Musa and for the fruit they produce .... The old scientific names Musa sapientum and Musa paradisiaca are no longer used. Banana is also ... s is uncertain. In popular culture and commerce , banana usually refers to soft, sweet dessert bananas. By contrast, Banana Cultivar Groups Musa cultivar s with firmer, starchier fruit are called plantain s or cooking bananas. The distinction is purely arbitrary and the terms plantain and banana ... apscience cite web title Tracing antiquity of banana cultivation in Papua New Guinea publisher The Australia ..., Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry, Musa species banana and plantain http agroforestry.net tti Musa banana plantain.pdf agroforestry.net ref They are grown in at least 107 Country ... 12 09 ref primarily for their fruit, and to a lesser extent to make fiber , banana wine and as ornamental plant s. TOC limit 2 Description File M. acuminata x balbisiana.JPG thumb Banana inflorescence , partially opened. File Banana Tree 01.jpg upright thumb Banana tree showing fruit and inflorescence. The banana plant is the largest herbaceous flowering plant. ref http www.rhs.org.uk Learning ... Banana from & 39 Fruits of Warm Climates & 39 by Julia Morton publisher Hort.purdue.edu date accessdate ... Greenearth, Inc., http www.bananaplants.net banananinfo.html Banana Plant Growing Info . Retrieved 2008.12.20. ref Each pseudostem normally produces a single inflorescence , also known as the banana ... news url http www.abs cbnnews.com classified odd 05 13 08 banana plant five hearts instant hit negros ... more details
Wiktionary The term banana boat may refer to Banana boat boat , an unpowered recreational boat Banana boat ship , a ship whose primary role is the transportation of bananas as cargo Banana boat food , campfire delicacy Day O The Banana Boat Song , a traditional Jamaican folk song Banana Boat , a Polish a capella group created in 1994 A dish used to serve the banana split dessert A brand of sunscreen manufactured by Sun Pharmaceuticals Corp , owned by Energizer Holdings disambig ... more details
wiktionary bananaBanana is the common name of a genus of tropical herbaceous plants, and the fruit they bear. Banana may also refer to NIMBY BANANABANANA , an acronym for Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything Banana, Queensland , a town in Queensland, Australia Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo , a small port at the mouth of the Congo River Banana band , a former Yugoslavian pop rock band Banana video game Banana video game , a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System The Velvet Underground & Nico , an album by The Velvet Underground, sometimes referred to as Banana due to its cover art Banana kick , a kicking style used in Australian rules football Jook sing Banana , ethnic slur a term that denotes a betrayal of race or culture by implying that, like a banana , a person is Asia yellow on the outside but Caucasian race white on the inside. Banana, descriptive term for one of the human female body shape s Wild banana , a common name of the plant species Strelitzia nicolai Bananas may also refer to Bananas film Bananas film , a 1971 Woody Allen film Bananas album Bananas album , a 2003 Deep Purple album Bananas literary magazine Bananas literary magazine , a British literary magazine Bananas catamorphism , a generalization of folds Bananas Comedy Club Bananas , a 2009 documentary film People Canaan Banana 1936 2003 , Methodist minister, and Zimbabwe s first President Milton Banana , Brazilian musician Banana Yoshimoto born 1964 , pen name of Mahoko Yoshimoto, a contemporary Japanese writer See also Banan disambiguation Banana republic disambiguation Banania , a chocolate drink selfref lookfrom Banana disambig de Banana Begriffskl rung fr Banane homonymie ko it Banana disambigua nl Banaan ja pt Banana desambigua o ru fi Banaani t smennyssivu sv Banana olika betydelser ... more details
This article is about the dessert sauce for the Asian condiment, see Banana ketchup . Banana sauce is a sweet mixture used as a topping for ice cream and baked sweets such as bread pudding and cake s. It is typically served warm and made with banana s, rum , butter , and brown sugar . It is prepared as a thick, but easily poured, liquid. See also Bananas Foster Banana ketchup External links http www.recipes4us.co.uk Sauces banana sauce.htm Hot, vegetarian banana sauce recipe http www.sicilianculture.com food bananasauce.htm Sicilian banana sauce recipe Banana Dessert sauces Category Dessert sauces Category Bananas dessert stub es Salsa de pl tano ... more details
Top Banana has multiple meanings. Top Banana is the starring act in a Vaudeville performance. Originally, the phrase Top Banana was coined by comedian and Vaudeville Performer Harry Steppe . Top Banana video game is a computer game. Top Banana Arrested Development episode is an episode of the TV series Arrested Development . Top Banana Metaphor for a performance of high quality Top Banana TV am was a children s game quiz that aired on the TV am network in the United Kingdom during the late 1980s, early 1990s. Top Banana musical was a long running Broadway play with comedian Phil Silvers . It was later made into a Top Banana film movie with Silvers in 1954. Top Banana film is a 1954 film made from the play. Top Banana Recordings is a house record label created in the early 1990s as an offshoot of Hooj Choons . Top Banana is a Jelly Belly brand jelly bean. Top Banana Phnom Penh Guesthouse is a Guesthouse in Phnom Penh . Alpha male Top Banana is a metaphor for alpha male. Top Banana is a weekly club night at University of Warwick Students Union . disambig ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 File Prasadam on banana leaves.jpg 230px thumb right Prasad am offered on Banana leaves after puja Hinduism Puja ceremony at a home in Guntur , India Banana leaf is the leaf of the Banana plant . It is used as a decorative element for auspicious ceremonies in Hindu and Buddhist cultures. It is also used as a plate to serve food in countries like India . Banana leaves, though ... Production of L DOPA by banana leaf polyphenol oxidase. Heuy Ling Chu, Dong Bor Yeh and Jei Fu Shaw, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 1993 34 57 60 ref Ceremonies Banana leaves are predominantly used by Hindus ... and Southeast Asia . The banana leaf is also used to add taste to food. Some Indians also believe that the banana leaf gives a special taste to the food served on it. Image Lunch from Karnataka on a plantain leaf.jpg 230px thumb right Lunch from Karnataka , India served on a Banana leaf Food South Indian cuisine South Indian food and Filipino cuisine Filipino food is usually served on a banana leaf. Some South Indian, Filipino and Khmer recipes use banana leaves as a wrapper for frying. The leaves are later removed to retain flavor. In Vietnamese cuisine, banana leaves are used to wrap foods such as cha lua . In Malaysia and Singapore, banana leaves are used to wrap certain kuih . Malay food such as Nasi Lemak are also commonly wrapped with banana leaves before being wrapped with newspaper as banana leaves add fragrance to the rice. In Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic , banana leaves ... with meat are packed inside and then boiled with the banana leaf imparting extra flavor and aroma ... taco s are often steaming steamed in banana leaves. Banana leaves are used for wrapping pork in the traditional Yucat n dish Cochinita pibil . The Hawaii an kalua imu is often lined with banana leaves. See also Banana leaf rice Strelitzia , a bird of paradise plant with similarly shaped leaves. Cochinita pibil , a Yucat n Mexican dish that wraps pork in banana leaves. Puto , Bibingka , and Suman ... more details
Wild banana can refer to Musa acuminata , wild ancestor of the domestic banana plant Musa balbisiana , wild ancestor of the domestic banana plant Strelitzia nicolai , a species of the bird of paradise plant disambig Category Plant common names ... more details
Banana Man may refer to Bananaman , a British comic book character Ray Comfort , a New Zealand born Christian apologist, nicknamed Banana Man after presenting an argument that bananas prove the existence of God. The Dancing Banana emoticon, which is also known as Banana Man . The Banana Man , an American vaudeville performer Banana Man album A song by the band Tally Hall, from their 2005 album Marvin s Marvelous Mechanical Museum album Marvin s Marvelous Mechanical Museum Bananaman radio show Bananaman radio show , a British radio show Bananaman comedy duo , a Japanese owarai kombi disambig ... more details
Taxobox name Awaous banana image image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Actinopterygii ordo Perciformes familia Gobiidae genus Awaous species A. banana binomial Awaous banana binomial authority Valenciennes, 1837 Awaous banana or River goby is a fish of genus Awaous found in North America North , Central America Central and South America . Gobiidae stub Category Gobiidae Category Fish of South America Category Fish of North America Category Fish of Central America Category Fauna of South America Category Fauna of North America Category Fauna of Central America Category Fish of Guatemala ca Awaous banana es Awaous banana ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Lyces banana image Lycesbanana.jpg image width 240px image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera unranked familia Macrolepidoptera superfamilia Noctuoidea familia Notodontidae subfamilia Dioptinae genus Lyces species L. banana binomial Lyces banana binomial authority Warren, 1901 synonyms Josia banana small Warren, 1901 small Lyces banana is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is known from only seven specimens collected in Brazil more than 100 years ago. External links http tolweb.org Lyces banana 138691 Species page at Tree of Life project Category Notodontidae vi Lyces banana ... more details
br Musa balbisiana hybrid, br Musa Banana AAB group AAB Prata an br SH 3142 ref name a1 http www.freepatentsonline.com PP08983.html Banana plant FHIA 01 , United States Patent PP08983, http www.freepatentsonline.com ref cultivar FHIA 01 Goldfinger group Banana AAAB group AAAB Group origin Honduras The Goldfinger banana FHIA 01 is a banana cultivar developed in Honduras . The cultivar, developed ... and crop yielding. Taxonomy The FHIA 01 Goldfinger Banana is a tetraploid Banana Cultivar Groups AAAB group AAAB hybrid of the cultivar Musa acuminata balbisiana Banana Cultivar Groups AAB group AAB ... from a cross between SH 1734 and Musa acuminata Banana Cultivar Groups AA group AA Pisang jari buaya from Papua New Guinea . SH 1734 in turn, was developed from Musa acuminata Banana Cultivar Groups AA group AA Lidi Banana Lidi from Sumatra , Musa acuminata Banana Cultivar Groups AA group AA Sinwobogi Banana Sinwobogi from Papua New Guinea , and wild seeded Musa acuminata from the Philippines ... to develop new banana breeds by the United Fruit Company begun as early as 1959. This was later ... pool of more than 800 banana cultivars from Southeast Asia, from which bananas originated. Throughout the development of the banana, the developers took the view that conventional Hybrid biology hybridization ... came in 1977, with the development of a hybrid which provided a good banana bunch size, and was resistant to both burrowing nematode s and Race 4 of Panama disease . The banana s pest resistance ... Fernando Aguilar . ref name a1 Growing The Goldfinger takes longer than other banana varieties to mature ... the much more popular Cavendish banana , which is essentially the sole dessert banana sold in North ... notably Australia but has yet to do so in North America and Europe. See also BananaBanana Cultivar Groups Lidi Banana Musa balbisiana Musa acuminata Pisang jari buaya Plantain Prata an Sinwobogi Banana ... BananaBanana Category Banana cultivars ... more details
File Banana que.jpg thumb right 285px Banana cue, a popular snack in the Philippines A Banana cue or Banana Q Tagalog language Tagalog Banana kyu is a popular snack snack food in the Philippines of deep fried bananas coated in caramelized brown sugar . Banana cue is made from a type of banana called Saba Banana Saba . It is usually skewer skewered in bamboo stick, and is sold on the streets. The skewer stick is just for ease of serving and eating. It is not cooked on the skewer as opposed to Ginanggang . The term is a portmanteau of Banana and Barbecue which in Philippine English refers to meat cooked in a style similar to kebab s . ref name skewer stick http www.overseaspinoycooking.net 2007 09 banana que.html?showComment 1275289857770 Overseas Pinoy Cooking.Net website accessed on 6 November 2010 ref See also Camote cue Turr n Filipino cuisine Turr n Ginanggang Maruya Filipino cuisine References Reflist Cuisine stub Banana Category Philippine cuisine Category Snack foods Category Street food ... more details
refimprove date April 2009 File Banana bread 078.jpg thumb 200px Banana bread loaf with a slice on a plate. Banana bread is a type of bread that is made with mashed banana s. It is often a moist, sweet, cake like quick bread however, there are some banana bread recipes that are traditional style yeast breads. History Banana bread first became a standard feature of American cookbook s with the popularization of sodium bicarbonate baking soda and baking powder in the 1930s, and appears in Pillsbury Company Pillsbury s 1933 Balanced Recipes cookbook. ref cite book last Ames first Mary Ellis title Balanced Recipes year 1933 publisher Pillsbury Flour Mills Company accessdate 16 December 2010 location Minneapolis, Minnesota chapter 1 Breads page 3 ref The origin of the first banana bread recipe is unknown, though some speculate it was originated in the 18th century by housewives experimenting with pearlash . The home baking revival of the 1960s and the simplicity of its recipe led to an explosion in banana bread s popularity. Variations Banana nut bread chopped Nut fruit nuts , often walnuts or pecans , are added to the recipe. Chocolate chip banana bread chocolate chip s are added to the recipe. See also B nh chu i , a banana cake from Vietnam. References Commonscat cookbook Banana bread reflist American bread Banana Category Quick breads Category Sweet breads Category Bananas Category American breads de Bananenbrot es Pan de banana pl Chleb bananowy ru simple Banana bread sv Bananbr d ... more details
Infobox Australian Place type town name Banana state qld image caption latd 24 latm 25 lats longd 150 longm 09 longs pushpin label position right lga Banana Shire Council postcode 4702 pop 627 ref name ABS est stategov fedgov Banana is a small town located in Central Queensland , Australia , in the Banana Shire Council Banana Shire , a Local Government Areas in Australia Local Government Area . Banana is located at the intersection of the Dawson Highway Dawson and Leichhardt Highway Leichhardt highways, 46 kilometres west of the shire s administrative centre, Biloela, Queensland Biloela . At the 2006 Census in Australia census , Banana had a population of 627. ref name ABS Census 2006 AUS id SSC35155 name BananaBanana Shire State Suburb accessdate 1 April 2011 quick on ref History The town was named in the early 1860s. The name derives from an old Dun color dun coloured working Ox bullock , called Banana, used by local stockmen to help them when herding some of the wilder cattle into the yards. ref name May From series of articles published under the title Queensland place names and obelisks by Sydney May formerly Honorary Secretary of the Queensland Place Names Committee in Local Government , June 1957 November 1964 ref At the time of the Canoona rush, gold was found in Banana s Gully as it was then called and a town of at least 2,000 people sprang up there. ref name May The post office at Banana was established on 1 September 1861. ref Porter, Harry S. 1954 Queensland Numeral Cancellations , p. 13. Melbourne The Hawthorn Press ref The beef industry is still a mainstay of the town and area, along with coal and agriculture. References reflist External links http www.bananass.qld.edu.au community index.html Community page for BananaBanana Shire Category Towns in Queensland Queensland geo stub ru ... more details
Image Freezer Bananas.jpg right thumb 275px A freezer of frozen bananas with a variety of toppings. Frozen bananas are desserts made by placing a banana upon a stick, freezing it, and usually dipping it in melted chocolate . They may be covered with toppings such as chopped Nut fruit nuts , sprinkles , and crushed cookies . Cultural references In the Fox television series Arrested Development TV series Arrested Development , the Bluth Company owns and runs a frozen banana stand. The stand is on Balboa Pier , located in Orange County, California . In real life, frozen bananas are a tradition on Balboa Island . External links http www.foodnetwork.com recipes gale gand chocolate dipped frozen bananas recipe index.html Frozen Banana Recipe Food Network http www.wikihow.com Freeze a Banana WikiHow How to Freeze a Banana Banana dessert stub Category Frozen desserts Category Bananas es Pl tanos congelados ... more details
About dessert the fictional musical group The Banana Splits the Philippine TV series Banana Split TV series Infobox prepared food name Banana split image Image Traditional Banana Boat.jpg 300px caption A traditional banana split as served at Cabot s Ice Cream and Restaurant in Newtonville, Massachusetts ... br Banana s br Pineapple topping br Chocolate syrup br Strawberry topping br nut fruit Nuts br Whipped cream br maraschino cherry Maraschino cherries variations Multiple calories other A banana split is an ice cream based dessert . In its classic form it is served in a long dish called a boat. A banana ... banana split is made with scoops of vanilla , chocolate and strawberry ice cream served in a row between the split banana. Pineapple topping is spooned over the strawberry ice cream, chocolate ... inventing sundaes at the store s soda fountain , invented the banana based triple ice cream sundae in 1904. ref name Turback Turback, Michael March 2004 . The Banana Split Book . Camino Books. ISBN ... With a Cherry on Top Pitt fetes alums creation of banana split . University of Pittsburgh ... Latrobe s banana split a sweet Taste of America . Pittsburgh Tribune Review . Retrieved on September 3, 2007. ref The city of Latrobe celebrated the 100th anniversary of the invention of the banana ... he served his banana splits with the bananas unpeeled until he discovered that people preferred them peeled. ref The Soda Fountain , 1905 http www.brickfarmicecream.com bananasplit.html Birth of the banana ... workers were up to the task, he split a banana lengthwise, threw it into an elongated dish and created his own dessert. The town commemorates the event each June with a Banana Split Festival. Image bananasplit3015.JPG ... the popularity of the banana split. The early drug stores operated by Charles Rudolph Walgreen in the Chicago area adopted the banana split as a signature dessert. Fountains in the stores ... Reflist External links Commons category Banana split cookbook Banana split http www.csmonitor.com ... more details
Banana is a settlement on Kiritimati Island in Kiribati . It is located in the northeast of the atoll, close to the island s airport, Cassidy International Airport Cassidy International . Demographics It is the third largest village on the island with a population of 1170 people in 2005. br Kiribati geo stub coord missing Kiribati Category Populated places in Kiribati pl Banana Kiribati ... more details
Banana rat can refer to one species of rodent from the Capromyidae family indigenous to Cuba species from the Melomys genus of rats Disambig ... more details
Image Tanzania banana beer.jpg thumb Banana beer bottles Banana beer is an alcoholic beverage made from Ethanol fermentation fermentation of mashed banana s. The alcohol content is about 10 alcohol by volume . Citation needed date January 2010 This type of beer is produced and consumed in Kenya , Uganda , North Korea according to Kim Jong Il who allegedly cultivates it himself and Tanzania . Citation needed date January 2010 The leavening agent is sorghum , millet or maize flour. ref name xs4all http www.xs4all.nl westher recepten BANANA 20BEER.htm ref Names In Kenya, banana beer is known as urwaga, in Uganda as lubisi, in Rwanda and Burundi as urwagwa. ref name fao http www.fao.org docrep x0560E x0560e09.htm ref It is consumed during rituals and ceremonies. Mainly consumed by Z schars or Zoobars ref name Adekunle Cite book last Adekunle first Julius authorlink coauthors title Culture and Customs of Rwanda publisher Greenwood Publishing Group date 2007 url http books.google.co.uk books ..., rwabitoke, urwedensiya, urwarimu and Milinda kaki. Production Banana beer is made from ripe ... banana leaves which are then set on fire. Fresh banana leaves are laid on top of them, and then the unripe bananas. These are then covered by more fresh banana Leaf leaves and trunks. After four to six ... appro Appropedia Banana beer Practical Action Brief ref There are two types of banana that are used for banana beer the harsh tasting igikashi and the milder tasting igisahira. ref name zebra http www.zebra.lt lt laisvalaikis gurmanams Nera mieziu Gaminame alu is bananu 2008 10 01.html ref The banana ... are kneaded until soft. The juice is then filtered to get clear banana juice, which is then diluted ... include Charles Wells Ltd Wells Banana Bread Beer Mongozo Banana Beer Raha Agashya References commonscat Banana beer reflist Banana Category Beer and breweries in Africa Category Burundian cuisine Category ... Cerveja de banana ... more details
orphan date December 2009 Image Banana Republicans cover.jpg right 200px thumb Book cover Banana Republicans How the Right Wing Is Turning America Into a One Party State ISBN 1 58542 342 4 is a book by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber of the Center for Media and Democracy . It was published in 2004. In the book, Rampton and Stauber argue that a right wing political machine, in the form of the United States Republican Party Republican Party and its functionaries in the Mass media media , lobbying establishment and electoral system , is undermining dissent and squelching pluralistic politics in the United States . In writing Banana Republicans , Rampton and Stauber experimented with collaborative research, inviting Disinfopedia users to contribute their own research and analysis while the book was being written. Table of contents Introduction The War at Home Chapter 1 The Marketplace of Ideas Chapter 2 The Echo Chamber Chapter 3 The One Party State Chapter 4 Pumping Irony Chapter 5 Block the Vote Chapter 6 Traitor Baiters Conclusion The Three Banana Problem External links http www.bananarepublicans.org Banana Republicans website http www.disinfopedia.org wiki.phtml?title Banana Republicans Banana Republicans entry on Disinfopedia http www.democracynow.org article.pl?sid 04 06 18 1412255 Interview with the authors Category 2004 books Category Books about media bias ... more details
Janet Banana born Janet Mbuyazwe ref name janet http www.independent.co.uk news obituaries the rev canaan banana 730396.html The Independent Obituary The Rev Canaan Banana ref in 1938 in Matabeleland is the widow of Zimbabwe s first president, the late Canaan Banana , whom she married in 1961. The couple had four children. Mrs. Banana sought political asylum in the United Kingdom in October 2000. She was awarded British citizenship in 2006, and took the oath of allegiance on 10 February 2006 in a ceremony in the London Borough of Haringey in front of the Mayor of Haringey. References reflist External links http www.guardian.co.uk zimbabwe article 0,2763,637796,00.html The Guardian They say that Power Corrupts http www.bbc.co.uk radio4 womanshour 2002 05 fri 05.shtml B.B.C. British Broadcasting Co. Woman s Hour Janet Banana Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Banana, Janet ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Banana, Janet Category Living people Category 1938 births Category Spouses of national leaders Category Zimbabwean people Category Zimbabwean immigrants to the United Kingdom Zimbabwe bio stub ... more details
File Peppermix.jpg thumb A banana pepper top, yellow along with jalape o, habanero, and chili peppers. right The banana pepper also known as the yellow wax pepper or banana chili is a member of the chili pepper family. It is often Pickling pickled and used as an ingredient in sandwiches. It is a variety of the species Capsicum annuum . Its shape and color resembles a banana . Its flavor is mild to moderately hot 0 500 Scoville scale Scoville units , and as is the case with most peppers, its hotness depends on the maturity of the pepper, with the most ripe being sweeter than younger ones. Banana peppers are not the same as pepperoncini which some erroneously refer to as banana peppers . Banana peppers are typically yellow, but can also be orange or red. The plant requires full sun, and should be treated the same as most other plants in the pepper family. Plants can be grown from seed and Cutting plant cuttings . References div class references small references http davesgarden.com pf go 75234 index.html Dave s Garden div Capsicum Cultivars Category Chili peppers fruit stub vegetable stub Solanales stub ... more details
Wikify date April 2010 Orphan date June 2009 Elite Banana is a Japanese banana icon with anthropomorphic facial features published by the Banpresto gaming company. ref http www.ncsxshop.com cgi bin shop 19180.html ref ref http www.ncsxshop.com cgi bin shop 44291.html ref Ranging from a wide variety of facial expressions and personality traits, the Elite Banana toy franchise has become a recently accepted fashion accessory among Japanese popular culture. Elite Bananas are not characters in a television show or even a comic book series. They are toy icons that may reflect human emotions. For example, one Elite Banana wears a tie, holds a cellphone, and sweats nervously as if it is under stress. Another is rosy cheeked and wears a tuxedo as if it is having a good time. Elite Bananas can come as plush toys, key chains, battery powered massagers, and images on notebooks. ref http xorsyst.com japan elite banana japanese toy ref References References External links http toysnjoyshawaii.blogspot.com 2007 12 elite banana coming to united states.html http xorsyst.com japan elite banana japanese toy Category Japanese culture ... more details
Refimprove date September 2009 Image Banana ketchup.jpg thumb 220px Jufran Banana Sauce , a brandname brand of banana ketchup made in Pasig City , Philippines shown with a plate of plantain tostones . Banana ketchup or banana sauce is a popular Philippine cuisine Filipino condiment made from mashed banana , sugar , vinegar , and spice s. Its natural color is brownish, so it is often Food coloring dyed red to resemble tomato ketchup . Banana ketchup was made when there was a shortage of tomato ketchup during World War II , due to lack of tomatoes and a comparatively high production of bananas. In the Caribbean, the company Baron Foods Limited manufactures a banana ketchup which is yellow in keeping with the color perception associated with bananas. Baron Foods Grenada facility also makes a variant referred to as Nutmeg Banana Ketchup which is a combination of the exotic flavor of nutmegs and the typical banana ketchup flavor. Flavor and use Banana ketchup is sweeter than tomato ketchup and is similar in taste to the Indonesian cuisine Indonesian Soy sauce Indonesian soy sauce Kecap manis and the Thai cuisine Thai sweet chili sauce . In Filipino households, this ubiquitous condiment is used on just about any dish omelettes torta , hot dogs, burgers, fries, fish and other meats. Banana ketchup is also a vital and distinct ingredient in Filipino style spaghetti sweeter than the traditional Italian spaghetti . ref Bargar, Lesley. Hit the Bottle. Los Angeles Magazine. November 2008. http www.lamag.com featuredarticle.aspx?id 17018 ref It is exported to countries where there is a considerable Filipino population United States , Canada , United Kingdom , Saudi Arabia , Kuwait , Hong Kong , France , Switzerland , Australia and New Zealand . Filipino food technologist Maria Y. Orosa 1893 1945 is credited with inventing a banana ketchup recipe. ref National Historical Institute of the Philippines ... Online at the Internet Archive ref References reflist condiment stub Banana Category Philippine ... more details
about a banana cultivar of the genus Musa the Red Abyssinian Banana Ensete ventricosum Infobox Cultivar name Musa acuminata Red Dacca image Red banana in Tanzania 0196 Nevit.jpg image width 250px image caption Red Banana plant from Tanzania showing fruits and inflorescence . species Musa acuminata cultivar Red Dacca group Banana AAA group AAA Group Cavendish group origin West Indies and Central America File Redbanana1.JPG thumb right 250px Red bananas at the market in Guatemala File RedBananasMetepec.JPG 250px thumb right Red bananas from Metepec , Mexico Red bananas , also known as Red Dacca bananas in Australia , are a variety of banana with reddish purple skin. They are smaller and plumper than the common Cavendish banana . When ripe, raw red bananas have a flesh that is cream to light pink in color. They are also softer and sweeter than the yellow Cavendish varieties, with a slight raspberry banana flavor. Many red bananas are imported from producers in Asia and South America. They are a favorite in Central America but are sold throughout the world. Taxonomy and nomenclature The Red Banana is a triploid cultivar of the wild banana Musa acuminata , belonging to the Banana Cultivar ... small AAA Group cv. Spanish Red . It is known in English language English as Red dacca, Red banana, Claret banana, Cavendish banana Cuban Red , Jamaican red banana, and Red cavendish banana. It is also ... Pisang Susu Merah Italian language Italian Banana rosa, Banana di Cuba Japanese language Japanese Baracoa Malaysian language Malaysian Pisang raja udang Portuguese language Portuguese Banana roxa Brazil , Bananeira roxa, Banana vermelha Sinhalese language Sinhalese Rathambala Spanish language Spanish ... web url http www.chiquitabananas.com Banana Information type red bananas manzanos.aspx title Red ... Farms Red Dacca ref See Also BananaBanana Cultivar Groups Musa acuminata References Reflist External links commons category Banana DEFAULTSORT Red Banana Category Banana cultivars it Banana rossa ... more details
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