Bananas

[Michaelangelica]

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Originally Posted by C1ay

Which means there's not much point in this thread.....

So we can talk about bananas now?

 

Bananas are very expensive at the moment due to a nasty storm in Queensland

Our dumb Prime Minister told Bush we didn't need any aid.

But he doesn't have to buy bananas at $12 a kilo (2.2lb)

 

People are suffering everywhere from a banana withdrawal

 

I saw a woman at the checkout the other day say "how much?" The $30 she was asked for the hand of bananas she was stupidly trying to buy (without checking the price -let this be a lesson to you all!!!) sent her into a nasty shock

She was OK when de-fibrillateor arrived

 

Ozzie's are in potassium deprived country leading to all sort of diseases

Bananas . ., contain. substantial potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and iron. They are also high in Vitamins A and C as well as thiamine, riboflavin and niacin.

http://www.abgc.org.au/pages/general/021217_145718.asp

Australians are suffering from phosphorus depletion and

nervous disorders, insomnia, hypertension (high blood pressure), constipation, a slow and irregular heartbeat and muscle damage.

http://au.health.yahoo.com/041101/25/1uoo.html?r=967673115

Not caused by re-runs of I Love Lucyor the Iraq war.

The constipation is dreadful.

Please Mr. Bush SEND AID!!! ( or at least some laxatives)

 

O, what are we to do !!!!????

 

We may have to take up Philosophy?

 

How many arrows do you need to hit a tortoise?

 

( a distraught) michael

[moo]

How many arrows do you need to hit a tortoise?

Just one if it has an explosive tip... :cup:

 

http://www.lifeclinic.com/focus/nutrition/potassium.asp

Good sources of potassium include:

* Fish, such as salmon, flounder, cod and sardines

* Meat, such as beef and chicken

* Peas

* Lima beans

* Tomatoes

* Potatoes (especially their skins)

* Leafy green vegetables

* Citrus fruits

* Bananas

* Apricots

* Melon

* Dried fruit

* Nuts

* Chocolate

 

Shouldn't be a problem, especially as there seems to be an abundance of nuts in Oz... B)

 

moo

[Jay-qu]

It does seem to be getting better though, just bought 3 bannanas for 4 bucks today so it should be coming down a bit more now as the new crops start to bear fruit :warped:

[LJP07]

Speaking of bananas, what chemical difference and change do they go through when they go from three colour changes:

 

Dark Green -> Yellow -> Black

[Jay-qu]

I know they let off ethene when they ripen (like a lot of fruit) and this with some basic equilibrium principles is used to artificially ripen the bannanas.

[Turtle]

Few can gaze upon the banana without thinking lingam. :eek: :naughty: ;) :lol:

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[Ganoderma]

buy them from asia. here in taiwan, due to over planting, we are enjoying fresh bananas at only 0.630112 AUD for jus tunder a KG (800 grams=1 catty/chinese pound). For the first time in my life i think i am suffering from banana overdose...

 

Do other parts of AUS grow banana? isnt there a rather large scale drought happening there?

[Michaelangelica]

Do other parts of AUS grow banana? isnt there a rather large scale drought happening there?

most come rom queensland which got flattened by tropical cyclone.

Our stone fruit areas were wiped out by unseasonal frost.

Most else (wheat flowers) has been bugged by 1 in 1,000 year drought.

Most affected are the southern states not so much the tropical ones. I think 98% of NSW is drought declared. Some major rivers have all but dried up

We barely have enough drinking water in many towns. In my town dam levels are down to about 15%

Because of quarantine & the fact we have so few diseases some fruit and veg (like bananas) cannot be imported

The weather is crazy the other night it was 26C (lowest NIGHT temp) followed by 38C day. Half the country is on fire. The bush is tinder dry and with a bit of wind behind it explodes like a bomb.

At least we are doing our bit for those who believe than pollution (ie smoke from lots of bush fires) lowers the planet's temperature.

All this weather is early and bodes badly for Summer which is shaping up to be a stinker

[Jay-qu]

Yeah, it will be a bad bushfire season in that it is so dry, but slightly better because of the fact that there is not much growing to burn!

[Ganoderma]

Has your government looked into irrigation methods such as india. I forget most thing i learned about it but i saw a thing (pretty sure it was india) where they irrigated small areas (via dam and other methods) to creat one area that could keep water at least better. year by year work their way out. Wish i could remember more about it, it really sounded interesting.

[Jay-qu]

In our street the odd numbered houses can water on an odd date and evens on the evens... :phones: stumped me how they came up with that one!

[Michaelangelica]

Has your government looked into irrigation methods such as india.

Any suggestions you can make would be appreciated.

 

But you can't irrigate if there is no water

 

See

http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news568.htm

Already Australian farmers use 75% of the country’s water - on arid soil bolstered with artificial fertilizers – and this usage makes Aussies the biggest consumers of piped water per head in the world

[Mercedes Benzene]

It's strange that bananas are so expensive there in Australia even if you seem to be lacking any substantial domestic crop.

I'm not entirely sure if bananas are grown here in the US, but I don't think they are. I know we rely heavily upon imports from *I believe* Ecuador.

I would imagine that you should be able to find a cheap source of bananas at least somewhere close to Australia. I think India exports a lot of bananas, and they're *relatively" close.

 

Now the lack of water is a horse of a different color!

[Michaelangelica]

I would imagine that you should be able to find a cheap source of bananas at least somewhere close to Australia. I think India exports a lot of bananas, and they're *relatively" close.

 

Now the lack of water is a horse of a different color!

Yes India is a mere 6,000 miles away.

 

Bananas here are disease free. They are afraid that if we import bananas we will also import disease (Our customs is at least, if no more, paranoid than the USA customs).

The situation should fix itself soon -just the hurricane dropped most of the bananas in the biggest growing area in Queensland.

[Mercedes Benzene]

Bananas here are disease free.

That makes sense. I certainly wouldn't want diseased bananas in my country. :eek:

[maikeru]

If interested in potassium, you could also try seaweed, as in soups, sushi, etc. as a good source. After all, in the olden days (and perhaps still in some places) seaweed was collected and burned to become potash.

[Ganoderma]

my grandmother used to do that in canada...back in the dirty thirties.