Saving grace or sending good money after bad

[Margaret Pilgrim]

One gross banana.   Husband said, "Compost!"     I gambled on a half recipe for banana bread ->  8 banana muffins = breakfast for a couple of days.

 

Not sure this lesson is transferable, but the flavor and texture of these was far superior to most of my (leaden) classic banana breads.    

[BeeZee]

Silk purse from a sow’s ear? I love the utility.

[rotuts]

Ive never liked banana bread

 

it always seems to come out too heavy.

 

the muffin idea seems to be a good one!

[blue_dolphin]

Woman with freezer full of overripe bananas dies never having made banana bread

 

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Over her 87 years, Gibson had reportedly devoted most of her savings to the utilities company responsible for powering the electricity to her 24 chest deep freezers.

 

Edited October 29, 2019 by blue_dolphin (log)

[DesertTinker]

50 minutes ago, blue_dolphin said:

Woman with freezer full of overripe bananas dies never having made banana bread

 

 

 

Read this, @ElsieD

[blue_dolphin]

43 minutes ago, DesertTinker said:

Read this, @ElsieD

Thanks! I thought the 24 chest freezers was a tip off!

Edited October 29, 2019 by blue_dolphin
Where is auto correct when I need it? (log)

[ElsieD]

59 minutes ago, DesertTinker said:

Read this, @ElsieD

 

Whew!  How gullible I am.

[DesertTinker]

17 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

 

Whew!  How gullible I am.

Stranger things have happened. I was almost buying it, then I scrolled down and saw some of the other “stories” the site had “covered”. 😕🤣🤣

[Margaret Pilgrim]

I feel an affinity.    My in-laws in retirement provided a "second harvest" service in their area, collecting healthful foods near their "best before" date from supermarkets and transporting them to needy kitchens, both public and private.    Occasionally they came across product that was particularly fragile.   So, on one super hot weekend while we were in the country, they arrived with a huge box of "very" ripe bananas, suggesting that we "share them in the village".   So I collected a couple of local kids and our son and we set out with our red Radio Flyer wagon full of bananas and tried to "share" them.    I only recall limited success and a wonderful exchange with an octogenarian lady who opened her door warily, listened to my offer and asked, "What on earth would I do with them?"    "Make banana bread?"    "Build a fire in the stove in THIS HEAT?"   

[DesertTinker]

@blue_dolphin Thanks for the reminder to be a  bit more observant/critical in my reading. I was just reading the Banana story to my husband, and when I got to the end, immediately after the “See More” with links to related items, I found this: “Interested In Writing Satire Like This? Check Out A Beaverton Workshop”.