When you buy bananas, break them apart into individual bananas instead of leaving them in the bunch.
Why YSK: The stem of the bunch is the main culprit for releasing ethylene gas, which is basically a ripening accelerator. By separating them, you significantly slow down this process. This means your bananas will stay yellow and edible for far longer, saving you from having to eat a dozen bananas in two days or, more likely, throwing them out. No more premature browning, unless you’re specifically aiming for banana bread. Your fruit bowl (and wallet) will thank you.
It might be delicious if we weren’t talking about the inedible fibrous stump of a banana peel.
Update: the stem/whatever it is of a banana, even when slathered with multiple delicious things, is in fact still disgusting.
She seems to think that wrapping the stump in foil protects the rest of the fruit. I don’t see how it would, but I just roll with it. Her parents do it too. They are all from a completely different culture so I just shrug and smile.
You can very easily test this with 2 bananas next to each other
Just one second while I get my PPE on and then I’m on the case.