r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Fast_While4496 • 6h ago

frist of all how DARE yu o My sister froze the bananas with the skin on

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this was for banana ice cream. and yeah, we had to leave it out a bit to defrost a little so we can actually peel them. But then she ABANDONED me whe SHE got them out so there are currently partially frozen bananas on the bench aaaaaaaaajswhjheh jdj

Edit: they defrosted. thanks for the tips everyone 👍

Edit 2: i made it into a smoothie

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u/Procyon-Sceletus 6h ago

One time i put a banana with the peel in the microwave to see what would happen and it lit on fire

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u/RushMan9823 6h ago

I never needed to know this but I’m glad I do.

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u/lesbophobia_hammer 6h ago

Microwave honeycomb. Like the Crunchy, Hokey Pokey or Violet Crumble kind.

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u/Dea-The-Bitch 2h ago

... Australian?

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u/oniiichanUwU 6h ago

I accidentally set butter on fire in the microwave once 🥲 didn’t realize the wrapper had aluminum on it and I tried to warm it slightly. It went ZZJJZZRRRTBBRZT

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u/oliviertail 6h ago

Damn. I heard that

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u/bloodyNASsassin 5h ago

I pronounced it out loud. :)

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u/Mondschatten78 6h ago

I had an aunt do that to my grandma's ancient but still running good microwave. The microwave died a week later, so guess who got teased/blamed for it? lol

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u/GreatestGreekGuy 5h ago

Same. It didn't ecen occur to me that it's foil and I'm usually very aware of the fact that metal should never go in a microwave.

And yes I knew it's foil, just the thought in the moment didn't register

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u/Acceptable-Net-154 2h ago

Had a housemate who stored cooling Chinese takeaway in the microwave and left a message your share is in the microwave. Good thing I checked it before heating as the leftovers were still in the foil packaging.

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u/JaneArgh 5h ago

Brilliant new onomatopoeia, my friend.

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u/cat___stalker 5h ago

I’m pretty sure there’s an anime about microwaving a banana

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u/Zzzzyxas 4h ago

El psy congroo!

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u/Altiverses 1h ago edited 1h ago

Okay, short story time.

Back when Steins;gate released I was a kid, I was watching it, and we also happened to have bananas in the kitchen basket. Bananas were probably my favorite fruit and we always had them at home.

After finishing one of the episodes, I decided to go scavenging for food, and of course, the bananas were lying there in the kitchen basket, albeit somewhat unripened.

I had a stroke of genius. I remembered they put a banana in the microwave in the anime. I decided heck why not, isn't it supposed to make the banana squishier, thus ripening it?

Unlong story short, that microwaved banana has given me such sensory trauma I could not eat bananas for years after. Simply unpeeling one would immediately make me associate the smell with the foul taste of microwaved banana. Thanks, anime.

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u/No_Volume_5752 3h ago

"I am mad scientist!"

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u/Yestomorrow 5h ago

I destroyed our family microwave cos i kept chucking bars of soap in it. Worth it though, it looked awesome

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u/hanks_panky_emporium 2h ago

Kept makes me think you were continually reprimanded but did it anyway. For days, potentially weeks. Your family sobbing, begging. Spending hundreds on bars of soap. You stared blankly at their pleas. Its friday. Time to microwave soap.

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u/corgi-king 6h ago

But why it catch fire?

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u/TheBestRedditNameYet 6h ago

You never smoked banana peels as a kid?

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u/corgi-king 6h ago

Nope. I was a healthy lazy kid back in the day.

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u/blvckcvts 5h ago

Bananas are healthy

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u/corgi-king 5h ago

How about the skin?

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u/blvckcvts 5h ago

It is infact edible it’s just not pleasant to eat

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u/corgi-king 5h ago

Oh. How about smoke it? Will people get high or something?

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u/blvckcvts 5h ago

I’ve never done it but no it doesn’t get you high it just adds banana flavour 🤣

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u/Less-Inflation5072 5h ago

One time I put a banana with the peel in my butt to see what would happen and it also lit on fire

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u/feldoneq2wire 6h ago

That would have been an appealing video.

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u/Zzzzyxas 4h ago

Did you alter the timeline though?

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u/Ornery_Gate_6847 3h ago

Just got gel-nanas again

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u/tinyhumanteacher14 6h ago

Wait, how long did you put it in there for? I’ve put frozen bananas with the peel on them in the microwave to defrost enough to spit the banana out. I’ve never had them catch on fire! Have I been doing it wrong?!?

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u/Procyon-Sceletus 5h ago

It wasnt frozen, the little hat part at the top of the bannana caught fire

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u/jujujuice92 6h ago

I don't why I read this in the voice of a 9 year old with his hands behind his back gently rotating 😂

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u/monkey_trumpets 5h ago

That happened to me one time. And I've microwaved frozen bananas many times. It did not smell great.

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u/kamasutures 5h ago

Ah yes, the old.. heated banana trick.

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u/SodaAshy 4h ago

Just be grateful it didn't start spinning in opposite direction or turn into a green jelly

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u/See_Football 1h ago

That’s living Barry

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u/jnnxde BLUE 4h ago

The cylinder must remain unharmed 

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u/Working-Glass6136 6h ago

Microwave a peep next!

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u/Defiant_Designer_606 6h ago

They just expand

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u/Jthundercleese 4h ago

A handful of raisins in the microwave makes them smoulder and smoke and it smells unbelievably horrible.

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u/Nyanessa 4h ago

Apparently if you cut a grape in half, leave the two sides slightly connected, then microwave the grapes, you get Plasma.

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u/Spuzzle91 4h ago

I did that with raw eggs once. Blew some inner coating off of the inside of my mom's microwave.

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u/NoticeMeSenpai_U 2h ago

My brother once put a poptart in the microwave with the peel still on and it lit on fire too.

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u/Procyon-Sceletus 2h ago

You're supposed to eat those fresh out the freezer hes lucky he didnt melt his tongue to his teeth

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u/GloomyLingonberry509 6h ago

OP over some bananas:

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u/iDoWeird 6h ago

Heh. I used to do drugs in the bathroom from the Foux Du Fa Fa cafe.

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u/MrZephy 6h ago

Thanks for sharing

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u/iDoWeird 5h ago

🫡 just doing my duty as a Redditor

I bet Williamsburg is dull as fuck now. Can’t imagine there’s much to do since the sweaty bar dancing scene took a shit. Fabian’s (…Fabienne’s?) probably hasn’t existed for yeeeeears. Or that one bar that sold massive foam go-cup drinks by the park. Turkey something something? Idk, but I randomly saw Pete and/or his brother Other Pete there sometimes.

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u/Boom_bye_bye_bttyboi 30m ago

I once banged Eartha Kitt in an airplane toilet

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u/Ninja333pirate 6h ago

Sticking it in the microwave for like 10 seconds well defrost the peel just enough that you can squeeze the banana out.

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u/PregnancyPrincessXOX 4h ago

Squeeze the banana out! Why not just use a spoon?

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u/Herteitr 6h ago

Allow to dethaw with peel on. Add the accumulated juices to your banana bread. You have gold... banana liquor gold.

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u/LordShtark 5h ago

What if you want a frozen banana though?

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u/One-Combination-3856 3h ago

You're in luck then, because to dethaw means to refreeze! 😆

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u/Sithstress_ 4h ago

A friend asked me if I’d like a frozen banana and I said, “No. but I want a regular banana later, so…yeah.”

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u/WillyRoger 1h ago

Do you mean thaw?

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u/allthepoutine 6h ago

But….that’s how it works.

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u/miguel-122 6h ago

Its hard to peel frozen bananas. Peel them before freezing and they are ready to use

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u/firstfrontiers 6h ago

I've always done it this way and have found it quite easy. Make four longitudinal slices down the peel and then just peel each section off.

I like it because it's a natural seal and keeps it fresher and better tasting than peeling before freezing.

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u/LeftHandAnomaly 6h ago

I've been freezing bananas with the skin on since I gained sentient independance, cutting and squeezing out a banana from frozen has never been a wall for me.

That said, if that's not how someone is used to doing it, I can see how it would be mildly infuriating. I found skin on to be smoothest process. The hardest part is just leaving the banana out for a few minutes for it to warm up.

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u/isotope123 5h ago

Same, I've never in my life ever considered freezing bananas without the skin. Why waste the container (I assume they're using...) when the skins are a natural container?

Defrost those bad boys in a microwave

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u/couchpro34 5h ago

I have literally never seen anyone freeze peeled bananas.

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u/False-Impression8102 4h ago

You oughta try it sometime. They’re ready for smoothies or banana bread.

I found it highly amusing to label the freezer bag “this shit is bananas”, but now Gwen is a sellout, so do what you will.

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u/Windsdochange 6h ago

My wife freezes bananas with the peel on for banana bread all the time…she pulls them out before she starts prepping ingredients, and the peels come off by the time she needs them…not exactly rocket science 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Fast_While4496 6h ago

exactly.

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u/WereJustDumbMonkeys 5h ago

Literally never had an issue with the peel this is such a hilarious post to me. They come off immediately!

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u/Exact-Ad-4132 6h ago

Also cut them into a few pieces

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u/mscrftybtch 5h ago

You've had success with this method before?

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u/Nazgog-Morgob 2h ago

Yes, and so have hundreds of thousands of people since freezers existed

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u/Impossible-Owl3272 6h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/H5C8CevNMbpBqNqFjl
Me freezing bananas with the peels on my entire life…

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u/MajesticProposal1 6h ago

SUGGESTION: blend it with the peel and see how that's like? also let us know cause there IS NO WAY i'm doing that shit.
(banana peels are supposedly nutritious with fiber, potassium, magnesium and antioxidants)

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u/voxelpear 6h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/glmRyiSI3v5E4

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u/MajesticProposal1 6h ago

I SAID: "BLEND WITH THE BANANA PEEL AND LET US KNOW HOW IT WENT"

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u/Exact-Ad-4132 6h ago

So this will fuck up most blenders because the peels are like long fiber stuff. If it doesn't break the blender, it'll likely stop the blades and you'll need to pull out the fiber

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u/CanadianBeaver1983 5h ago

Chop them up first?

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u/Mondschatten78 6h ago

And that'll be tricky as sharp as some blender blades are

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u/Environmental_Bus507 6h ago

I dont imagine the bananas were washed enough before freezing!

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u/Ocel0tte 6h ago

I like to blend a frozen banana up with protein powder and milk. I used to slice them, put them on a sheet pan covered in plastic wrap to freeze separated, and then throw them in a bag. I've gotten progressively lazier and often throw them in the freezer whole when I notice they're dying on the table.

Anyway, point is I've done this. I can't remember how it went so I think it was good.

There was Up&Up vanilla flavored protein powder in there and I think it masks a lot of weird shit because I can also throw a bunch of frozen spinach in and don't notice, but cannot handle the spinach at all without the powder. That tastes like some kind of swamp.

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u/EfficientPatience738 6h ago

My gma did this then got angry I couldn't drink her smoothie.

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u/VirtualMatter2 6h ago

Great for fertilizer for tomatoes, but wouldn't eat them.

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u/Windsdochange 6h ago

You can make a good oleo saccharum with banana peel…

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u/Overlander1954 3h ago

I did it for years. Still do it when i buy bananas. The peel is full of flavor (you can put raw sugar on then to make a delicious banana syrup). And thickens a smoothie pretty well. A good enough blender will pulverize the material enough you can't feel it.

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u/FinasCupil 5h ago

Yeah, it’s not hard to peel a frozen banana.

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u/Terangela 6h ago

Can you not just run them under cool water?

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u/KymeraAHP 6h ago

i just soak em in water for a sec, they thaw fast enough to peel

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u/DRKMSTR 6h ago

So, you can just run warm water over it until you can use some pressure to slide the skin a bit (that means the skin is thawed and the banana surface is thawing) then peel it. 

Patience is the solution to every food related problem.

Ive seen someone lose it over undercooked meat. (They wanted it well done, it was medium-well), the pan was still hot, super easy to fix. 

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u/Professional-Poet152 5h ago

Pretty normal

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u/ubiquitous-joe 6h ago

I do this all the time, but the fate of my frozen bananas is always banana bread/muffins.

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u/Euphoric_Box604 6h ago

Yeah I accidentally did this once not thinking about how I was gonna peel a frozen banana lol
Never again

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u/BludStanes 6h ago

What a mess I made doing this!

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u/dwightsarmy 6h ago

That's how me and literally every who I know who has ever made banana bread does it. I don't see the problem?

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u/rob_inn_hood 6h ago

Can you post a banana for scale?

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u/RoadWellDriven 6h ago

They slip right out of the skin after like 10 minutes away room temp.

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u/msjammies73 5h ago

I do this all the time. I just run them under warm water for 30 seconds and peel.

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u/Ozzymadiasaur 4h ago

I actually do this too then I just peel them with a potato peeler. I have convinced myself they keep better this way, and I have no basis for this belief.

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u/SwordTaster 6h ago

Dude. Just pop them in the microwave for 30 seconds. I've done this before and they thaw fine

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u/NinjaBoi273547 6h ago

Defrost them in the fridge, peel them, then freeze them again.

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u/Routine_Context2284 6h ago

Ideas we can use

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u/gees916 6h ago

Put the knife down, please…

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u/procrastinatorsuprem 5h ago

I always freeze it with the skin on. Especially if it's mushy.

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u/RaccoonEnemyNo1 5h ago

Just defrost em a bit and they slide right out of the skins

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u/sand_man11 5h ago

The cylinder must remain unharmed

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u/thiccy_driftyy professional hater 4h ago

looks like you’ll have to chew the peel off :(

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u/murmeltearding 3h ago

there's money in the banana stand!

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u/Fast_While4496 6h ago

anyway there melted now, not sure what to do with them, but yeah

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u/FaerieBerri 5h ago

you could make banana bread

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u/BloodSugar666 5h ago

My mom does this to make something specific but I don’t remember what. I’ll ask her next time.

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u/thatguy8856 6h ago

yeah that mildly infuriating. extremely infuriating is a knife anywhere near frozen fruit.

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u/urMOMSchesticles 6h ago

I did this with a banana that I had so my boyfriend can use it for smoothies and it’s been sitting in our freezer for a couple months now 😂😂😂😂

Honestly did not realize I had to take the skin off first. Sometimes such simple things get missed and I truly don’t understand how.

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u/SOMOEAGLE 6h ago

Rookie .mistake

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u/lamebamboo 6h ago

Microwave it for 15 sec. 

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u/dirtygutshot 6h ago

Just let it thaw a little and make shallow cuts lengthwise. It will come right off.

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u/BludStanes 6h ago

I did that a couple months ago, man was that messy, I definitely learned my lesson

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u/ItsKingDx3 6h ago

I once made this mistake when I froze a banana for a morning smoothie. Whoops.

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u/Mymomdidwhat 6h ago

Ya? Jsut let them thaw…

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u/alewiina 6h ago

i did that once. i didnt realize how mushy they'd get

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u/RenwaldoV 6h ago

My mom does this all the time for banana bread. What am I missing here? 🍌

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u/pseudonymnkim 6h ago

I don't know who taught me to freeze bananas with the peels on, but oneday, I realized how insensible that is and I don't know why anyone would

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u/Le_Nabs 5h ago

Because it's easier to wait a little for the skin to defrost and then deal with a relatively firm banana than it is to deal with a banana that's barely holding together and then throw it in the freezer

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u/pseudonymnkim 5h ago

I just peel then put in a freezer bag. Imo nothing is easier than that

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u/coffeendonuts1 6h ago

I did that once, struggled to peel it and realized I was a moron after 🤣😅

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u/beingachristianwife 6h ago

Don't most people do this? If you leave the skin on, you don't need to bag them up right away. If you plan to make something with them, place in a bowl overnight in the fridge, and they will be perfect for us the next day. I hate touching thawed wet bananas, so having the skin on makes it much easier to avoid that experience. Plus it's fun watching it slide out of the peel like an oversized slug 😂

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u/Successful-Ad-1901 5h ago

Give them a blowjob, eventually they'll soften up.

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u/_NoTimeNoLady_ 5h ago

I did that too the first time I froze a banana. I admit, I didn't think it through.

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u/VecnaWrites 5h ago

That's good...if you plan on making Banana ice cream...not so much if you plan on doing it any other way

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u/the_orange_alligator ORANGE 5h ago

You gotta grind it into a fine powder

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u/Admirable-Apricot137 5h ago

Yeah that's normal! They tend to last and taste better if frozen in the skin, it helps protect the flesh from freezer burn and weird odors. They peel just fine after like 10 minutes of defrosting, or you can run them under hot water for a bit.

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u/nosrebnA 5h ago

Im sorry but I have been chuckling at the mental image of someone trying to pry open a frozen banana with a knife for a solid minute now. Thanks for the laugh and I hope you enjoyed the ice cream.

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u/That_Possible_3217 5h ago

Aren’t you supposed to freeze em with the peel on? I always have.

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u/Tall_Condition7974 5h ago

That's a type Z behavior

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u/ItsYaBoyTrimmerFit 5h ago

I made my partner's brain make the Microsoft error noise when I put a whole banana in the freezer. They didn't specify that they wanted it in a bag, but I'm the dumbass for putting a whole unpeeled banana in the freezer upon request 🙄

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u/lilyebanks 5h ago

I did that once by accident and was so mad at myself, just totally spaced out prepping for the weeks smoothies

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u/plantsoldier 5h ago

At least you have nice Global knives :)

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u/SekureAtty 5h ago

Leave them out for 30 minutes. What's the struggle? Immediate gratification has made people idiots. You clearly and literally just pulled those out of the freezer and you decided to immediately try to cut frozen food. FFS!

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u/monkey_trumpets 5h ago

Microwave it. I never peel bananas before chucking them into the freezer. 1 minute, flip, then 30 seconds. Thawed bananas.

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u/Defiant-Swing5590 5h ago

This is how you get banana jerky

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u/sazed813 5h ago

Always eat the peel

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u/OddNovel565 5h ago

For a moment I thought that was mold on it

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u/Narrow-Power-6407 5h ago

I always do

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u/thisismypotat 4h ago

That's how I was taught to do it 🤔 Put them in warm water for ~1 minute and then the peel falls right off. Perfect for making smoothies or banana cakes/bread 👌

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u/FailedQueen777 4h ago

This is something yall would complain about your husbands doing. Ladies, you lot are no better

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u/cr1ttter 4h ago

My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana and I said no. But I want a regular banana later so... yeah.

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u/Massive_Mongoose3481 4h ago

Have you tried bananas, vanilla pudding, cool whip and nilla wafers ? Tasty, look it up if you don't know what I'm talking about.

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u/lillia_top_lane 4h ago

I wait for them to defrost, use scissors to cut one tip, then smoosh the contents out into a bowl.

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u/DesiresQuiet 4h ago

Like a big yellow slug being juiced. Blargh. It really does work very efficiently tho.

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u/Tw994 4h ago

I set fire to spaghetti before . The flame got big on the gas stove and the edges of the spaghetti were on fire. I only popped to the washing machine to sort it out then come back in the kitchen with my tea on 🔥 😔

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u/snowcxne 4h ago

I make a banana smoothie every morning and I've always ran them under boiling hot water for a few seconds and it peels off fine and still taste and has the texture of a regular smoothie 🤷🏽‍♀️

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u/GabrielRiosismydaddy 3h ago

I have definitely done this as well

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u/Skameyka08 3h ago

could someone explain what is the point of freezing bananas?

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u/Checksout692 3h ago

That way you can stick em’ up your ass n still eat em’ later

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u/moanakai 2h ago

Hooray

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u/SoggyCereal404 3h ago

Is that not how you’re supposed to freeze them???

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u/Fern_Cloud 3h ago

This method makes wonderful banana bread(still have to peel them though)

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u/Superb-Score-1072 3h ago

Taskmaster flashbacks

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u/H0pefulUn1verse 3h ago

I have made this classic blunder before

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u/BMWfiend 2h ago

Yeah, you typically have to defrost frozen things. That's how freezers work. Are you a banana yourself?

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u/moanakai 2h ago

Some Chefs do this

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u/marshmello1528 2h ago

Been there , done that

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u/Terrible_Phase718 2h ago

It literally takes seconds to peel them and put them in a freezer bag.

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u/Em_nem 1h ago

Just use warm water. I freeze them with peel on all the time. U beed something to capture the peel when cleaning it under warm water but it comes off so easy.

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u/xXfrostbyterXx 1h ago

Yum let em thaw and make banana bread!

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u/odat247 1h ago

Let it defrost a bit, cut off one end and then squeeze it out of the skin whole.

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u/Acrobatic_Upstairs41 44m ago

That's how I always do it. So I donr have to waste a ziplpck. ???

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u/Both-Fill5335 43m ago

Freezing a banana sounds insane

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u/canadian_cheese_101 16m ago

I literally have no idea what the problem is.

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u/MangoMan610 10m ago

I do this all the time for smoothies, wash them with some running water then wait around 5 minutes for the skin to defrost