TASTING THE MANY BANANA VARIETIES IN TROPICAL CAIRNS AUSTRALIA
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
- FREE EBOOKLET www.sweetnaturalliving.com Here in Cairns, Australia there is a plethora of different varieties of bananas for you to enjoy! Not just your average Cavendish, that's for sure.
Bananas can be seriously awesome. If you're used to the normal variety you get all over the world, you would be amazed at the difference in taste and texture you can find in different types of bananas.
Here I go through most of the types you can find in Cairns. The Cavendish is the most prevalent, but you definitely see a lot of Monkey- and Sugar bananas (also known as Nam Wah in Thailand). Then we have the red bananas, possibly named "Red Decca", with a yoghurty, mild taste with a backdrop of coffee! The lady-finger bananas are also pretty cool; they are pretty similar to Cavendish, but feels like it's been influenced by Sugar banana. Last we also have the creamy Ducasse bananas that are also similar to the sugar bananas, but different still!
Other than the normal bananas, you have the so-called "cooking bananas". Most people think you can't eat them raw, but you definitely can. Just leave them in a place with a lot of airflow so they don't mold. They, like all bananas, need to be soft to be edible. The plantains/cooking bananas are usually a lot sweeter than other bananas. Pretty awesome.
PNG (Papua New Guinea) bananas is something I've only seen in Cairns. They are actually really awesome! A little bit like a drier version of Cavendish. They are sweeter, if you let them ripen, but eaten too early, they have a strange cabbage taste to them!
The point is, the world is FULL of awesome bananas. If you've only tried Cavendish, the normal one, you need to get out there and travel to some cool places with good bananas. Cairns is a great place, but Costa Rica might be the best place if you want to try even better bananas.
Good source of calories, easy to find, easy to eat and stay satisfied. Bananas are seriously awesome as a fuel source for fruit-hungry individuals. Go for it!
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Hard to describe with words. About to go bananas right now.
I wish I could find more banana variety around me, those all look so great!
Look up Asian or Indian grocery stories in your area. Even smaller towns often have at least one now and you can find a wider variety of fruit in them. Also, if you live in the US or Canada and have a Whole Foods in your area they often carry apple bananas and red bananas. Both are very good.
@@dacypher22 this is really good to know. I was actually thinking the same thing but unsure. Hopefully can find some I like again. Don't like the cavondish bananas at all.
@@billybobscat6233 I would say you may or may not like other banana varieties depending on why you don't like the cavendish variety. If you don't like that banana-ish flavor in cavendish, you may not like most other varieties (except manzano or "apple bananas", which can be found fairly easily now). Cavendish are considered one of the most bland bananas out there. Red bananas pump the banana flavor up to an 11. But if you don't like the texture of cavendishes, you may like some of the others. Cavendishes are very dry and I feel like they have a pretty unpleasant texture compared to a lot of the other varieties which can range from juicier to almost pudding-like. Best of luck with it!
@@dacypher22 Well I actually really appreciate the input, I searched today but had no luck. However I am hoping to find some red bananas the week at least. The flavor is what I like but I Can't Stand the gritty chalky texture and bland flavor the Cavendish have. When they become more like pudding I do like them slightly more however as I'm sure you know, they tend to get bitter as much as sweet when they age. Unfortunately. If you have any suggestions on a place to buy variety of bananas breeds whether it's online or a chain store I'm definitely interested. Thanks again this does help me. Now I'm definitely interested in trying red bananas more.
@@billybobscat6233 There are a few online retailers but they are mostly insanely expensive. They are mostly independent, small, exotic fruit growers who set up an online storefront . I consider myself an amateur exotic fruit hunter and honestly even I won't order from those places (even if their wares are always tempting). You will end up paying $5 per piece of fruit or even more. You can see these high prices if you look at a place like www.melissas.com. At first glance the prices don't seem absolutely terrible ($28 for 8 pounds for a banana sampler). But where you take a bad hit is on shipping, which for produce they recommend shipping plans that cost as high as $50. As nice as their stock can look, I don't recommend it and I am sure you can see why. As far as national chains to try, do you have a Whole Foods, Sprouts or any of the other competing organic grocery stores in your area? The Whole Foods by my office is my go-to red banana supplier. You could try calling and asking so you don't have to waste the time to drive out and be disappointed. If you do find some, you may want to read some articles on how to pick them out as you can't tell their ripeness by their color. I personally pick them when they are solid on the ends and a little squishy in the middle, but my mother loves them when they are fairly squishy all over (they are even sweeter when they are squishy all over). But probably somewhere between those 2 you will find the type you like. If they are completely solid feeling all over, they are not ripe yet but you can still buy them and put them in a paper sack. Check on them twice a day to see if they are getting squishy because they will ripen fast. I hope you find some!
Red banana? Now that´s is something i didn´t even know existed, thanks man.
There are also blue bananas. Taste like ice cream
Where are you from? Im from a place where only certain fruit can be grown because we have harsh cold winters, But we do have Red Bananas available here.
@@MrGeemonty and there are also PINK bananas :)
There is pink banana, blue banana, green and white banana
jenn jeffs Canada?
Who knew I could be so memorized by a banana video. I'm going to try all the ones I can find. Thanks!
I am so sad knowing that I live in such a large and prosperous country with many big, fancy grocery markets, yet only one type of Banana ☹️
Sad truth for much of the world
@Nida too soon
The internet is your friend just order them
In my country Indonesia there so many varieties of banana. 1. Pisang Tanduk /Horn banana,2. Pisang Raja/King banana. 3.Pisang Susu/ Creamy banana. 4. Pisang Sepatu/Shoe banana 5.Pisang Emas/Goldy banana .6.Pisang Nangka/Jackfruit banana.7.Pisang Medan /Pisang Barangan/ Medan banana. 8.Pisang Uli /Sweet banana 9.Pisang Goroho /Goroho banana.and more.
Just only no9 is good if we fried with oil when those still young,don’t wait till ripe. Peel with knife let a thin of the skin,cut long make 4 piece Pour little bit salt then frying till yellow,eat when those are warm,the taste like fried potato’s
I’m from Victoria, I had no idea all these varieties existed, down here we have the cavendish, lady fingers and large ones with a wax red tip. The plantain is usually cooked in curries, I think generally when fairly green. Thanks for sharing.
I ate what I thought was a cavendish banana, but it tasted like and had the consistency of marshmello; it was delicious. In other banana news, if you peel and freeze the baby bananas or the sugar bananas, and then let them thaw in a mason jar the ice inside the fruit will melt away with the sugars and form a super sweet banana syrup at the bottom of the jar. Eat the thawed bananas with a fork and dip it in the syrup; it's so good.
also, sprinkle some sugar and put under a broiler for another great treat.
i love it. Thanks for this window of knowledge on the world of bannaas.
Very interesting video. I like watching these videos where you both talk about different fruits. Thanks for sharing.
watching this just makes me even more antsy to get through working this winter and be in the tropics again! Happy to see someone enjoying the beautiful nectars of the earth
Love listening to you talk!
only had the cavendish one so far, can't wait to try all of them!
Sadly, we sort of got the loser banana to be the ubiquitous one. I only recently started hunting down different banana varieties and trying them but I am quickly coming to find that cavendish is one of the least flavorful.
If your ever in a Chinatown I’m sure you can find them
@@dacypher22 Indeed. The Cavendish was created in the UK; It was perfect to be marketed and mass produced, no seeds and mediocre taste but very resistant to disease, various temperatures and humidity levels. Ultimately though, they are vulnerable to Panama Disease and many botanists are trying to create a new type of banana that can be as easily marketed.
your videos are very relaxing
this is one of my fav videos on youtube. ty, chris
and again your videos have made my mouth water lol lol. love your videos have learned alot from them
Come to Papua New Guinea we have thousands of banana varieties. Purple, green, red, brown, huge, small, cooking, egg, cassava, breadfruit many varieties and different tastes.
Some cool naner varieties.
Interesting! Thanks heaps :) Really enjoy your youtube clips!
Great video . Thank you so much . i can,t stop watching your channel and video,s wooow
life goals! this is on my todo list
I absolutely love your channel, you are very descriptive and I learn so much. I didn't realize about the flower on the end of the banana. Great channel, keep up the awesome work.
+Brii Mann Thanks!
Just had some great red bananas to this video! But mine were super ripe and sweet! Light pink color throughout and just the sweetest bananas I've ever had
Thanks for video!
There is a long thin green green banana that is ripe when it is green. It is longer and thinner than the Cavendish banana. In the Philippines it is called "green banana."
My favorite banana is the sugar banana that is called "Cardava". To me it tastes like vanilla.
My wife's favorite banana is the mini banana that is called "tondan."
My wife's father likes the red banana. It was strange to me when I first saw it!
BLESSED LOVE bredren! amazing informative videos I love your vids and sound brother please keep up the good works!!!!!
+Amedeo Conta Thanks for the support :)
Wow, nice I have learnt alot. Cheers
Excellent !!!
I have been growing bananas for about two years now. I haven’t had good luck with overwinter so far but this year I’m going to make it happened. Love the video of different types of naners.
Try the namwah variety it's very hardy with cold climates . That's the one he mentions as sugar banana
Such a fruit connoisseur! This is much more interesting than wine tasting. 😃
Very nice
Thanks!
I'm a pacific northwest girl and I'm exploring fruits that don't grow here. we Andre known for our apples which are delightful. I adore cherimoya. it's a rare treat where I live. I live your fruit description. I want to find a way to find more fun and delicious fruit.
Awesome!!!!
Australian guru, I'm just kidding.. lovely video and I love banana varieties 👍 !!
Great video mate👍
glad I have tried almost all of the varieties of bananas that you showed :)
+Fernanda Damazo Awesome!
The plantain looks similar to the quadrado that we have in Costa Rica. I've always heard them described as a mix between a banana and plantain. I eat them raw all the time, when they're ripe enough. So Yummy. I absolutely love this video btw...bananas are hands down my favorite fruits and when I have them on hand it's all I want to eat! I definitely consider myself a banana connoisseur and loveee trying all the different varieties :)
Wish I could try all of these bananas. So far where I live, I've been able to try the conventional cavendish (they're all right... a little bit "potent" for me when they're fully ripe), red bananas (my second favorite), burro bananas (not very sweet or potent, but oddly very creamy-- I'd eat them again), and manzano bananas (my no. 1 favorite thus far-- so sweet and bright-tasting, but without that odd, potent aroma of a ripe cavendish).
Well done video!
Yes, mon. Blessings from Jamaica. Interesting video. One thing I'd like to share with you is that where you refer to the flowers that come off the ends of bananas as the 'bottom' of the fruit - that is actually the top. As gravity-defying as it seems, bananas don't hang down on the tree, they grow up, reaching for the sun. So the flowers are at the top, catching the rays - and also attracting the pollinators that buzz or hum around. And finally, because I see that you (correctly) consider how primates do it (and have been doing it for millennia) when you think about how we ourselves should be doing it (naturally) today in our modern society (I wouldn't call what we have now 'progress', but that's another topic all together) and doing whatever, whether diet and eating or what have you, a primate (usually always) will peal a banana from the flower end first - not the stem (or the 'handle' as I used to think of it as a kid). I'm not saying your way is wrong, but being a banana lover myself, I too have studied this amazing food for a long time. And I recall quite vividly that my first big "banana-revelation" was seeing that bananas actually do not hang on the tree, but grow up towards the sun instead. This blew my mind when I first saw it. (Isaac Newton has my/our thinking conditioned quite effectively - 'conditioned' being the nice way of saying it.) The second big revelation was that primates in the wild, especially chimpanzees and bonobos, when eating this awesome food, peal the fruit from the "top" and eat it top-first, even discarding the black and hard little thing that is right at the tip of the fruit where the flower was before removing the peal. It makes sense when you think about it, no?I don't know if it is just in my head (I don't think so) but since I began exclusively eating the fruit this way - both pealing and eating - I seem to get more enjoyment from it. Besides, if it's good enough for my brothers the chimp and bonobo - and other primates as well - then it is good enough for me.Cheers.
+maxrusch1 Yes you are absolutely right! I often peel them from the flower end as well :)
Ital is vital my lord!
I found this to be so interesting.
I've had all those bananas and I find that the red bananas are my favorite. They are pink on the inside and super super sweet. I like the Thai Bananas too tho.
wow great video!
You must come to Brazil to see all the fruits we have, you would love it ;)
+Bruna Firmino One day!
This guy going bananas
had to go and grab a banana while watching, haha!
Love what you do man
I have Cavendish,sugar,red dacca,dwarf red,blue java,monkey and a Pisang variety that when you eat it, it almost has a fizzy taste (but extremely nice!) and has and orange coloured flesh.
You're missing out if you haven't tried a Gros Michel at least once in this lifetime. In fact, I'm so excited to have found them that I plan on planting around ten of them on my property in Nevada.
thank you for inspiring me to eat more fruits!
+David Just Great! Thank you for saying!
Red banana here in so cal are pink on the inside delicious real thick skin
I have four of these varieties, so i was very interested to learn the tastes.
Gros MIchel & most Apple (mainly in the red variety ), along with Lakatan are my preferred types. I like fully ripened plantains also.
Do you have the Gros Michel in Jamaica? I love that one as well...
Oh yes we do , in abundance , the organic ones taste the best !
2:11 - dont tease me bro! :) great video.
nice video. I always enjoy being in banana countries, and there are so many varieties of bananas. I do enjoy the slightly sour dense jungle bananas. You really feel it is natural and not cultivated. The tastes are so complex. Each bite is different. They are very satisfying on the appetite, almost like eating a sandwich.
A thick hearty creamy jungle banana, with a cup of coffee is a very refreshing and energizing lunch.
In USA only Whole Foods Market,owned by Amazon, have more than # banana types,like the red skin one which is extremely unripe and unripable. So glad Ocala Florida has a zone 9 subtropical climate. With a flower almost emerging now, it is iffy to get a developed rack o bananas on this dwarf orinoco banana plant in our yard.
@@dianesamson22 I find myself outside of the U.S., and in Taiwan. They have your standard bananas, but also many other varieties that are far more satisfying to the hunger and palate.
When I was in India, I used to buy wild bananas up in the north rural country off of an old wood buggy.
The monkeys used to hang around the cart to steal bananas. The guy had a stick. When I used to buy my bananas for breakfast, and sit on a rock to eat, the monkeys would surround me, looking pitiful, copying my every gesture of eating, and it seemed like they were mocking me.
I was told to throw them the banana peels and they would eat them. If they didn’t eat them, throw the peels on the ground, and the passing cows would eat them.
The peels of organic bananas are not rubbery, thin, almost sticking to the fruit.
The bananas sit on the cart all day and get baked under the sun. They taste like a creamy banana cream pie. Some have an orange hue inside. Very hearty bananas.
The monkeys start to get closer and closer to me eating the peels as they reach their hands out and touch my body, meaning they are no longer satisfied with the peels, they want the fruit.
And, you surrender your bananas to them, because they just look at you with full attention, and you know that if you don’t surrender your bananas, they will wrestle them from you.
Good vedio can you tel me the different bituine the Thai bananas and and the burro bananas it's the same or not ? tank you
My favourite banana are lady fingers and saba banana (which we boil either ripe or not). It is very popular in Philippines.
Men you should try island bananas, or how are really called in Peru, platano de la isla. There are the best platanos you can eat. Thanks for sharing you all your experience, it's been so helpful!!!!
From what I’ve seen of those who grow and harvest their own bananas in a farm, they too cut them off in large bunches while fully grown but still green and let them ripen.
I believe it would be difficult to harvest if you waited till the bunch was ripe - in handling as well as inconsistencies.
Banana is harvested when they fully grown and still green because once they ripe on their trees, flying animals (especially bats) will eat them. Most fruits are like that, including mangos and papaya. I live in a tropical country and grow them on my yard.
Hey guys! You should try the hill banana, that one for example gets in Tamil Nadu, India. (Native name in Tamil: Mala Vaazhapazham. Mala=Hill, Vaazhapazham=Banana, "zh" is pronounced as a deep "ya"). These have a rather thick skin, and are super sweet and extremely delicious, and rather small, but not too small.
Cheers to your channel!
+Srivatsan B Thanks for the tip!
Oooh those are good!
Sweet Natural Living also bananas are the sweetest when black outside
Cool vid
I had some really good bananas in Hawaii. Definitely a lot different then what we have here on the East Coast.
Here in Brazil all of those varieties are easily found in the supermarkets
I like bananas, but along with many other fruits, they make my mouth itch and give me heartburn!
same....however, i had apple bananas in hawaii last week and no effects. so i looked deeply into it and found that i have oral allergy syndrome (personally its from birch pollen).... and i looked up types of pollen hawaii has, and i didn't see birch. needless to say, i was on banana island
Chan B Interesting, thanks for the info!
funny how I'm watching this while having breakfasts (with bananas ;D )
man I Wana try all those now
Bananas with the green tip is not typical.
i like the red bananas here in houston. they r shiped here from mexico their is a large variety of bananas here in houston.
My fave is the Williams Banana, in Hawaii. If you guys haven't yet purchased your tix to Thailand, you might consider stopping off in Sulawesi -- the Bananas are indescribably delish, and so incredibly inexpensive. Also, the Coconuts are *enormous*. It's Durian season right now, too...
Have you heard of the ice cream banana? It tastes like vanilla ice cream. I found it growing in central Mexico. Its very delicious.
In Queensland, we called the same fruit lady fingers or sugar bananas. So I think you are right. We do have a large variety of fruit. Enjoy your time here!
+Gregory Toomey Yesh there's some confusion going around, but lady fingers are different from sugar bananas - in queensland!
I like bananas in cans, really good!
:D
The "Red Dacca" is a abbreviated name of the Red Ducasse banana.
Awesome :))
You've got me craving bananas now! I bought three bunches toy, but they're not ripe enough yet!
hebe allen henderson same im deedfckmylyf
awesome video
:D
I'm feeling hungry for some bananas right now. Sweet and not too soft ones. I really want to buy some Thai bananas right now but I only go to the store once a month. I also want to try plantains. Though it would be hard to try and keep the mold off for that long.
Sugar bananas are my favorite, but unfortunately only during vacations to Virgin Islands.
It's incredible...this channel's videos have the highest like/dislike ratio i've seen on youtube...no haters or trolls?
+JeanBaptisteGrenouille Really? That's cool! Plenty of haters and trolls though...on some of our other vids :)
Which type is best for nice cream in your opinion ?
I wish I could find good sugar banana in Canada. Iv waited untill they are almost black and they still taste green. You are lucky !
have you tried rhino horn and blue java bananas
Could you do a video about all different types of papayas?
Wish you could show us the Gros Michel banana
they are rare and are similar to the cavendish just stronger.
You are so inspiring mean, I've been a vegetarian for awhile now, but I feel a calling this year to go all the way. we
We have apple trees, and the neighbor has plums! This year I'll try and eat it off of the trees!! There are Rainer cherries you can do that with here and it is so much better fresh off a branch!
man not mean** sorry for the typo
+Sea Witch in Seattle Yay!
what is your tough on coffee
Cavendish are actually sub par cheap cloned bananas, they are easily grown and they are picked while they are not even ripe so they can survive being shipped around the world. They are the "typical banana". I think the best banana is the Blue Java banana, they have a beautiful blue peel, white flesh and taste like vanilla ice cream which is out of this world, as the are know as ice cream bananas. They do grow and sell them around Northern Australia.
Do ripe banana's on the tree taste better and are more nutritious than the ripe banana's that you have to wait days for it to ripen before eating?
Awesome. Thank you.
+Vegan Paradise Wanderer Yes!
They shouldn't really, cause bananas are one of the few self ripening fruits.
@Alpha Centauri Dude the bio-electricity of a plant leaf or fruit immediately dies down after a few hours once picked, there is proof everywhere
@Alpha Centauri citations don't prove anything, its like asking for proof that a apple will rot once off the tree, its simply only a matter of time after the ripening process, that all things eventually die once their source of sustenance , in this case the tree, is removed, if you live your life waiting for words from a so called professional instead of doing the research yourself you will be very disappointing, im not here to argue or give you answers, everyone must look for the truth themselves, not simply trust scientific professionals, but since you asked so kindly i will tell you where to start, - search Kirlian photogrphy
Try the plátano de canarias( canary island bananas)
can't wait to try some sugar bananas
there amazing!
would it be the kind we also call apple bananas?
Which one is best for banana bread?
Here in Florida in the USA where I live they have a banana called the ice cream banana, they say it tastes like vanilla ice cream. I haven't tried one yet.
do all theu gave the same calories.? even the cooking ones? i find it hard to check the calories of a saba banana or cardaba here in the pgilippines vs cavendish. Do they have the same calories and nutritional value?
Wow! Such beautiful, beautiful fruit the universe has blessed us with. I've never had anything other than your typical Dole banana here in the U.S. Do they have SourSop (Guanabana) fruit there? or do you have any videos on it? I've become obsessed with finding it. Thanks.
+NoProGoPronto Theres so much good bananas! They have soursop yes. Im not a big fan, but you might like it who knows...
Those PNG bananas are the best! You get a bunch and let them sit on a bench until they fall off at the slightest touch...they'll be Perfect! Not too sweet, not too starchy, just right. Too bad I can't get them where I live.
Which cultivars have more wild lineage?:)
Any ideas where I can purchase a dwarf lady finger or Namwah (Sugar) banana? I have been looking everywhere & I really want to plant one of these in my backyard :(
What about green tips on bananas?
Favorite is Cavendish. All other never ripen properly. Red bananas are hit or miss. Picked way too early I agree. Same with nam doc ma.i (honey) mangoes. Most grocery store fruit is low quality picked immature. But Cavendish are at least solid to provide sugar/carbohydrate calories.
Amazing, here in brazil we have all these kinds but never heard of red bananas. My favorite one is the "apple" banana, I don't know if it's the right name, just translated straight from portuguese.
Alex Khouri I am from India and we get the red bananas in the Southern part of India and it is delicious:) .Do you get Sapote and guava in Brazil?
The "apple banana" you are referring to is actually called lady finger (:
Very instructive video. I only tried Cavendish and red banana.
What is your favorite variety?
+CarryOn Ely My favorite is the Kluai Hom banana in Thailand!
Come to my orchard here i wll serve you the best so called spongelatin bananas. I (Dont know what English called them) in langkawi here we typically say pisang jelaiberagan..from mlysia