Moronic, half-witted thread of the day????

[coptermanic]

Question:
Why is the inside of a tin of Co-op peeled plum tomatos white?

[tiddler]

It's an epoxy liner made with Bisphenol A.

Benefits: Keeps the food having a longer shelf life.

Risk: Concern for effects on the brain, behavior, and prostate gland in fetuses, infants, and children. Studies has shown it may increase the breast cancer risk.

I seen it alot in tomatoes cans, clould be from the acid level.







Aint Google wonderful :D ;)

[coptermanic]

Yes, plausible.
And why can't you buy tinned bananas?

[tiddler]

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:D

[pgkevet]

..that made me go look up bananas..fascinating link and quote...
OH, and if youpve never tried them then buy a green plantain (most supermarkets now) and slice thinly lengthwise and fry..great brekkie stuff!

[quote]Antifungal and antibiotic principles are found in the peel and pulp of fully ripe bananas. The antibiotic acts against [I]Mycobacteria[/I]. A fungicide in the peel and pulp of green fruits is active against a fungus disease of tomato plants. Norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin are also present in the ripe peel and pulp. The first two elevate blood pressure; serotonin inhibits gastric secretion and stimulates the smooth muscle of the intestines.[/quote]

[url=http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/banana.html]Banana[/url]

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[coptermanic]

Great name on the tin of bananas!!!!!!!!!!

[asomaro]

Oh God, I can see this thread going south now..... lol

[p4ddy]

And did you also know that banana's are a genetic mutation, it's weird to think that once upon a time the world was a banana free zone.

[Sesame]

[quote=p4ddy;622180]And did you also know that banana's are a genetic mutation, it's weird to think that once upon a time the world was a banana free zone.[/quote]

From what?

[p4ddy]

[quote=Sesame;622184]From what?[/quote]


All i know is two seeds from a tree mingled or something & Voila, the banana was born. It was on TV ages ago.

[Sesame]

[quote=p4ddy;622187]All i know is two seeds from a tree mingled or something & Voila, the banana was born. It was on TV ages ago.[/quote]


Right, damit thought we had finally figured out what happened to all the dinosaurs ;)

lol

[pgkevet]

That seems a bit odd and unlikely..bananas as a plantain should be a true enough evolution..although one could argue that all plants evolved from the same basic primordial ooze?

Whatever the truth.there's way more banana varieties than most folk realise..including apple bananas, ice ceam bananas etc .. massive variety of flavours..and oher plantain variants.

The bananas we are familiar with are grown from suckers and that's where this may have come from..that the traditional banana is a hybrid and cannot seed?

For folk who haven't had enough banana story... I had a friend who went to Kew and saw a pink banana fruiting..and curiosity overcame politeness and she nicked a bit to taste. It had seeds which she gave to me and I grew 2 doz banana plants from them..all of which ended up with tiny mite infections ..and we had to be very very apologetic when we rang Kew for some advice as to how to deal with the infection:redface:

[p4ddy]

Just found this

The yellow sweet banana is a mutant strain of the green and red cooking bananas, discovered in 1836 by Jamaican Jean Francois Poujot. He found that in his plantations, one plant was bearing yellow fruits rather than red or green. Upon tasting the new discovery, he found it to be sweet in its raw state, without the need for cooking. He quickly began cultivating this sweet variety.

[lankey]

Bet you didn't know Eric was Bannaman?

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