Monday, September 21, 2009

All of our problems are solved

World banana capital.

Just imagine the millions of things you can do with the banana.

Banana shirts, banana salsa, banana leaf plates, banana salad, banana gumbo, banana soup.

Hell, you could open a store called the Banana Republic.

Whether or not a store already has that name, there are a lot of things you could do with the banana.

One of the myriad possibilities of things that someone could do with bananas that hasn't already been done here is [insert drumroll] banana bread.

Now, I’m not saying that banana bread will revolutionize that bakery industry in southern Ecuador. All I’m saying is that it gives the people another option of what they could do with the banana.

And any revolution starts with one person.

My coworker’s mom runs a bakery out of her house, and I told her that she could offer this as another project. We could make some free samples at the market and give them out to the people so that they realize how delicious it is, and then they will come back for more.

Am I a bit ahead of myself? Maybe.

Last week, I shared my mom’s banana bread recipe with my friend’s mom, and we started mixing.









One restriction of computer technology is that you can’t taste the food that is on your monitor.

It was delicious.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

So, nu did the people in Arenaillas go bananas for this new gringo food?


not Julia in Franklin

Anonymous said...

Anyway, like I was sayin' 'bout bananas, you can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. There's uh, banana-kabobs, banana creole, banana gumbo. Pan-fried, deep-fried, stir-fried... that's about all you can say 'bout the bananan business.

Forrest

Avery said...

Do different varieties of bananas yield different banana breads?

And did it go over better than cheesecake?

Anonymous said...

are they offering it in the bakery now???

they could make muffins too....that is if you have muffin pans

Unknown said...

yeah! so, what happened with the introduction of banana bread to the local population? huh?