/ck/ - Food & Cooking

if your gros michel breaks, an OP joker can show up in the shop

>oy vey! we can't sell gros michel because they are susceptible to blight!!! on a bad year we could lose billions!!!
okay well why don't you just gmo some blight resistance like you do with corn???
>NOOO we cant gmo gros michel because.... well we just cant okay?!??!?!?!

>>20400494
This is exactly why I'm rooting for Iran. Please, based muslims, reinstate the gros michel.

>>20400487
The even more interesting question:
The cavendish has been the de facto banana for decades now, so how come that banana candy STILL tastes like the gros michel? Why have they STILL not developed an aroma that actually tastes like TODAY's banana?

>>20400570
Tradition.

>>20400570
Because everybody likes the gros michel better than the cavendish. Artificial gros michel aroma and flavor are just sad reminders of a better time.

I want to try one of these bad boys

>>20400570
Because the gros michel is simply superior and the ONLY reason the cavendish is sold everywhere is because the gros michel was practically wiped out completely by blight and cavendishes were the next best option for bananas. We still have the ability to replicate the flavor though so we we do.

>>20400730
Me too, I've heard they taste like vanilla ice cream. I'm kinda doubtful that it really does taste like that but I definitely want to find out for myself.

>>20400732
I just watched a video where a guy said it didn't taste like vanilla but the texture reminded him of ice cream

>>20400734
This is what I figured would be the experience. Ice cream texture but not really vanilla flavor.

>>20400570
helps them sell more corn syrup

>>20400487
>Did gros michel bananas really taste like the banana candy flavoring we use today?
there are some vidoes on youtube where people try them and some people report they taste like "fake banana" others say maybe just a little.

>>20400570
>so how come that banana candy STILL tastes like the gros michel?
because cavendish doesn't taste good, and despite fake banana flavor not tasting like cavendish people would get mad if you change the flavor of their favorite food.

For me it's the All-American Paw-Paw

>>20400487
Gros michel is too sweet, cavendish is literally the perfect banana for daily consumption and for addition to foods without making them taste like fucking laffy taffy

>>20400730
looks proper crammable

>>20401388
>He doesn't want his bananas to be banana laffy taffy flavored
NGMI

>>20401388
>Gros michel is too sweet
diabetes is a hell of a disease anon, stay safe

>>20400487
Gros Michel bananas are still grown on a small scale today, OP. You can order them from a number of websites if you really want to see how they taste.

>>20400487
canary island bananas are cavendish, but they have a distinct flavor, different from other cavendish.
have you tried canary bananas?

>>20401854
bitch i shop at the Family Fare

>>20401847
they're like $70

>>20401918
>dole
YUCK!
no wonder you faggots complain, lol
>>20401937
more like $17
https://miamifruit.org/products/gros-michel-banana-box-order

>>20401514
I like gros michel flavor additive for drinks and candies but it's too much in a full banana, the cavendish is still sweet but slightly mealy to balance it out which is perfect

>>20400492
What the fuck does this mean?

>>20401949
>Flavor Profile: This banana may be compared to a Cavendish in flavor
Thanks for proving how Reddit this gros Michel thing is.
I can't think of a single artificial candy flavour which actually tastes like the real fruit so banana being accurate but only to the type nobody's tasted sounds like bullshit.
The biggest difference in banana flavour comes from how ripe they are and most people eat them underripe when they taste of nothing.

>>20402027
Nah I’ve had bananas grown locally in different places and they taste different than grocery store bananas. There’s plenty of different flavor profiles in banana varieties, they just aren’t commercially viable.

>>20400487
All I know is that they taste like the glory days of America. The United Fruit Company did nothing wrong, listen to the Myth of the 20th Century "Banana Imperialism" episode and bask in the sordid history of the banana.

>>20400487
>Gros Michel
>literally Big Mike

>>20400492
neat reference, discard yourself

>>20400487
banananon here, yes..well kinda but not as sweet
and with some more idk plant/green flavors

>>20401847
I grow them and blue java
they just can't be grown on large scale because the soil at all the plantations is infected with blight