Goin' bananas!

If I have yet another eating quirk, it is that I don't eat bananas unless they are fried and/or sweetened. I don't know why but I've never really liked the texture of plain bananas, which to me is similar to that of an okra. My mother used to "force" me to eat bananas as a little girl, and I remember gagging on it after one bite. Yuck.

But if I were to live my last day in this world, I'd probably gorge myself with banana cue (this is how i prefer to spell it, not banana-Q), among my other favorite foods. Back when I was younger, I used to think that all a guy really needed to do to score a date with me was to dangle the word "banana cue." I mean, after all, I was more interested in the conversation rather than the food when going out on a date, but that was ages ago (FYI, I married a man who isn't crazy about banana cue but he's crazy about me *teehee*).

         

I like to cook my banana cue myself because I prefer it heavily coated with brown sugar (sweet tooth alert!). That is the reason why I slice the saba bananas either in half or in quarters so they get maximum sugar coverage. Mmmm...sweet as candy! I am somewhat ashamed to admit that I can finish off 5 or 6 bananas in a matter of minutes. Sometimes, I even eat them like french fries--I simply pop them into my mouth with my bare hands. Yumyumyum.

         

Aside from banana cue, I'm also very fond of turon, also called banana spring rolls or banana fritters. Instead of the usual turon with langka (jackfruit) strips, I recommend the turron con tsokolate (P28/order) from any Nana Meng Tsokolate kiosk in the malls. The fritters are deep-fried on the spot and so you get them hot and very crispy. In lieu of sugar, sweeten your turon with Nana Meng's special chocolate dip. They're a perfect match! One order of the fritters will not suffice. In fact, my little Bea ate 3 out of the 5 tiny rolls. The tsokolate is lusciously thick and delightful, I licked the remaining dip after we've eaten up the turon . 

As I said before, even simple things give me great pleasure. Banana cue and turon are just two of my favorite things that I'll never tire of eating.

Comments

[don]

i don't know, but this seems to explain a lot of things. :D

"Back when I was younger, I used to think that all a guy really needed to do to score a date with me was to dangle the word 'banana-cue.'"

[Joy]

yes, that line was really meant to shed some light on "a lot of things." ;-)