i actually saw them in the safeway first, and then a housemate brought home a huge bunch of short, green bananas.
he is a pest exterminator and a client gave these to him. i think they were having trouble with ants infesting the banana tree. anyway, he hung the to ripen outside.
these are apple bananas, also known as silk bananas, candy apple bananas, and latundan bananas.
their wiki page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latundan_Banana
these were my observations: they are about half the length of the banana we are used to seeing, have a thinner peel. the smell i thought was a little "green and grassy" smelled like it wasn't ripe yet. but it obviously was.
although this website says i should have waited until the peel was black: http://www.specialtyproduce.com/index.php?item=2050
the taste was yummy. sweeten than other bananas. almost like it was banana candy flavored. :D but it was over in about 3 bites, so you'd better have two.
they have their own website! http://www.applebananas.com/ and claims they have "3 times more Vitamin C and 1-1/2 times more Vitamin A than your regular banana varietes" also they charge 40 bucks to deliver 10 bananas?! holy crap! so i guess the bunch our friend has is worth like $150. although i think that website is making up some scarcity inflation something. next time they are at safeway, i'll check on the price, but i think it was closer to $4 a pound, not 12.
i still don't quite get the "apple" connection, but apple bananas are delicious.
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