Have green bananas? Try some gas
Gas? No, not petrol or the like, apple gas. As fruit ripens it gives off ethylene gas, ethylene gas also helps other fruit ripen too, but how can you harness it? Simple, a plastic bag.
Okay I bought some green bananas recently (they were on sale). Way too green to eat, but I also picked up some apples (mmm, apples). So I put one apple in the plastic bag with the bananas and this morning they are riper (not completely ripe because someone wanted to eat the apple). It’s really cool. This whole process can make for a little fun kitchen experiment. You’ll need three green bananas, two plastic bags, and one apple.
Put one banana on the counter, no bag. Put another banana in a bag, no apple. Put the last banana in the last bag, but with the apple. Ask your kids which banana will ripen first. Heck they could even record observations every few hours to see what happens (it happens "quickly", but not "quickly" by kid standards).
Good fun and you can eat the results!
Tags: apple gas, ripening bananas
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