From which end do you peel a banana?

[SugarAndSpike]

Lever end

or

Blunt end?

I tried the blunt end this morning. Not sure how much squeezing is required, but I didn't find it any better than using the stalk end, and it didn't make all the pith come away (perhaps because the banana was still very slightly green?).

Yes and the bananas in Mario Cart 😆

Blunt end. Pinch and peel.

Do other people ask the banana a question before they peel it? It has to be a yes/no question and you get a sharp knife and cut off the tip of the blunt end. It’s a dot for ‘no’ and a ‘y’ for yes. Experience has shown bananas aren’t always right though.

Still no comment about “lever end”?

who calls it the “lever end”?

Because that's exactly what it is @Heather37231 😂

Sorry, I don’t follow you. Everyone else in this thread has referred to it as the “stalk end”.

A lever is a thing you press to make something move. How do you get from stalk to lever?

Blunt end is much easier, especially if the banana is a touch underripe.

WHO 'SCRUNCHES' TOILET PAPER TO WIPE?????????

<misses point of thread>

Stalk end. I don't care what monkeys do!

I do care about Michael of the banana though, @redheadsaregreat He sounds like an expert. How does he peel his bananas, I wonder...

@Heather37231 yes I agree it should be called stalk end lol...
Just couldn't think of how to refer to it very well when I first started the thread.

I'm still confused how opening from the blunt end doesn't create either a mushed banana or gross fingernails. I tried it earlier by opening the skin with my nail. Or am I meant to literally squash the end and the skin segments fall apart? Confused.

I don't want to be a monkey. Some (all? Not sure...) show their bottoms and I'm not going to go round with my trousers down.

<Ps. I'm a scruncher>

Pinch the very tip and it will split, then peel downwards. It grows from the stalk end (obv) and the skin is on the fruit like sort of petals.

I used to snap it open at the stalk end, but that doesn't work well if it's too green or too ripe.
Then I heard it's easier to open at blunt end and that's what monkeys do and I switched to that method.
You only pinch enough to have a firm grasp of the skin at the blunt end and then gently prize two sets of pinching fingers apart. No smushing of banana involved.

The bottom like a monkey, you pinch it and then peel..easy

From the top

I alternate to keep things exciting...

Live life on the edge 😂

This thread has been really interesting. I've learnt a lot!

Hold the stalk end and pinch the other end. It splits into two and you then peel those back. Thats how monkeys do it!

Some people have far too much time on their hands. Who cares

Stalk end- much more satisfying snap