To think the best time to eat a banana is on the first day?

[FrustratedTeddyLamp]

Was just talking to a friend and we're having a banana off. I say the best time to eat a banana is the first day you buy them when they're not really ripe whilst they say to leave them for as long as posibu WIBU?

6 looks pretty perfect.

The very thought of eating a crisp, green banana turns my stomach!

4 is perfect. But would do a 5 if that’s all there was.

3 for me. Can't stand even a hint of gunge.

3-4 perfect. 7 is only useful for banana bread or the bin.

I'll eat 4, but I prefer 5.

7 and upwards gets chopped, nuked and eaten with plain yoghurt

3 - 4 for me.

5 or 6 for me

At times a 7 is fine inside if brown squidgy bits I eat around that or throw in the bin

3 and under would give me stomach ache

Bananas are gross. The softer they are the more gross they are.

All bananas are disgusting

6 and 7 obviously! Nice and squishy. Can't abide a green banana.

5-7 for me. The green ones taste dry and a bit bitter to me.

6,5,7,4 in order of preference.

5 or 6 for me. I like them sweet.

7 (or preferably more) for me on that colour scale

They can look a bit "hmmmm" but nothing beats the flavour, and they're often sold off cheaply since so few want them

As soon as there's any brown on the skin at all, they're too ripe for me. Even at the point where they are bright yellow, too ripe for me - I don't like the taste. Ripe bananas actually taste a bit like they are already rotting to me.

I only like them when the green has barely disappeared from the skin. Sometimes still with a bit of green.

Oops, only just saw the pic. Round about a 4.

Literally nothing worse than a crunchy green banana 🤮

Yellow and slightly soft, preferably before any brown spots appear.

I-2 look inedible. 3-5 look fine. 6 would be nice on toast, with almond butter and cinnamon, 6 and 7 would both be goodnin porridge (or banana bread/muffins of course).

@labyrinthlaziness

1-3 are inedible, 4 will be disappointing, 5-7 pleasant.

Exactly this

We are lucky in our family as DS1 likes them towards the unripe end of the scale and DS2 likes them towards the "banana bread" end. DD and I like them in between.

The riper the better. I like them when they're going a bit brown.

3 and 4 for me too! They have to have some green of them otherwise they're overripe

7 for me, although in shakes completely brown is a sugar Fest.