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I would imagine you freeze the bananas out of their skins then melt the chocolate, dip the bananas in the chocolate then freeze them again and serve with icecream or something. How solid is a frozen banana?
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A frozen banana is fairly solid. Seriously, here's how you do this:
1) Peel bananas to stem without removing peel 2) Put bananas in freezer 3) Heat chocolate 4) Dip peeled bananas in chocolate by stem 5) Return bananas -- still open -- to freezer 6) Remove bananas from freezer 7) Place in fridge and allow to thaw 8) Close bananas
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1) Peel bananas and discard peels. 2) Freeze (optional step before freezing: insert wooden sticks in one end). 3) Dip in melted chocolate (I actually prefer to use chunks of banana instead of whole ones, to improve the chocolate-to-banana ratio), and if desired in chopped nuts. 4) Freeze again (on a tray to catch the drips). 5) When solid, place in ziplock bag. Leave in freezer until ready to eat. 6) Enjoy!
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I dunno if it's only 'cause they used liquid nitrogen or something that gets the bananas way colder than your freezer can, but everytime I've gotten frozen chocolate covered bananas on a stick at the fair they take them out of the freezer, dip them in the chocolate, and it solidifies almost instantly and they hand it right to you, no refreezing involved. Of course, they might also use a chocolate-type-substance that is more like that "magic shell" stuff.
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ElJay, that's how they do them at the little ice cream place I go to (there they are called moose antler's), but I know they use dry ice, so that could be it, they also use a magic shell stuff, so another that's it.
Probably the way rivka said it is best if you want them to be really frozen, and closer to Tom's way if you live so far north you wear sweatshirts on the 4th of july.
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You should mix a little tiny bit of oil in the melted chocolate so it won't separate in the freezer; since you're not just returning the chocolate to room temperature or a little colder, like with chocolate-dipped strawberries, it can cause the chocolate to not stick to the banana. You also only need to freeze the bananas about halfway, not until they're frozen solid all the way through, for it to work. (It'll work if you freeze them solid, but if you get impatient like me, you don't need to.)
Other than that, I agree with rivka's method.
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The first thing that came to my mind when I saw this thread was, "Its a thread about 'Arrested Development'!" But it isn't.....
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Wait, where are the salted pecans? Come on people, don't you know how to make frozen bananas?
You need to cut the end off the banana, stick a skewer or popcicle stick in them and freeze them. Take them out take the peel off and dip them in chocolate and other fun things, like cashews, pecans, or sprinkles and put them back in the freezer.
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Peel a slightly over ripe banana (in the "freckle" stage), and break the banana in half. You can stick the popsicle stick in each half.
Wrap in Saran, or put it in a baggie, and freeze.
Dip in Chocolate Shell (the ice cream topping that hardens on contact with ice cream) and eat right away put it back in the freezer for later.
Do not thaw -- it would no longer be a frozen banana.
Frozen bananas without the chocolate coat make lovely banana milkshakes. Milk, frozen banana, a pinch on nutmeg, blended together. Your kids think you're giving them an ice cream treat -- but you know that it is healthful fruit and milk snack.
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quote:Originally posted by Joldo: If you let them thaw, then you get the sickly sweet taste of over-ripe bananas.
Exactly!
And Kayla, I mentioned nuts.
Just begging for OOC...
And I agree with the eat frozen crowd. Dealing with frozen then thawed bananas has almost caused me to stop eating them.
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Sorry, rivka. You're right. But "if desired" and "chopped nuts" aren't even close to "Are you crazy? You have to have salted pecans on chocolate covered bananas!!!" Posts: 9871 | Registered: Aug 2001
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I freeze bananas with liquid nitrogen all the time. Then I use the frozen banana to drive a sharp piece of rubber tubing into a piece of wood.
Oh, yeah, the rubber tubing has to be frozen with LN2 also.
And as soon as the banana thaws, it turns brown and yucky, no matter how fresh it was before it was frozen. I definitely wouldn't thaw a banana before I are it, unless I was putting it in banana bread or something.
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quote:Originally posted by Glenn Arnold: I freeze bananas with liquid nitrogen all the time. Then I use the frozen banana to drive a sharp piece of rubber tubing into a piece of wood.
Are you a wacky science teacher, or just a kook?
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I freeze bananas by ejecting them into the frigid vacuum of space, but whatever floats your boat . . .
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Well, actually, I'm a math teacher. So maybe I'm just a kook.
Well, I used to work for an industrial gases company, and part of what I did was to perform a liquid nitrogen demonstration at schools and scout meetings and so forth. Since I left the company I don't have the demonstration kit anymore, but I can still do the banana. (I've got a couple of other demos that I've accumulated since then also, but it's not quite the same.)
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quote:Originally posted by Kayla: Sorry, rivka. You're right. But "if desired" and "chopped nuts" aren't even close to "Are you crazy? You have to have salted pecans on chocolate covered bananas!!!"
That's true. But the word "crazy" rarely appears in any recipe I explain.
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Wha..? I woke up this morning with my ankles swollen, a nauseated feeling, a backache, sore breasts, fatigue, an urge to pee all the time, and quite a bit of weight gain around my middle. And I figured that it is either something in the Hatrack water, or that sorceress ketchupqueen has placed a curse on me.
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I'll cut it out when we find a replacement name or I'm able to re-reconcile myself to Kayla. If you want this to happen sooner, you'd better find some good things about people named Kayla. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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Uh, KQ, I TRIED. I really did. And what I found wasn't good. Google "Kayla" and prepare to be shocked at what pops up. I'm going to have to recommend a different name.
I like "Esther".
Or "Ruth" or "Naomi" or "Miriam".
Please lift the curse.
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Name must be Irish, and my husband and I must both agree on it. It must go well in between "Bridget" and "Hamilton". It may not start with an "S", a "B", an "H", or a vowel. This is the site where we originally found "Kayla". Good luck. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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quote:Well, I used to work for an industrial gases company, and part of what I did was to perform a liquid nitrogen demonstration at schools and scout meetings and so forth.
Dupont?
And a fourth use for overripe bananas is smoothies. They are sweeter, so this is the perfect app for them.
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quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: Name must be Irish, and my husband and I must both agree on it. It must go well in between "Bridget" and "Hamilton". It may not start with an "S", a "B", an "H", or a vowel.
Within those parameters, I like "Margaret". Lots of good nicknames, too. Peggy, Meg, Maggie...
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