Banana Suckers

Brendan starts with ...
Hi Mike, trikus, SG and all,
Just wondering if you watched Luke Nguyen's cooking show on sbs 3 weeks ago? I don't know where he was, but they were selling banana suckers, top removed, for eating!
They cut the sucker into slices about 10 to 12mm thick, cut them in half across the diameter, and stir-fry them with heaps of other stuff. Never seen that before :-)

BTW, I've experimented with planting suckers, some with the top removed & some planted as is. See by the pics, the one with the top cut off at planting time is growing better! :-)
Pic 1 had the leaves/top removed, pic 2 did not.

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Mike says...
Brendan I have heard of it before but never seen or tried it.I imagine there would be similarity to banana bells which are commonly consumed as a vegie.Interestingly cavendish are considered one of the least desirable for banana leaf and bells and I wonder if this is the case with sucker shoots also.

Brendan says...
Hi SG, Mike & Thao,
Funny thing SG, I've just 'killed' about 30 good banana suckers. Yeah, I'll be trying some real soon! Thao's recipe :-)

Yes Mike, I've heard that too, cavendish/williams suckers & bells don't taste as good as the other varieties, wonder why?

Thanks for the recipe Thao. For some strange reason, I've become allergic to prawns!, this only happened about 3 years ago. Damn that, I used to love prawns! Might use pork or chicken instead :-)

Brendan says...
Hi nswbananas, we're only allowed to have certain types here, I've got lady finger, sugar, and some other sort of giant bananas, which haven't beared yet, and my brother can't remember the name of them :-(
The sugar bananas in the pic had over 150 bananas on!

Bananas up here are tightly regulated.

http://www.backyardbananas.com.au/

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NSW Bananas says...
Also I am aware of Bluesky backyard bananas I have had a couple of orders from them.

Brendan says...
Hi NSW Bananas, the bananas in the pic are sugar bananas. They also have a different (proper) name, but I can't remember :-(

John Mc, it's easy to grow good bananas, just over-feed them! They are gross feeders :-) Mine get Super Growth organic fertilizer every two months, along with too much cow manure, extra phosphorus & potassium, then cover all that with too much mulch. Give that a good drink and sit back :-)

snottiegobble says...
Hell John Mc, we may have one up on you there re. minimum temps. Nothing under 13c to date & average 26c during the day. We are roughly level with Parkes at 33.15 degrees latitude. What would you say you are in latitude?