Bananas are on the pricey side (#385)

Due to the floods, the price of bananas is on the high side.

Bananas are supposed to be a fruit for the common person, right? And yet, since the start of this year, I haven't been able to bring myself to buy them. Well, they're 5 to 8 dollars a kilo, so I could buy them if I really wanted to. But when I think, 'This isn't a commoner's price,' I just can't bring myself to reach for them.

Back at my parents' house in Okinawa, we had island banana trees in the garden when I was a child, and we ate them for practically nothing. That's why I'm even more particular about bananas being at an affordable price.

My husband bought some bananas. I told him,
If you leave them sitting there, I'm going to eat them all.
My British husband has a tendency to leave fruit out until just before it goes bad. In other words, he's waiting for it to get sweet. He absolutely hates sour fruit.

I noticed this when I visited the UK a few times. Many people there eat fruit with cream or other toppings. There are many small differences in food-related habits between me, coming from tropical Okinawa, and my husband, who comes from the north of England.

For example, when I finish using milk, I put it back in the fridge immediately. My husband leaves it out. Having been raised with the idea that 'if you leave it out, it will spoil,' I can't understand the 'leave it out' mentality. However, I realized something when I went to the UK. People in cold regions tend to leave things out of the fridge. When they enter the kitchen first thing in the morning, they leave the gas stove on. They use it to warm themselves up. I was surprised.

When was the last time you ate a banana? Was it today? Lucky you. Your imagination is my weapon. Thank you for reading again today.