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We bought bananas last weekend and they were green. They have not even started to turn yellow and are still hard when you touch them. They're in a plastic bag that does say Del Monte bananas and they're a product of Costa Rica. So I highly doubt they are plantains. I've never had bananas that would not turn or start turning to yellow after a few days. Could they be plantains that got put in the wrong bag or do I have some sort of a different type of banana?
No, plantains end up turning black, anyway (and are best that way IMO).
I'd take them out of the plastic bag and put them in a closed brown paper bag. That's the classic way to expedite banana ripening. I rarely buy them green green - only when they are greenish/yellow - they never seem to get ripe when they start sooo green. Maybe it's because of pesticides or picking too early or...?
I use newspapers to ripen mine and it seems to work ( a paper bag would no doubt work too) . Just wrap them nicely in it .It will be even quicker if you use an over ripe fruit with it.
Some people use a microwave but I have never done it.
Put your bananas in a bag. Put a ripe apple in the bag with them. The ethylene gas that the apple produces will ripen your bananas very quickly. (It works with all fruit that I know of, and even works to make things like pineapple plants bear fruit.)
We bought bananas last weekend and they were green. They have not even started to turn yellow and are still hard when you touch them. They're in a plastic bag that does say Del Monte bananas and they're a product of Costa Rica. So I highly doubt they are plantains. I've never had bananas that would not turn or start turning to yellow after a few days. Could they be plantains that got put in the wrong bag or do I have some sort of a different type of banana?
You could take them back to where you bought them and exchange them for a different bunch or just ask for your money back.
This happens every now and then with bananas at Costco- they gladly take them back- saying yea we had a bad batch this time or you can exchange them.
Thanks all for the answers. I'll give it to the weekend and I'll try the paper bag thing.
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(It works with all fruit that I know of, and even works to make things like pineapple plants bear fruit.)
