Fresh Banana, Each

I think it is funny that Walmart invited me to review a banana! The bananas I buy from the produce department are generally OK. When I buy them myself, I buy a mix of ripe and green so they last longer. When I opt for curbside or delivery, they tend to be one bunch of uniform color, and that's fine since the people shopping for me are doing a great job. So yes, I would recommend bananas, but if you want different levels of ripeness, you need to shop for yourself. Oh, and if you have bananas that are perfectly ripe, but you cannot eat them all before they begin to go downhill, just pop the whole banana into the freezer. The skin will turn dark, but the banana will retain its ripeness and be wonderful for smoothies, baking, and eating frozen - mmmm, dipped in chocolate!

It’s a banana...a good one! But if you’re like me and only enjoy bananas in that very specific 12-minute window where they’re perfectly yellow with no green and no brown, prepare yourself. You basically have to hover over this thing like it’s a NASA launch countdown. Day 1: Too green. Day 2 morning: Still too green. Day 2 afternoon: Perfect. Day 2 evening: Now it’s a spotted senior citizen and only fit for the banana bread you're never going to get around to making, so just throw the banana in the trash. But hey, the banana was tasty, and I somehow managed to survive the anxiety surrounding the window of edibility.