19-05-17, 03:01 PM
(19-05-17, 01:19 PM)darrsi link Wrote: [quote author=NorthWestern link=topic=17546.msg260795#msg260795 date=1495091539]
What is it about a top box and bananas?!
I can put in a couple of unripe ones, commute to work with them in the box and when I take them out its as if they are over ripe..... browning, often with bruises etc. I have tried wrapping them, putting them in another box... At first I thought they were rattling around etc but after wrapping them (even individually) I wonder if it is acoustic related.
That struck a chord when i read that, i put a totally yellow banana into carrier bag with my lunch, which then sits on top of some other gloves and my wetproofs in my top box, so it's on a soft base, and sure enough by the time i get to work it looks like it's been ripening in a fruit bowl for over a week.
How odd? :lol
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Its because bananas produce ethylene gas which is something to do with the riipenng process, if they are in an enclosed space then there is no air for the gas to be diluted in so it causes the banana to ripen very quickly.