Electric Banana Ripening (Oct, 1938)
Electric Banana Ripening
THE ripening of bananas, which are cut from the trees when green, requires carefully controlled heat and humidity. A new and positive method has been devised by using electric strip heaters mounted under water pans suspended from the ceilings. The rooms in which the bananas are ripened are specially constructed, practically air tight, and with refrigerator-type doors. Thermostatic control maintains the room temperature between 60 and 75 degrees, depending on how green the bananas are when placed in the room and how soon it is desired to complete the ripening process which is from 48 to 60 hours.
“Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan’ go home”
Nothing to do with the lyrics to “Mellow Yellow?” Electric-banana ripening.
According to Donovan’s autobiography, definetly not…
Well, that can also be accomplished in two words: “newspaper wrap”.
@Jari: “Come, Mista Tally-mon, tally me bo-na-na…..”
@Ryan:
“Gimme dat, gimme dat, gimme dat banana…kisauweela, kisauweela, kisauwee-eee-eela”
Not sure how that late part should have be written….