Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Bananas
When I was on Guam I often stayed while my assistant crew chief took a trip, and he stayed when I took the trip. That gave me time to walk out into the jungle to see what I could find. I had seen large bananas that others had brought in, but they were empty skins much as a lima bean pod before the beans grow. They had been picked way to early.
When I found some that were real fat but short, I took that bunch and not knowing better assumed that the reason they tasted so good was simply that they were mature and ripe. The taste was great.
The next time I saw some was in Colima Mexico and I heard them called apple bananas. If I remember correctly Madeline remembering them from when she was a little kid had another name for them. Here at the store they were called finger bananas. I had seen some several years ago but they werent good but these looked good so I did buy some. They were packed six to a bag and labled from Honduras. When I got home I ate one and it was good.
Back to Guam, instead of simply chopping the banana stalk down I took Jim Caves on my shoulder so he could reach the bunch, which he did. But as my face touched the dry leaf the wasps came off their nest and about nine of them rearranged my face.
When I went down to the flight line to meet my plane, wearing a clean uniform and a puffy face Hough Wragg the assistant, didn't recognize me. NJR
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