bananas and milk

orange · #1 Mar 29, 2006, 11:26 PM

I just had this weird memory of my bio mom feeding me a chopped up banana in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar and milk poured over it, like cold cereal except minus the cereal. I've never eaten this as a teen or an adult, and I forgot all about it until just now. Is this something that other people eat too? Just curious.

DJ 'H' · Mar 30, 2006, 01:11 AM

I have never eaten this before, but my mum used to chop up a banana put it in a bowl and spinkle sugar over it. I think it was her way of trying to encourage me to eat something that was good and healthy for me. I never used to like bananas and I still don't - but my mums way of trying was by putting sugar on it - but even with her efforts it still didn't work. Bless her for trying though xx

fredg · Mar 30, 2006, 04:22 AM

Hi, Orange,
Copped up banana, with milk and sugar. Sounds good.
I've never eaten this either, without cereal added to it.
Either I read the answer previous to this one wrong, or DJ said she hadn't, then said she had! Anyway, it does sound good.

DJ 'H' · Mar 30, 2006, 04:32 AM

I have enver had it with milk - thats what I was trying to say - sorry! very tired, not really with it.

fredg · Mar 30, 2006, 05:12 AM

Hey, DJ,
It's hard sometimes to read everything; I do it, too.
Hope you get some rest, and hope you have a great day.
Best wishes.

DJ 'H' · Mar 30, 2006, 05:18 AM

Cheers Fredg

orange · Mar 30, 2006, 09:57 AM

Thanks guys.. hmmm. Weird. I wonder if my mom made it up herself? I searched on Google for a while last night and couldn't find anything about it, either.

Jonegy · Apr 1, 2006, 05:54 PM

Hi all

Yes. I can remember having banana with milk as a child - I think it may have been one of the earliest and cheapest fresh fruits available in the post war days.

On a similar refrain, one use of bananas I brought back to the UK with me from Brazil was banana plus any other fruits available, "blitzed" with milk - (we never added sugar). The kids loved it and it is as popular these days with thr grand-kids. We have always used the Brazilian term "vitaminas" but of course it is more commonly known as "smoothies" these days. (Wish I had had the idea of marketting it !!!)

orange · Apr 3, 2006, 12:13 PM

Oh thanks Jonegy! It's not a big deal really but it makes me feel better to know someone else has heard of this too!

Zipper · Apr 5, 2006, 02:36 PM

I had this as a kid in the late 40's - early 50's, it definitely was the cheapest kind of "fresh fruit" everything else was canned (postwar rationing).
True luxury was replacing the regular milk with tinned condensed milk which was much creamier.



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