At least two of those are Musa troglodytarum, commonly called Fe'i-Banana, which is completly seperat from the Musa acuminata hybrid group that we commonly consume as bananas, Fe'i-Bananas are mostly for cooking which is why they don`t taste that great uncooked and somewhat unripe, they are also healthier then the common banana, due to containing more carotioids and other benificial compounds. They are very characteristic for the ozeania region and their local folklore is pretty intresting too.
I admit, before stumbling into this channel a few years ago, I had no idea how passionate I'd become about the hundreds of varieties of bananas. I see a banana episode, I'm sitting down to watch and live vicariously through y'all.
The best bananas I've eaten were called "red bananas." They were dark reddish brown and super creamy but firm and very sweet. They were about the thickness of a Cavendish but only about 6 inches long.
I'm pretty sure that the capital city is Port Vila (pronounced "veela"). Before being called Vanuatu it used to be called New Hebrides and the colonial powers were both France and Britain at the same time (they called this unique governmental system a "condominium"). I visited the place in the 1970s....
I've always thought I could never in my life go vegan and not be miserable. Watching your channel and realizing just how much variety exists in the world of fruits alone, makes me understand how someone could go their entire life just eating plants and be perfectly happy. I wish the access that you have to all fruits of the world was something more accessible to the rest of us.
The first banana you tried is a Plantain. The 2nd one is called Vietnam here in Vanuatu, don't know why. 3rd one is called Malele. I'll just stop here... Vanuatu has many varieties with wired names.
Wow Guys, Nice video. I liked the new word "Bananacally diverse". You should also visit the rural parts of Nepal to try different types of sweet local banana varieties. Also, the Jajaji banana of North-East India in Meghalaya is really delicious. The farmers of Nongpoh village (which lies about halfway distance in between Shillong and Guwahati) grow and sell them locally. While watching this video, it also reminded me of the sweet and flavorful banana varieties of Manila, Philippines (the Lakatan and Latundan varieties). Keep exploring and posting new videos guys. All the Best.
I'm jealous. I love bananas. Red Thai is about as exotic as I can find here. I like regular Thai, though, when they look like they need to be thrown out they taste like banana pudding.
i wish the USA, and also the rest of the world would make the banana that tastes like subtle strawberry shortcake, the main banana everywhere...He reviewed that in one of his videos...i don't know why they chose Cavendish over that...🌎
@@Dawn-zo2ny: It's because the cavendish is resistant to fusarium wilt, easy to grow, and economically viable. So, as always, the answer is because capitalism.
That's because other varieties have rather thin skins. They don't travel long distances well and bruise much more easily. The Cavendish is not immune to all strains of fusarium wilt either. If you go to South East Asia, you can eat many varieties. Bananas are indigenous plants to the region.
Have you ever had a fruit called sweet cup(aka conch apple, sweet calabash etc)? It is a type of Passionfruit and it seems to have a smooth aromatic flavour like the granadilla
I feel stupid admitting this... But up until about 5 years ago i honestly didn't know there were any other types of bananas except the regular "american" yellow, the mini, and plantains. I have wanted to try the others since i found out many come with big seeds inside and look so different. I love you and Stephen's videos...I've learned alot!
Should have a local guide the selection as they can tell and/or ask the vendors which variety is ripe, it’s characteristics, uses, and cultivation. I have Cuban family and there are stories of when the Russians came they ordered that the green plantain “variety” was to be planted versus the dark “variety”…. The fact is that it is the SAME variety just eaten at different stages of ripening 😂🙄
I now wonder if you'll make it in time to my country before some unforseen disaster hits and takes with it any interesting fruits or veg you might find.
@@keegsmarshall6610 the very deSPICED (pun intended xD) Romania! dum dum duuuum! Anyhow, jokes aside, we have some very interesting fruits and veg ! I know it may sound arrogant, but most of our fruit and veg taste very differently than the ones you find in Europe, even more so in America! My bad, I forgot the side nOTe: It's VERY difficult nowadays, in my country at least, to find genuine Romanian fruit and veg. Unfortunately there has been a trend in recent years for farmers to buy foreign seeds since they are more resilient (but taste a lot worse and bland!)
@@rld1982 Not extinct. Just commercially it was wiped out on large scale farms. Small individual farms still grow them. The thing about bananas is once the soil gets the fusarium wilt fungus (I think it's a fungus?) it will stay there and so when the Gros Michel were infected and died off on the big plantations, the owners had to convert to Cavendish as Cavendish is resistant to fusarium wilt. And it's also a very hardy plant, and in addition the fruit is sturdy and ships very well over long distances (e.g. from Latin America or tropical countries over to Northern America, or Europe) - making it commercially easier to handle and more profitable for the big companies like Dole etc.
You are eating plantain varieties. The first one is also called burro or Hawaiian plantain. They are ripe and sweet when they have large black patches on the skin. They are sliced and fried or boiled.
Lmfao I’ve eaten 120 in a week. Funny how people only know bananas to contain somewhat high amounts of potassium, & not beans, sweet potatoes, spinach, or even avocados.
🍌 OPEN 👐 from the flower end not the stem end.. it's world of difference if you open them from the outer bottom not upper attachment it's designed to STAY together on the plant
Have you ever tried viburnum opulus berries also known as "kalina"? It seems that in the US mostly only the sterile non fruiting shrubs are sold, but in Ukraine the fruiting ones are all over. The plant is medicinal and edible, just not in huge quantities. People make kalina preserves. I think they're beautiful to look at but taste and smell funny!
All these island nations are being affected first by rising sea levels. The people of Kiribati have plans to emigrate en masse eventually to I think, Australia or New Zealand, where they've already purchased land ahead of the move.
I don't like bananas that are "ripe". The banana has to have some green on it. If it has been "ripe" for a couple of days, I'll just pitch it. It's too mushy for me.
People in the West just want one type of banana and they better be perfect! that's why I wish the "BANANAPOCALYPSE" does happen so we stop monoculture and have more varieties available.
i wonder why you never went to indonesia. do you hate our country? because we have special or endemic plants that nowhere else can't find. specifically eastern indonesia
You guys gauging that, if you buy them all from the same grower, their land could be missing nutrients that would increase certain sugar production? Polysaccharide production in apple blossoms increasing due to particular nutrient absorption, leading to their cold tolerance or lack thereof, is one proof of this. Let me know if you want a link
This is also bananas:
ruclips.net/video/M_QhCmUtRns/видео.html
It seems you could set up a list of places you are going, and reach out to your viewers to help find local guides/ translators.
You just ate more varieties of bananas in one video than I've done my whole life.
At least two of those are Musa troglodytarum, commonly called Fe'i-Banana, which is completly seperat from the Musa acuminata hybrid group that we commonly consume as bananas, Fe'i-Bananas are mostly for cooking which is why they don`t taste that great uncooked and somewhat unripe, they are also healthier then the common banana, due to containing more carotioids and other benificial compounds. They are very characteristic for the ozeania region and their local folklore is pretty intresting too.
I admit, before stumbling into this channel a few years ago, I had no idea how passionate I'd become about the hundreds of varieties of bananas. I see a banana episode, I'm sitting down to watch and live vicariously through y'all.
The best bananas I've eaten were called "red bananas." They were dark reddish brown and super creamy but firm and very sweet. They were about the thickness of a Cavendish but only about 6 inches long.
I don’t like red bananas; they taste like flowers to me. My personal favourite are Ecuadorean baby bananas & Azorean baby bananas.
Hey! Six inches is about average, and everyone knows it's all about how you use a banana that counts!!
I often see these in hispanic grocery stores. Very cute
@@DeathMetalDerf6 is average... that sucks.. for.. other people
Did you bring enough for the rest of the class?
Ep 729... I love your dedication Jared, keep it up 😄
Thanks, will do!
I'm pretty sure that the capital city is Port Vila (pronounced "veela"). Before being called Vanuatu it used to be called New Hebrides and the colonial powers were both France and Britain at the same time (they called this unique governmental system a "condominium"). I visited the place in the 1970s....
that's crazy. I didn't know that
Condominiums still exist, like Sint Maarten/Saint Martin.
@@ferretyluv didn't know that. That's very interesting
@@stevemonkey6666 And I just remembered Hans Island is in condominium between Denmark and Canada.
I've always thought I could never in my life go vegan and not be miserable. Watching your channel and realizing just how much variety exists in the world of fruits alone, makes me understand how someone could go their entire life just eating plants and be perfectly happy. I wish the access that you have to all fruits of the world was something more accessible to the rest of us.
Banana-cly diverse...Steven the wordsmith for the win!!
The first banana you tried is a Plantain. The 2nd one is called Vietnam here in Vanuatu, don't know why. 3rd one is called Malele. I'll just stop here... Vanuatu has many varieties with wired names.
thank you! that's very valuable information
Yep, when they said it's starchy I figured that's a plantain.
Wow Guys, Nice video. I liked the new word "Bananacally diverse". You should also visit the rural parts of Nepal to try different types of sweet local banana varieties. Also, the Jajaji banana of North-East India in Meghalaya is really delicious. The farmers of Nongpoh village (which lies about halfway distance in between Shillong and Guwahati) grow and sell them locally. While watching this video, it also reminded me of the sweet and flavorful banana varieties of Manila, Philippines (the Lakatan and Latundan varieties). Keep exploring and posting new videos guys. All the Best.
I went up to that part of India. I didn't go to Nongpoh but I found an interesting variety with seeds in Guwahati
When me and my mum visited Vanuatu we got addicted to the savoury banana chips.
I'm jealous. I love bananas. Red Thai is about as exotic as I can find here. I like regular Thai, though, when they look like they need to be thrown out they taste like banana pudding.
I would love to try different banana varieties, just so hard to find anything other than Cavendish in Europe like most places :(
Same here friend 😭 where are you from? I'm French
i wish the USA, and also the rest of the world would make the banana that tastes like subtle strawberry shortcake, the main banana everywhere...He reviewed that in one of his videos...i don't know why they chose Cavendish over that...🌎
@@Dawn-zo2ny: It's because the cavendish is resistant to fusarium wilt, easy to grow, and economically viable. So, as always, the answer is because capitalism.
That's because other varieties have rather thin skins. They don't travel long distances well and bruise much more easily. The Cavendish is not immune to all strains of fusarium wilt either. If you go to South East Asia, you can eat many varieties. Bananas are indigenous plants to the region.
its funny to watch all the peoplein the background watching you guys filming yourselves eating bananas lol
Have you ever had a fruit called sweet cup(aka conch apple, sweet calabash etc)?
It is a type of Passionfruit and it seems to have a smooth aromatic flavour like the granadilla
I'm surprised you didn't go bananas with all the kinds of fruit you tried in this video. Stay awesome as always!
😂😂😂
Love it 😂
totally nuts
We have first one in trinidad ....we cook it mostly ad call it moko
thanks for the info!
I came here to watch 2 guys share each other’s bananas
@rektexcalibur5254: PHRASING!
I feel stupid admitting this... But up until about 5 years ago i honestly didn't know there were any other types of bananas except the regular "american" yellow, the mini, and plantains. I have wanted to try the others since i found out many come with big seeds inside and look so different. I love you and Stephen's videos...I've learned alot!
I wish I could go to tropical islands to try exotic fruits and anything else than cavendish bananas (I'm european)
Bananas are normally sold green, you need to ripe them at home before consuming, otherwise they rot while you shopping
Have u been to the philippines 🇵🇭 around this time we have some rare fruits fruiting specially in the island of palawan
yep! here's the playlist ruclips.net/p/PLvGFkMrO1ZxJUXAcku5bWdrFXVAsTRFsz&si=cmsLl7yjqArp-YOs
Makes me want to add more varieties to my little collection of banana plants!
Should have a local guide the selection as they can tell and/or ask the vendors which variety is ripe, it’s characteristics, uses, and cultivation.
I have Cuban family and there are stories of when the Russians came they ordered that the green plantain “variety” was to be planted versus the dark “variety”….
The fact is that it is the SAME variety just eaten at different stages of ripening 😂🙄
I now wonder if you'll make it in time to my country before some unforseen disaster hits and takes with it any interesting fruits or veg you might find.
What country are you in?
@@keegsmarshall6610 the very deSPICED (pun intended xD) Romania! dum dum duuuum!
Anyhow, jokes aside, we have some very interesting fruits and veg ! I know it may sound arrogant, but most of our fruit and veg taste very differently than the ones you find in Europe, even more so in America!
My bad, I forgot the side nOTe:
It's VERY difficult nowadays, in my country at least, to find genuine Romanian fruit and veg. Unfortunately there has been a trend in recent years for farmers to buy foreign seeds since they are more resilient (but taste a lot worse and bland!)
I really like the pair of you guys! You’re both different about the way you approach things but you’re a cool team on your search for many fruits
You guys are very tenacious d adjacent if that makes any sense at all!
Awesome video, I am liking the video. I wish the bananas were sweeter! I guess you have to get Gros Michel for that in maybe Thailand.
Hold on, what?!? I thought Gros Michel were extinct?
I've had gros michel a couple times. still exists! here's the review: ruclips.net/video/NqLNNgyiJdY/видео.html
@@rld1982 Not extinct. Just commercially it was wiped out on large scale farms. Small individual farms still grow them. The thing about bananas is once the soil gets the fusarium wilt fungus (I think it's a fungus?) it will stay there and so when the Gros Michel were infected and died off on the big plantations, the owners had to convert to Cavendish as Cavendish is resistant to fusarium wilt. And it's also a very hardy plant, and in addition the fruit is sturdy and ships very well over long distances (e.g. from Latin America or tropical countries over to Northern America, or Europe) - making it commercially easier to handle and more profitable for the big companies like Dole etc.
"bananically diverse" - it's a technical term.
Aw man, it was only 9 minutes long. Have you ever tried the tiny small red bananas? I've seen them at Harris Teeter. They're soft and pretty tasty.
Try to find Burckella's fruit!
We tried
This video is bananas 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌
I love watching two men eat bananas
watching this just to count how many times you will mention “cavendish”
only once? disappointing numbers…
😆
Haha!
Omg you madlad you actually did it
@@Ruirspirul: Gotta get those numbers up, those are rookie numbers!
1:00 Leucaena leucocephala v. glabrata - a very optimistic, invasive and tough mimosoid of the pea family.
You are eating plantain varieties. The first one is also called burro or Hawaiian plantain. They are ripe and sweet when they have large black patches on the skin. They are sliced and fried or boiled.
We have banana in our native place which is light purple in colour
Ooohhh so cool! Where is it ? I'm curious
I feel like a duck's opinion of me very much depends on whether or not I have bread.
A duck loves bread but he does not have the ability to buy a loaf.
Now we could appreciate the amount of banana varieties, agronomist have to eat to produce the Cavendish cultivar 😂
Watch the poor sods get a potassium overdose with all those bananas!
Bananas are radioactive!
Lmfao I’ve eaten 120 in a week. Funny how people only know bananas to contain somewhat high amounts of potassium, & not beans, sweet potatoes, spinach, or even avocados.
@@azoresplayahPretty sure 120 a week gives you a perceptible amount of radiation.
Did you see the Chubby Emu video where the person ate 20+ bananas at one time?
Really love your video's! 😊
Watching you here from Philippines
This is very timely w the banana theme to my own life.
Maaan I wish more Americans had complex palates so stuff like this would get brought in. The health food stores are full of trendy junk.
I should buy more banana varieties. My local Asian market has a few.
I just got some kava from vanuatu. have not yet experienced the hype
No mention of the local names?
It’s totally bananas how many varieties you found!!!
man i love bananas i really want to try more varieties!
Hi, just wanted to ask have you ever had canarium schweinfurthii? Also known as African olive or African elm
I haven't! I've had a couple members of that genius though like the dabai and pili nut
@@WeirdExplorer well if you're ever in Uganda there are a few things you can try the african olive, mbungo, maviru and the oil palm kernel
🍌 OPEN 👐 from the flower end not the stem end.. it's world of difference if you open them from the outer bottom not upper attachment it's designed to STAY together on the plant
I respectfully refuse.
Have you ever tried viburnum opulus berries also known as "kalina"? It seems that in the US mostly only the sterile non fruiting shrubs are sold, but in Ukraine the fruiting ones are all over. The plant is medicinal and edible, just not in huge quantities. People make kalina preserves.
I think they're beautiful to look at but taste and smell funny!
I have a tree of this and it taste metallic and bitter
I don’t think they can reasonably be expected to go to Ukraine right now.
That was totally bananas 😜 🍌
4:03 You said it sister.
Any idea what cultivar banana 2 is? Or the last one?
Those you thought would improve with time, will not. Feed it to your hogs. The second one Jamaicans call Honey. Ties with the Gros Michelle for taste.
Mainly commenting to appease the almighty algorithm. Be well, everyone!!
Hu even bananas taste like apples.
We need to help the guy at 4:04 :(
You need to boil the first one for about 20 minutes.
4:46 that one too needs to be cook as well. All you need to do is ask the local vendors how to eat it. 😂
Got the Big Mike (Gros Michel), the basis of the banana flavor?
yep! ruclips.net/video/NqLNNgyiJdY/видео.htmlsi=fx5m5dSafHJSjew2
You need to learn how to scuba dive. Traveling around those islands without diving and seeing the insane wildlife there is a crime!
mostly under ripe lol nice variety
any viable seeds in all those bananas? some people are concern about the lack of genetic diversity in the Cavendish.
they didn't have seeds but some had a tough core... not that that helps spread diversity to Cavendish countries
Bananical Diversity is great in Vanuatu.
it certainly is
Vanuatu is sinking. I'm glad you went there before it is gone.
All these island nations are being affected first by rising sea levels. The people of Kiribati have plans to emigrate en masse eventually to I think, Australia or New Zealand, where they've already purchased land ahead of the move.
are you ever worried about being allergic to any of the fruits?
She'll be there today
Shoutout to castor beans
I like Steven(stephen)
I don't like bananas that are "ripe". The banana has to have some green on it. If it has been "ripe" for a couple of days, I'll just pitch it. It's too mushy for me.
A few of their varieties can be eaten with 100% green skin but are as sweet as a cavendish. Did you find that variety?
not in Vanuatu I've had bananas like that in borneo though
Y'all are bananas.
i think this banana isnt from south america but its from thai or cambodia or vietnam Sir
Do all banana types ripen off the tree?
People in the West just want one type of banana and they better be perfect! that's why I wish the "BANANAPOCALYPSE" does happen so we stop monoculture and have more varieties available.
❤🍌🍌🎉BANANAS!🎉🍌🍌❤
I think that some of those so called bananas need to be cooked. What you get in the USA is just one variety. Made for the USA market.
"OWAH" 💀💀💀💀💀
❤❤❤❤
Wow, this video was bananas.
Calix? You mean banana butt?
i wonder why you never went to indonesia. do you hate our country? because we have special or endemic plants that nowhere else can't find. specifically eastern indonesia
friend is a knowledgeable guy with 0 swag
also why in the hell have you never demonstrated your contortionist abilities
GO BANANAS`🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🐒
The video was pleasant🤎 the Steven pleased us once more🤎🤍🤎🤍🖤 feast on sexy bananas🤎🤍🤎🤍🤎🤍🖤
You guys gauging that, if you buy them all from the same grower, their land could be missing nutrients that would increase certain sugar production?
Polysaccharide production in apple blossoms increasing due to particular nutrient absorption, leading to their cold tolerance or lack thereof, is one proof of this. Let me know if you want a link