| Seeing that the fruit you bought is about to cross the line from ripe to overripe isn't usually a cause for celebration. It means it's time to make inventive salad. But with bananas, I'm never bothered when one gets a little brown around the edges—that means banana bread is in my future. The sweetness and mushiness of overripe bananas doesn't make them an ideal snack but adds so much to the batter of banana bread. But what about when you're ready to bake a loaf of moist, comforting quick bread, and you're bananas are far from overripe? Can you still use them? Read more... |
