Recipe for Banana Pancakes

Banana Pancakes

5/5/2017

The Gros Michel Banana

https://tinyurl.com/koratf2 The Gros Michel Banana

Did you know that the bananas found in most grocery stores in North America are not very disease resistant because they are all clones! They are sterile, and asexually reproduced (new plants grow from part of the parent plant.)

That’s right. Every single one is an exact copy of the other. It makes for great uniformity, but lousy disease resistance.

The bananas we eat today are a variety called Cavendish, but our grandparents ate a variety called Gros Michel. In the 1950s a fungus took out so much of the Gros Michel crops, that the plantations that grew bananas for the North American market started growing the Cavendish banana instead.*

The Cavendish Banana

Eternal Life is the symbolism of the banana plant, so in a Hindu wedding ceremony in India, (especially in Southern India) it is used as a decoration to symbolize fertility, a symbol of the birth of future generations.

Banana Plants Are Used To Create A Decorated Entrance

https://tinyurl.com/lnhyz87 Banana Plants Are Used To Create a Decorated Entrance

Banana Pancakes

Recipe makes 12 pancakes

Ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 ripe bananas, mashed

Directions

1. Combine flour, white sugar, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together egg, milk, vegetable oil and bananas.
2. Stir flour mixture into banana mixture; batter will be slightly lumpy.
3. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Cook until pancakes are golden brown on both sides; serve hot.

Recipe Courtesy Of: Cristina Mucciardi

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