I prefer them to still be a bit green, and starting to yellow.
I personally prefer a 9 or 10, and would rather an 11 than an 8

Oh nice! Mine is 4 or 5. 3 or 6-9 is acceptable, 10 if I’m starving, >11 if I’m about to die; otherwise it’s being composted. *Sometimes I put ‘overripe’ bananas in the freezer to make banana bread in the future, but I stopped doing this because I don’t like kidding myself.
1-7 would be ideal banana. 8 is ok ish. 9 and 10 would have to be really pushing it. Anything beyond 10 is only useful for getting mashed up to cook banana bread or pancakes with.
lol, I was just thinking that I’d happily eat anything 9+, but 8 is still okayish.
Wait for a 16.<BR> Take a metal straw.<BR> Punch through.<BR> Drink the goodness inside.<BR> Pro tip: If it doesn’t flow well knead it a bit.
Thanks for listening to my TED ed talk.
Love this. Although, tbh the first 5 could be from the same bunch!
8-10 for me. When they’re green at all they taste weird and are too firm, but to each their own I guess.
9 ± 2, 3 if I’m hungry.
8 to 10 is ideal. Below 5 or 6 is not ripe. Above 10 is banana bread territory.
Amazing, a banana scale!
My ideal type would be 8.5 . But I’m happy with 7 - 10.
Correct.
9 to 14
I think they’re a bit tangy when green and don’t like them that way. I prefer full on yellow, perhaps with a smidge of browning.
I get that. I like the tang, they’re a bit too sweet for me when they’re too ripe.
Same here. Also, the greener the banana is, the more resistant starch it has, which is good for your microbiome
Damn right. Maybe with a smidge of peanut butter.
I prefer mine with freckles.
Oh, stop it. You’re gonna make me blush 🥰
Yellowish green. Fiber, sweetness and not a choking hazard.
Between no Green and no brown. So that narrows it down to about 15 minutes. I prefer a bit of brown to a bit of Green
Love a 50/50 green yellow banana. When they have a good snap and that green taste? Yummm
yellow for eating directly, brown for banana bread.
Barely no longer green
This is the correct answer!
All you “Extra ripe” mofos terrify me,
Isn’t it like eating sweet gooey, undercooked eggs or something…
gag
Yellow with freckles. Green is too starchy and weird tasting to me. I like a ripe banana.
Firm, slightly green still.
Yellow, fully ripe bananas, are high in fructans which for me and many others, cause digestion issues, discomfort, and that lingering taste/feeling.
Yep! I learnt that the hard way. It was like I had to burp really badly, but couldn’t. ;-;
For eating, when they have significant brown spots on them. For baking or banana-yoghurt when they are completely brown.
Also obligatory: How Brown has a banana to be, to be Bad?Non existent. I do not recognise this object as food.

3-4 for me.
My vote goes to 3-5
Yeah you’re right. I’d eat a 5.
I’d say 6.5. I like to see a few brown spots but 7 is verging on too far. I’d happily eat any of 5-7.
7 maybe 6
6 looks perfect
Browned and then mashed and then made into banana bread
Yellow with freckles on the peel










