The Banana As We Know It Is Dying Again

Re:The Banana As We Know It Is Dying Again by gumby on Sunday January 07, 2018 @10:12PM (#16094379)

This was a big disappointment for me in moving to North America — how little variety there is in the grocery stores, and how bland the tastes.

Actually I’m overstating it — there’s lots of variety in engineered food sounds like breakfast cereals (though interestingly not in potato chip flavors) but the fruit and veggie choices in the supermarkets are pretty limited and boring.

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Re:The Banana As We Know It Is Dying Again by tallanvor on Monday January 08, 2018 @03:50AM (#16095500)

Try moving to Norway and then tell me you think that the selection in North America has little variety!

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Re:The Banana As We Know It Is Dying Again by herbst on Monday January 08, 2018 @08:30AM (#16096538)

I've "only" spent half a year on SEA, but this is exactly it. I really miss the variety in mangos for example, but also banana, non of the in europe available bananas tastes great compared to average Thai street bananas.

Interestingly enough getting some specific cornflakes was easy and as you said chips and stuff has more variety anyway. On average i had a better selection of swiss chocolate than in neighbooring countries of switzerland.

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Re:The Banana As We Know It Is Dying Again by kenfox on Monday January 08, 2018 @08:26AM (#16096521)

North America is a large place. There are at least a half dozen different climates. Michigan has excellent variety with apples, peaches and cherries for example, but bananas are limited to Dole or Chiquita's Cavendish. Perhaps the availability of local fruit suppresses demand for banana variety. I've only seen more choices of banana in larger cities and university towns.

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