Do not despair, my banana-loving friends!
There's always.... - the squat, squarish Burro, with its tangy lemon-banana flavor;
- the Blue Java (or Ice Cream) banana, which has a blotchy, silver-blue skin and tastes of ice cream;
- the short, chunky red banana and the dwarf or finger banana, both of which are sweeter than the Cavendish;
- the strawberry-apple-flavored Manzano (which turns black when ready to eat);
- the diminutive Mysore from India;
- and the Orinoco with its trace of strawberry flavor.
And let's not forget the plantain.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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