You may not know but it time we embrace blue bananas, but this fruit can also come in a striking bubble-gum shade. This new banana is completely natural as this variety grows in Asia and Fiji, where it’s both humid and sunny.
This blue variety has a surprisingly delicious vanilla-like taste.
The Blue Java banana could well be a trend in light of COP26, where 80 countries have already commit to reducing methane emissions by 30% by 2030.
Blue bananas are better able to resist cold spells than the varieties we are use to, and the trees can withstand negative temperatures of up to -7°C, whereas yellow bananas are usually only grow in tropical environments.
The hardy Blue Java can be find at altitudes of up to 1,800m and is grow in Fiji, the Philippines, and other parts of Southeast Asia.
With the effects of climate change, you can imagine that it won’t be long before this variety of blue bananas will be grown in other parts of the world.
Blue banana is already a subject of great interest as that seeds are available on the internet via Amazon or online garden centres.
People are also raving about this banana variety and its intriguing colour.
But the Blue Java banana isn’t just surprising on the outside; its taste is also distinctly different with a vanilla-like flavour.
People in Hawaii are calling it the “ice cream banana.”
Same Blueberries and Merlot grapes aside, the colour can seem unusual in the food world.
Tomatoes now have a blue variety that can be grow in your garden if the weather conditions are humid and don’t exceed 25°C.
Small in size and reminiscent of the cocktail variety, this tomato, named OSU Blue, was create in the early 2000s by an American research institute.
Then there’s the purple apple-berry, a vine native to the forests of Australia and Tasmania.
The plant’s flowers take a tubular shape, giving rise to purplish-blue fruits.
When ripe, their texture is reminiscent of eggplant and the taste is close to that of an apple.
Vanilla also comes in a “blue” variety, although it isn’t actually blue in colour.
It’s name so because the people of Reunion Island said a plant was “blue” if it was in good health.
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Source : AFP.
