We bought the strangest bunch of bananas last week. They were green when we got them, which is fine, but what’s unusual is that they stayed green. We kept waiting for them to ripen and turn yellow so we could eat them, but…they just kept on being green until suddenly there were 7 very brown and very mushy bananas hanging out on top of the fridge. Ugh. I hate eating mushy bananas, but I refuse to let this tricky bunch go to waste. Lucky for me, overripe bananas are delicious when mixed into batters and cooked. The riper the better, actually, because it’s the really mushy ones that impart the strongest banana flavor. Mmm mmm mmm. My friend Karen was visiting from California this weekend,...
