Friday, December 01, 2017

Filthy Friday - Nutrition Edition

Peel that banana and what do you see?...


PHLOEM BUNDLES!...



See those stringy bits? Technically, they're called "phloem bundles" (pronounced "FLO-em") and they distribute nutrients up and down the banana as it grows. They're a rich source of potassium, fibre, vitamin A, and vitamin B6.

We here at Infomaniac want to know ... do you Bitches eat the phloem bundles?

29 comments:

  1. I couldn't think of anything more disgusting. Jx

    [PS Well... I probably could, truth be told.]

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    1. JON: Not only could you think of something more disgusting, you’re doing so right now.

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  2. NOOOOOO!
    Too much Mr Beastie! Too early.
    Sx

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    1. Why did I click that link? I knew what it was going to be, and yet I still clicked.

      Gah!

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    2. MR. DeVICE: It could have been worse.

      At least you didn’t click on this.

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  3. Congratulations ! For finding the word - and for the idea to ask how this parts may be called.
    Now whenever I'll pull this stuff off my banana I will gently hum "Phloem flömmflömm, Phloehm, flömmflömm".

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    1. MAGO: I learned the word this week in a news article.

      I didn’t even know those strings HAD a name!

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  4. I was going to mention Mr. Beast, but I see Scarlet has got in first. It's the damned IDL

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    1. DINAHMOW: The Mistress is not up on acronyms. What is IDL? Do you have a condition we should know about?

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    2. It is possible that Dinahmow refers to the "International Date Line" (part of celestial mechanics I do not understand, here).

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    3. MAGO: We might never know the meaning of IDL.

      Perhaps it's Dinahmow's "safe word."

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    4. hahaha! My "safe word." I see Mr Magic has given you a link with a good, head-spinning explanation, so I shant blather on.But those of us who life on this side of the IDL know that we always come first...

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    5. Thank you to both Mago and Dinahmow for defining IDL.

      The Mistress thought it was either a skin condition or a variation on LOL.

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  5. He'll no. But if you wouldn't mind leaving me a banana next to yesterday's tool. I mean hammer.

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    1. MISTRESS MADDIE: Yesterday's tool ... leftovers.

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  6. Oh great, Brian Doyle-Murry is now shilling for the Banana Growers Council of the Americas.

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    1. LX: Egad, he does look like Bill Murray’s brother!

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  7. I will remember this next time I go down on a veiny banana.

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  8. Stringy bits get pulled off along with the peel for me. Phloem sounds so fancy for something so bitter.

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    1. EROS: Fine. When you’re diagnosed with potassium deficiency, we’re here for you at the Infomaniac Medical Clinic. But don’t say we didn’t tell you so.

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    1. NORMA: We may have no bananas today but who knows what tomorrow may bring.

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  10. Urgh. Now I know what they're called, no, I will not continue to eat them. What a horrible name!

    On a different note: Beast's make-over is amazing! I'd never know it was him!

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    1. MR. DeVICE: What will you do with your phloem bundles?

      Flick them at innocent bystanders?

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  11. I certainly do not. There are plenty of "rich sources" of this and that which I never put in mouth.

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    1. PEENEE: This is rich coming from a man whose primary diet is taco-flavoured food.

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