It's a Saturday. My wife told me that almost one-half of our "caravan" banana bunch of fruits is already ripe. Excited, and I considered it an adventure and another good experience to harvest it which is called in Visaya "magtuba".
Hello, Co-Hivers and friends! In this blog, I'll show you some problems on how to cut a bunch of fruits of ripening bananas without crashing it directly on land to prevent the fruits from breaking. Please come with me to our backyard banana plants.
The Problem
I was excited to see that almost one-half of the fruits of bananas were already ripe. But when I looked at the plant, I was sure that if I cut the stem immediately, several pieces of the banana fruits would crash to the ground and eventually break. It would be a waste. So I looked at the tall stem and looked for a possible solution. Would it be a pole with an attached knife?
But, bamboo pole is not available. So, I thought of another means. Make cuts on the stem for me to step on and be able to climb. It's called in our locality "hakhak". Huh! It's a thrill! It could be dangerous because I had bolo with me. But I tried my best to be safe and to succeed as you can see here.
The Solution
I made it!
Success!
The bunch had just hung and didn't touch the ground. So, it's easy for my wife to cut it from the stem. And my boy backed up his mother.
Tasting the ripe ones.
And finally, on the table...
Cooked in the kettle through steaming
Fried in a pan with cooking oil and brown sugar
That was my thrill of a good experience in our backyard.
I think I need to end here, my dear co-Hivers. Thank you for reading until this part here.
See you on my next blog. Keep safe everyone.