Strange Bananas - Weird Fruit Explorer Ep. 185

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"019 Ffuge No Five" by Miranda taylor and Mike Hunchback
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[@nakrul987]

those apple bananas aren't fully ripe, if you let them ripen more they will taste like strawberries

[@Bullboy_Adventures]

They're delicious, but are a pain in the anus to tell when ripe. And if you wait too long, they'll lose flavor. I honestly don't know when they're ready to eat.

[@Phoenix-jt8ko]

nakrul987 i love these

[@Ribbuns]

banana smells like a pumpkin, tastes like apples if it's more ripened it'll taste like strawberries! Fruit salad banana y'all.

[@pjschmid2251]

I’ve only had them once. We bought a bunch of them from a coffee plantation in Hawaii. They planted them as windbreaks and just sold the fruit to tourists who were touring the coffee plantation. We just left them in the car and they were marvelous they never went brown and they were delicious for the entire week we were there.

[@GoldenBoy-et6of]

Nakrul987 , you are thinking of dwarf Brazilian aka Hawaiian apple which gets a strawberry shortcake flavor, the manzano apple banana is different and taste like green apple jolly rancher and top teir banana flavor! Both are absolutely incredible and I have both! Mysore has a candy tartness aswell and those 3 strains are my favorite bananas that I can grow in zone 8b where no one else is growing bananas!

[@derelictshouse]

I Think a sign of a great channel is that for about 14+ minutes I watched someone eat a type of fruit I don't even like.

[@WillGrayCoopcontrol]

Pre-sliced Banana: the best thing since pre-sliced bread

[@onlockmobileskateshop113]

I've seen pre peeled bananas....

[@jaypee6804]

@@onlockmobileskateshop113 That’s ridiculous lol, prepeeled, bananas go brown within a few hours I would think. Maybe it’s different whole.

[@canaan5337]

I like them sliced thin and dehydrated.

[@CondemnedGuy]

This has to be one of the best April Fools I've seen. Totally fell for it.

[@KCJbomberFTW]

I’m dumb. I’ve been sharing this for two days

[@KCJbomberFTW]

I love how he also gets to subtly shit on the cavendish banana while we’re all distracted too 😂

[@josempadilla9761]

Taste like apples and smell like apple.Should be very ripe to taste good.The red banana taste like peach.I have the variety in my yard in Puerto Rico.

[@TheCardbry]

This is a kids magic trick I learned from a book, you take a toothpick slice the banana and all you leave is a hole where it went in. Edit you did not fool me 6:26 i saw the juice come out, Apirls foooooools

[@WeirdExplorer]

Haha yeah I learned it from when I was a kid too. Its surprisingly effective on people though.

[@TheCardbry]

I didn't even notice that you sold the trick so hard, the banana was with all the others, and you were laughing weird, that's the only thing that tipped me off. Watching it a second time your patter is very agreeable.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Brian Roberts Thanks! I've been performing a long time making it convincing is more important than the trick itself

[@FB-mw5gv]

Well I believed it 😂 wouldn't surprise me

[@dhirajgupta9802]

needle you use a needle not a toothpick

[@Charlie_the_Chair]

2:20 *smack smack smack smack smack smack smack* " A P P L E S."

[@hairyballbastic8943]

damn that segmented banana bit actually got me good, really genuine reaction. nice job

[@vernaute2803]

I can never tell when he's lying.

[@Diseaseisreversible]

@@vernaute2803 maybe he's always lying🤔

[@rileyyoung4762]

Damn, you're a really good actor, that seemed like a genuine reaction to that segmented banana, you should be in movies

[@brumm0m3ntum94]

The pre sliced banana probably would’ve gotten me if I wasn’t reading the comments

[@Noah_Canton]

got me bro. ive even see somebody do this before but i heard once that bananas are heavily modified so i fell for it

[@wohdasunleashed]

I'm watching a ton of your videos today and I actually fell for this. You only got me cuz it's not April fool's LOL

[@GHumpty1965]

you got me, I was fooled. I was googling to ry and learn more about that segmented banana. lol

[@WeirdExplorer]

Kelly Richardson that makes me so happy. haha :)

[@angelwhispers2060]

Pre sliced bread was popularized by the world war because it's saved Housewives time and gave a more consistent cut. So it was that much less work to do at home when they had to get off to the factories to build war materials

[@lobomo1]

Man, I was showing everybody that pre-cut banana and only saw it was an April fools joke days later. I got got! Good one!!

[@cosnach6604]

You literally convinced me that there are genetically modified, pre-sliced bananas.

[@kylemeyer4266]

Everyone hates on the Cavendish banana. When they are good they are still one of my favorites. I love the texture.

[@punkyroo]

Unfortunately I've come to be too suspicious about anything on April Fool's Day, so I knew it had to be a joke. BUT you were very convincing in your lie. You presented it exactly as you always do so if I wasn't so cynical, I'd probably have fallen for it. Having said all that, I was trying to figure out if banana #1 and #3 were also fake. :)

[@WeirdExplorer]

Haha yeah me too. I'm always extra skeptical on April 1st. Yeah I was hoping those other bananas would be good misdirection for the fake one 😂

[@WeirdExplorer]

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[@LilithstJayne]

you should try what is called a pink banana. bananas that are small and pink.

[@trex70]

Do they ship to Germany ?

[@kiyosenl.3889]

You had me soso on the sliced banana, i was skeptical but stuff like that sometimes does get made so i couldn't be certain, other thing is i didn't hear about a trend on this 4 years ago like id expect i would if this was real

[@mastermind1099]

There are many wild banana varieties in the forests of North-Eastern India...Most of those banana fruits are non-edible & full of seeds.

[@vilstef6988]

I had seen a version of the slice the banana trick on the cover of a Ripley's Believe it or Not book back in the 70s. Their version involved needle and thread. As soon as I saw the slices I thought of it. A banana which grew with natural slices should be withered and small, and probably rotten because the fruit is broken and the nutrients aren't going through it.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Good Ol Ripleys. Yeah that trick is a classic.

[@amy7189]

I think I first saw it on How 2 in the 90s ^-^ wasn't fooled, but super fun! =) x

[@brianthompson2015]

It's not necessarily strange or rare, but if you want an apple that has a background banana flavor, try an opal apple. The store-bought organic ones I've had have that quality. Thanks for the video, and congrats on 10k subscribers!

[@WeirdExplorer]

Brian Thompson thanks Brian!

[@2celestialchix]

Haaaa! Dang it you got me! (in my defense I just drove from VA to WV and spent the day checking out old mines and then drove BACK to VA) I totally went through my house showing that clip to everyone in my family! Happy day lol. Thanks for the laugh 😂❤

[@WeirdExplorer]

Thanks, glad to hear it :)

[@jennifermesaros9424]

You totally fooled my entire family...me, my 5 yr old AND my engineer husband!!!! Love it esp since we are just this year teaching our 5 yr old about April Fools...now he gets it! Thank you!

[@elizabethshaw734]

We have apple bananas here in Maine and they are a favorite of children especially in lunch boxes. We also have red bananas and baby bananas and all of these can be found in the regular grocery store of decent size here.

[@cindyduangmala554]

I don't know how you ended up in my suggested videos but I'm glad you did I subbed and been watching your videos all day thank you

[@MrHarmfulHarry]

Was expecting a horrific blood-curdling scream saying "HELP ME, MY SKIN, MY SKINNN, KILL ME" when you opened that banana up close and talk about it for so long

[@australiacrazy8882]

The way you spoke about the second banana was very convincing! Can't wait to try that one out. Good video as always, and congrats on 10k subs!

[@WeirdExplorer]

thanks!

[@richardportman8912]

I like it when our hero tells us to go to the market and look for interesting things.

[@TheSeaAdmrial]

Your acting was spot on. Got me good.

[@censusgary]

Good episode! You had me debating with myself whether or not to try those self-slicing bananas.

[@WellWoopdidoo]

My parents told me that they used to pull that trick every once in a while when they owned a corner shop. They also had a lot of customers who would squeeze things before buying them, so they got some squeaky veg to hide in the produce.

[@tty23]

unless someone shows me otherwise, the sliced banana was modified with the needle trick that I learned on Zoom year and years ago...

[@GeminiWoods]

Totally got me lol. Good stuff as always!

[@lisakukla459]

Haha!! I was thinking, "Why would they spend resources developing that? Anybody that can buy bananas surely can also buy a knife. Hell, even a spoon works. How lazy is society going to get?" Nice one. You got me.

[@lilxlate]

COTTON CANDY GRAPES ARE GOD TIER!!! THEY ARE NOT JUST A GIMMICK!!! Haha glad you said you'd buy them again cause they people need to buy more so the growers keep coming out with them!

[@MidnightSt]

yup, you did fool me with the pre-sliced one, because i love scifi and have a bit of idea where genetic research is at, so i imagined splicing a bit of... bean (or ...other sources i don't want to think about), a piece of dna which causes segmentation in these kinds of tubular shapes. you would splice it somewhere to cause the soft white peel to create few-cells thin layers not only between the peel and the meat, but also at regular intervals, how other plants/animals have in their structure. And i'd say that's perfectly doable nowadays, except nobody yet decided that would be a profitable gimmick, probably =D

[@rawhamburgerjoe]

I remember an episode of mr wizard where someone did that with a needle and thread

[@ddubfan]

Oh man, I loved Mr Wizard!!

[@KombuchaBuzzed]

The uneven knife marks @6:45 gave it away. Pretty neat trick. 😄

[@ultimaoportunidadVEVO]

Your channel is awesome. Hope it keeps growing.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Thanks!

[@NigelThornbery]

The Apple banana would be interesting to use when I make banana bread.

[@MiketehTV]

Nice into, that shot of downtown Spokane. I haven't even watched the rest of the video, had to stop and check.

[@mrssandy9170]

I saw it at 6:15, LOL! It wasn't April when I saw it. Thx 4 the fun!

[@ESSBrew]

That "Stick" banana is just a giant Cavendesh

[@miloh9964]

I remember when I was younger my grandparents did that pre sliced banana thing to me and my cousins :)

[@liverocks62]

Yup you fooled me 😂😂😂😂 i knew a about the trick but i forgot it was april 1 and i never expect you would be a prankster 😝👍🏽

[@tyrander1652]

Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameran sent me year to see proof of intelligent design. How else could a banana slice itself?

[@shannabolser9428]

There is an apple that tastes like a banana. It is an heirloom variety of apple. A side by side comparison would be interesting with the banana that tastes like an apple.

[@SQUIGGLEVISION3D]

you totally got me genetic modifications are only getting crazier

[@WeirdExplorer]

:D

[@RedPillVegan]

very cool Channel. will be watching other videos later and subscribed. let those bananas ripen up more and you will enjoy them more

[@8267Rizza]

Embarrassed to say that the banana prank got me...good job.

[@escott1981]

You kinda got me with your joke. When you first peeled it and revealed the slices, I said WHAT?! out loud and you were very convincing. Then I noticed the video was published on April 1st, so I thought maybe it could be an April fools day prank, but I wasn't sure. lol Good one!

[@beigelavender]

Hey, I absolutley love your cannel ! es you got me :D your channel is so informative! Until now I thought there was just only one "kind" of banana in exsistence! Next I`m going to watch your series from the start!

[@ashleyj0]

aww you got me with that second banana! lol

[@johnhmaloney]

I saw the Patreon video last night, so I knew what was coming, and the long buildup was killing me. I just wanted to see how it looked. I think you sold it really well, except there was a little bit of banana that squirted out of the pinhole as you were opening it. I'm not sure how that could have been avoided, but it did kind of give away that the peel had been compromised. Although, I don't know if I would have noticed it if I wasn't in on the joke.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Yeah I noticed that too after filming and figured nobody would really notice. So far seems to be true :)

[@sirspikey]

Bananas is often used as potatoes when they are still green and those we (in europe) buy as a fruit (not a fruit I know) are all cloned

[@krizo96]

My dad showed me that trick using a needle when I was little. Even so, you did have me for a moment.

[@WeirdExplorer]

awesome :)

[@lizbratcher2919]

You fooled me even though I learned how to do that trick when I was a kid! 🤣

[@kenjinks5465]

When I was a kid I learned that you can take a threaded needle and cut a banana into slices under the skin from 'corner' to 'corner' reusing the same hole in as out all around as a way to prank people.

[@mondotwistedmojo]

Definitely...your acting was good. And since it's an old video, I didn't know what day it was.

[@nycbearff]

'Apple bananas are also sometimes labeled manzana bananas - "manzana" is Spanish for "apple". The ones I get where I live are not quite ripe until the peel splits lengthwise - then they are at their best, sweet and delicious. Much better than a Cavendish. And the self-slicing banana didn't make any sense to me, because there is no internal structure in bananas that could be modified to do that - so I didn't believe it, but I thought Jared believed it.

[@4dub802]

That pre sliced banana was crazy asf!

[@ArmindaHeart]

Hahaha you fooled me!! I was waiting for "April fools" from you though because I couldn't believe or understand it

[@franq7764]

I grew up eating Apple Bananas. These bananas don't look fully ripped. It would taste so much better if it was .

[@MrLucky5001]

lol that totally got me. I'm used to you being serious in your videos and I didn't check the date until the end of the video.

[@wagnergauer9133]

I am from brazil , here this variety (apple banana) is kinda more expensive ,about double of the price of a regular one .it's diffidently my favorite kind, you should try letting the peel get some little black spots it's even sweeter that way

[@Realasadonut]

Wagner Gauer agree

[@Nevir202]

I’m in Brazil now, really enjoying the bananas. I’ve been eating several a day lol.

[@matthewgraves6710]

Congratz on 10k!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@WeirdExplorer]

thank you!

[@vickrykayser3129]

I have known how to do that for years, 😂. I have learned one thing, though. If he gives the banana a bad review, that means I would like it. Our tastes in bananas are completely opposite. 😂😂

[@sputnut]

Go to Illinois in the third week of June and pick some wild black raspberries... They make the best jelly you ever tasted. Also, IF you can find some, wild strawberries in Illinois in mid to late April are great. One very rare banana variety to try if you can find some is called Paggi. best banana I ever had, and I have tried several.

[@markedwards4565]

You got me with that one man. Hey, what's the best banana?

[@douglasgrant8315]

5 years later and you still fooled me!

[@himike8299]

You totally tricked my wife and I. We have many bananas growing but still fell for it. Totally forgot it was April Fools day. It seemed totally illogical but with what is happening with GMO these days...maybe. Good job!

[@WeirdExplorer]

haha glad to hear it. Thanks!

[@vsvicente]

Apple bananas have to be reaally ripe to taste well. It sticks on the teeth, if not ripe enough. But they are my favorite ones. Really soft and with a lot of flavor!

[@elenakhusanova2814]

It is so fun to watch it not on April first))) Before I saw slices really believed

[@whoppersrcool]

I spent 15 minutes looking up gmo pre sliced bananas, i didn’t even finish watching the video for the reveal hahaha.

[@shanebep3135]

Not watching this on April fools had me googling this segmented banana! Egg has been slathered onto my visage

[@JustwatchingYouTube42]

I saw a magic show when I was a kid, over 40 years ago, that demonstrated how to slice a banana in its skin. I expect that is what is really happening here.

[@cdfranklin1599]

LOL I had seen that trick before so I knew it was a trick, but you did it well and we're pretty convincing so good job with that. I have yet to try it but I might at some point. I'm not big on bananas myself, but I get them from time to time.

[@WolvenAvalanche]

I found one of these in my sisters drawer. It smelt really weird and was kind of sticky. why hasn't she eaten it yet?

[@aritgirlfoamflinging4816]

Wolven Avalanche how old are you; or were you?

[@aritgirlfoamflinging4816]

Or is this a joke? Cuz I have an idea what it was.

[@WolvenAvalanche]

I was 14 when I made this joke, I'm now 37 4 weeks after making it.

[@GuberShep]

that stick banana looked amazing.

[@aManFromEarth]

Looking like a young Ted Bundy without glasses

[@WeirdExplorer]

I get that a lot. I also get other wholesome characters like Norman Bates and James Deen.

[@veggiemon1]

I grow these. The apple hint is green sour apple flavor.

[@Chris153758]

Watched this on April 9th, not realizing it was published April 1st. When you got to the sliced banana, I watched for a minute or so with great interest, but when you observed how even the slices were, something clicked & I felt an immediate need to check the publishing date...

[@WeirdExplorer]

Haha good to hear

[@Chris153758]

Have you ever tried popoulu bananas from Hawaii? www.bananas.org/wiki/Musa_Popoulu

[@WeirdExplorer]

I haven't! Those look very interesting though

[@jameswest4819]

That is a kind of loose-knit name for that shape of banana. The ones I was used to in Hawaii. They have a slightly astringent tang with most of them. If you want an interesting kind, try the Cuban Red and let it get ripe. Many of the cavendish variety that you currently get are likely to be genetically modified. Most of them are too sweet, even when they are green. They have been plagued with banana disease and since most of them are clones of the same plant, they are susceptible to mass die-offs. They have added genes from other species. In Hawaii there was a lot of emotion about the pig-genes that were put in papayas.

[@cucovermillion369]

I remember Mr. Wizard showed how to slice a banana without peeling it, with a needle and thread.

[@ivykat9009]

The banana seems like a trick I did when I was a kid. I used a pin and went through the peel and sliced it with the the pin with only a pinhole showing.

[@kcraig51]

There is a local Mexican mercado that has them sometimes. I'm in TN.

[@raymction947]

Hahaha The sewing needle trick

[@WeirdExplorer]

simple but effective haha

[@ChozoSR388]

Ya got me. Not gonna lie, that'd be great for cereal, though I like my bananas sliced a wee bit thinner lol

[@jussisalmela1270]

as soon as i saw the second banana open i started to look for needle holes =D

[@howtogame8246]

for a brief moment, you can see the evenly spaced bruises down the back

[@zackaronie.b.2709]

Knee something was up by the tone of your voice when you started talking about it being genetically modified. Granted the first thing i thought of was that dumb kiwi banana thing that went around, though xD

[@SubjectiveFunny]

Love the channel dude, keep it up!

[@WeirdExplorer]

thanks!

[@foreigncordova9461]

You should make smoothies with rare fruit with flavors that go well together stuff like this

[@Krankie_V]

I've seen the slicing the banana in the peel trick with a toothpick. It was clear to me that one was fake, but that got me wondering about the other two, not knowing of those were real reviews or not hahah

[@peervermeiren8902]

Is this the coffee break room of a japanese office for the last one?

[@scottm2553]

Damn I love the music!

[@richardlozano4236]

Have you reviewed any barberries? Wolfberry? I have not watched every episode yet. Enjoying your insight on all the fruit of the world.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Richard Lozano I haven't yet :)

[@richardlozano4236]

www.ecolandscaping.org/09/invasive-plants/eat-your-invasives/ Interesting article about how early settler of the United States made jelly with barberry fruit. Maybe a episode of you walking the countryside or suburbs and tasting what you find? lmkyt Your Paw-paw episode made me soooo want to taste one badly. I'm obsessed getting my hands on one this year. my favorite fruit from childhood was Loquats, just so loquacious are they. I would spend hours gorging on them as a small boy in Campbell, California, coming down only when I had to RUN to the bathroom. haha! Thank you, thank you keep up the good videos. PS - my wife thinks your cute! haha! 😉

[@redson210]

HAha! Good one. That ending was bananas.

[@gretasimmons8987]

We have those bananas in Puerto Rico! The grow everywhere too

[@ImTakingYouToFlavorTown]

alright, I admit that you got me, I searched it up and didn't find anything about the banana.

[@macarilemaricon1994]

I've been bambooozled for real

[@KonaSquid]

wonder if it's a stick banana because it's got a straightened part they can put a stick through for choco bananas?

[@jdhernandez1380]

You should deep fry the mutant banana.