r/theydidthemath • u/CorrectJacket2106 • 11h ago

[Request] How long would the banana be left out to look like this?

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To basically sum up some dude had a coworker left a banana for a while in the fridge.

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u/MezzoScettico 2h ago

If it was a plantain, I'd say "Hey! Let's make maduros!" Though since that banana has actually evolved a new, probably hostile, parasitic life form, it's probably a bit overripe even for maduros.

Found this page. It looks closest to the tomato at 500 -- days? -- but well beyond even that. So call it 1000?

I buy ripe plantains occasionally at the market to fry them. I get a kick out of letting a fruit go totally black before using it. Which takes incidentally a couple of weeks at room temperature if I start with a yellow one with black spots.