>while eating alfalfa sprout/avocado nori rolls (vegan biogenic >sushi?), A food combo I've never even contemplated, much less eaten. I'll have to keep that recipe in mind! Thank you. On the other hand, I'm mostly eating my foods like animals and Instinctos now, one food item at a time, so I don't often "do recipes." >swami banana gave a workshop there at one point, dressed in >yellow with dark brown/black spots. Good story; I enjoyed it. >my last year of high school involved, among other things, buying 40 pound crates of >organic bananas & keeping them in my room to slowly ripen. turning almost >completely dark, the inside would remain pristine white. amazing what lack of >handling will do to the "bruising problem." So how does one go about buying a 40# crate of bananas anyhow? How long do they take to ripen, and how fast do you have to eat them when they do? I assume they all ripen at once, no?