Dariusz ROZYCKI <[log in to unmask]>: >what's the story on commercial bananas? I find I can eat them while >organic ones have no taste or taste bad. what do they put in them? >are they a really bad fruit for IE? Tom: According to the book "Diet for a Poisoned Planet", bananas are one of the safest comercial fruits. It seems that despite use of pesticides and fungicides, the thick peel of the banana absorbs most of the "bad stuff", and the fruit is OK (so long as you don't eat the peel). Organic bananas are also fumigated, for that is required for import into most countries. Organic fruit has a somewhat different distribution network, so perhaps the organic fruit was refrigerated longer, or not fully ripened? As growing organic bananas is a specialty crop, perhaps the growers are growing a bug-resistant, but less tasty, variety than the standard commercial growers? [Speculation]. As I'm not an instincto, I will let others comment on the use of bananas in IE. Regards, Tom Billings [log in to unmask]