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Something Unexpectedly Cool Happens When You Use Banana Peel as an Ingredient

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Every time you peel a banana and dispose of the skin, you're throwing away a tasty, nutritious snack.

Something Unexpectedly Cool Happens When You Use Banana Peel as an Ingredient
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  • You can also make a bread spread with them.

    Here's the recipe!
    • a dozen banana peels, washed and scrubbed, cut into large chunks (frozen peels are OK)
    • ½ litre of water
    • 800g of sugar
    • juice of a whole lime
    • random amount of cloves and cinnamon
    1. Cook the banana peels in the water, stirring occasionally, for five minutes or so.
    2. Blend the mix.
    3. Cook the blend again, alongside the other ingredients, stirring occasionally, for 40 additional minutes. It should thicken quite a bit, to the point that it detaches itself from the bottom of the pot. Let it cool and it's done.

    You could also cover them in syrup and fry them, but that requires a lot of peels, and unlike the recipe above you can't freeze the peels, it gets a weird texture.

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