The "Meal in a Dish" Story

It was an ordinary day. Having a banana with my cereal for breakfast. You did know that the banana is America's second most popular fruit. Great source of potassium. Got the banana at the grocery store, since the bananas growing in my bedroom aren't ready to eat yet. Yep, have a banana tree in the bedroom. Matter of fact, we have 9 banana plants growing in our house. They are primarily ornamental, but they at times produce bananas. Indoor plants reduce components of indoor air pollution as well as remove carbon dioxide from the air. Plants are also known to reduce airborne microbes and increase humidity. This will be the second bunch of bananas that we have had in the last 10 years. The first bunch did not grow large enough to eat, and I fear that may be the case again. After a banana stem produces a flower, which turns into the actual bananas, it slowly dies, even if the flower is cut away or no fruits are produced. The leaves begin to yellow and the stem itself rots, eventually falling away from the clump to the ground. That is what happened the last time and I'm sure it will happen again. But, the banana plant is continually renewing itself by sending up new stems. The stem that has produced the latest flower and bunch of bananas is a shoot from the previous plant that bore fruit and died. Pretty neat to watch how the plant can perpetuate for generations. As our banana trees grow, they all have shoots that can separated from the mother stem and replanted. We now have 9 plants that are in full growth that we have started from other plants. No carbon dioxide in our house! My one wish with our last batch of bananas is that it will supply me with a source to keep a few scoops of ice cream aligned in a dish. Oh yeah, I'll also need the chocolate, caramel, and pineapple syrups as well as the whipped cream and cherries. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.PS - the photos that follow are the banana plants that are growing in our house. The first 2 photos are the plant that is going to bear the fruit.