Letting A Peeled Banana Get Some Air Makes Sweeter. Peaty Implications?

[Prosper]

I smashed a few bananas up on a plate and let them sit at room temperature for half an hour. When I came back, they were brown, mushy and tasted very sweet. The texture felt less starchy and more fruity than that of a just peeled yellow banana. What exactly happened?

 

[paymanz]

It has amylase,

probably by smashing them you Mix the enzyme with starches and accelerate starch break into sugars.

So its not just peeling,you smashed it.

 

[Xisca]

I have done this all my life, as instinct, now I know I can digest them better, less starch.
Important when not fully ripe.
I usually mix several times, as the surface darken more.

The less starch the more Peat friendly I would say as a general statement!

 

[Prosper]

I have done this all my life, as instinct, now I know I can digest them better, less starch.
Important when not fully ripe.
I usually mix several times, as the surface darken more.

The less starch the more Peat friendly I would say as a general statement!

That's what I thought too. Definitely seems to make digestion easier.

 

[DuggaDugga]

Wow, that's really cool. I've always liked bananas when they're just about brown but historically my lack of patience has caused me to eat some rather "raw" bananas, to my own gastro-discomfort. It seems like bananas stay green forever, so this is a nice trick to expedite the process.
One thing that concerns me about bananas yet is the tryptophan. Wonder if there are some natural tricks to minimize its impact.

 

[Prosper]

Wow, that's really cool. I've always liked bananas when they're just about brown but historically my lack of patience has caused me to eat some rather "raw" bananas, to my own gastro-discomfort. It seems like bananas stay green forever, so this is a nice trick to expedite the process.
One thing that concerns me about bananas yet is the tryptophan. Wonder if there are some natural tricks to minimize its impact.

A small amount of gelatin does the trick.

 

[DuggaDugga]

A small amount of gelatin does the trick.

Sure.
I was meaning more a long the lines of increasing its conversion to niacin rather than serotonin.