Also, back then the most popular variety was a different, slipperier kind of banana than the ones you usually see now.
"In the 1950s, a devastating strain of Panama disease spread through banana plantations in Central and South America, almost destroying the Gros Michael variety all together. Growers had to switch to the Cavendish variety that we commonly eat today–less tasty, but resistant to the disease."
Yes, it happened: people bought them at fruit stands and tossed them on the street. It's not a euphemism for horse dung, as some people think:
https://silentology.wordpress.com/2015/04/01/the-history-of-those-darn-banana-peels
Also, back then the most popular variety was a different, slipperier kind of banana than the ones you usually see now.
"In the 1950s, a devastating strain of Panama disease spread through banana plantations in Central and South America, almost destroying the Gros Michael variety all together. Growers had to switch to the Cavendish variety that we commonly eat today–less tasty, but resistant to the disease."
Gros Michael
Big Michael
Big Mike
Big Mike's Banana... spreading a disease... this is terrifying!
I heard it's the dreaded Blue Waffle disease.