I got some Gros Michel bananas! Here is my review.
GROS MICHEL BANANA REVIEW:
Gros Michel was the worldwide banana strain until a blight wiped out commercial viability, leading in about the 1950s to a switch to a different banana for worldwide consumption (the "cavendish). Therefore, Gros Michel have become rare. They still exist cultivated in small quantities by heritage farms.
taste: tastes like a regular cavendish banana, albeit a good one. I did NOT detect that it reminded me of "banana candy flavor".
texture: denser, compacts more gooey in the mouth while chewing, which is pleasant on the tongue.
appearance: smaller but otherwise similar to cavendish, skin interior has more texture. It did not seem "slipperier" than a cavendish banana, contrary to claims. I will try making my dad slip on one later to see for sure.
RATING: 4/5 slightly superior banana, but just seems like a particularly good cavendish banana, so delightful but not worth the 17 dollars a banana I paid for the privilege of trying this rare heritage breed.
More information on the Gros Michel banana:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gros_Michel#Banana #Review #Mastodon #FediTips #Foodstodon