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I prefer a very ripe banana, though uncooked makes my mouth itchy and I get violent heartburn... I'm allergic to cross pollination in bananas, so I can only eat them cooked.

Five, six, or seven. I'll go to eight, to not waste the banana. I'll eat four on cereal. I'd never eat one, two, or three.

7

For eating, when they have significant brown spots on them. For baking or banana-yoghurt when they are completely brown.
Also obligatory: How Brown has a banana to be, to be Bad?

When they are brown and mushy.

Because thats when you can turn them into banana bread.

If I am going to just eat the banana by itself, I prefer it to look fake as fuck and bright yellow. Just ripe enough that the peel isn't super hard to remove.

I haven't tried frying one, tho. Might be better if it's still green for two reasons: Higher sugar content for caramlizing and firmer so it doesn't just melt away.

3-4 for me.

Very under ripe. I like how it tastes likes shit and leaves that weird coating on your tongue that is hard to get rid of. Refreshing.

Quite.

I dont know when in the lifecycle of a banana this happens, but after they transformed into banana ice cream

Barely no longer green

For frying, green is good. For eating as dessert, dark yellow with freckles

Right before they're good only for sweet bread.

Yellow with freckles. Green is too starchy and weird tasting to me. I like a ripe banana.

I personally prefer a 9 or 10, and would rather an 11 than an 8

I like em when they start to ferment

Artificial.

yellow for eating directly, brown for banana bread.

The riper the better

Do plantains count? If so may I introduce you to the illustrious jibarito

I think they're a bit tangy when green and don't like them that way. I prefer full on yellow, perhaps with a smidge of browning.

I prefer mine with freckles.

I really like them almost entirely brown, mashed up with butter and mixed with some flour, sugar, an egg or two and a hint of vanilla extract, all baked in the oven for like an hour.

Yellowish green. Fiber, sweetness and not a choking hazard.

Love a 50/50 green yellow banana. When they have a good snap and that green taste? Yummm

Between no Green and no brown. So that narrows it down to about 15 minutes. I prefer a bit of brown to a bit of Green

Firm, slightly green still.

Yellow, fully ripe bananas, are high in fructans which for me and many others, cause digestion issues, discomfort, and that lingering taste/feeling.

green to lime yellow.

I like the freshness and grassy flavor.

my parents would eat them black and it just put me off them.

I rarely have a banana unless it's with rice crispys or cheerios.

still be a bit green, and starting to yellow.

Same. Bananas, avocados, and artichokes all get this weird but similar taste when they get ripe beyond the point I can enjoy them. Idk what it is exactly or even how to describe the taste, but some people seem to either not notice a difference or actively be seeking it out.

Most ready made guacamole always seems to have that same flavor. Honestly not sure if there's even a name for it, but it almost makes me gag.

Blender with protein powder and blueberries. Cannot handle the texture at any ripeness