Wednesday, April 15, 2020

April 15 - National Banana Day


Happy National Banana Day! On April 15, today takes a bite out of the fruit that also makes an excellent prop for jokes! With that said, feel free to go bananas! 

Today focuses on the nutrition of the fruit as well as the way comedy has used the banana in its acts. This low fat, low-calorie snack offers a boost of fiber, potassium, and vitamins, with B6 and C leading the way.  

It also provides a healthy gram of protein as well. Add a banana to your morning cereal or grab one to go with your granola. 

They also add so much delicious flavor to baked goods. Many bakers know that when those bananas turn brown to toss them in the freezer for baking muffins and breads later. 

As far as the humor goes, anyone goes a little bananas when they slip on a peel. Or is it the peel of laughter that makes them go bananas? Hold up the banana like a phone and get your comedy routine going. Regardless, it might appeal to someone. 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

Write a little message on a banana and tuck into your loved one’s lunch. Add bananas to your lunch routine. They’re inexpensive and delicious.  

Children and adults love them, so you just can’t go wrong. Use #NationalBananaDay to share how you #CelebrateEveryDay on social media. 

Try these recipes by visiting the websites below: 

FUN FACTS: 

There are all varieties of bananas throughout the world. Grown in more than one hundred and fifty countries, they are widely believed there are more than one thousand types of bananas! 

Each are subdivided into fifty groups. The most common is the Cavendish, the one most frequently produced for export markets. 

Ken Bannister (USA) owner of the International Banana Club Museum in Altadena, California, USA has 17,000 banana related articles which he has amassed since 1972, all of which are on display in the museum.  

The museum consequently opened in 1972 and has over nine thousand members from twenty-seven countries worldwide. The collection includes banana slippers and suits, banana pops, pots and pipes, games, puppets, etc. 

The most bananas peeled and eaten in one minute is eight. This was achieved by Patrick Bertoletti (USA), at Sierra Studios, East Dundee, Illinois, USA, on January 14, 2012. 

Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, known for its banana farms, hundreds of volunteers spent twelve hours during its Feast of the Senses Festival building a 4.99 mile banana split in March 2017. It included 40,000 bananas, more than 2,000 gallons of ice cream and 528 gallons of toppings! 

HISTORY 

The word is still out about who created this national holiday. However, National Day Calendar® has sent out several bananas to track them down. 

#NationalBananaDay 
@Chiquita
@BananaRepublic
@JellyBellyUSA
@andywarholpage
@maurizio_art
@Raffi_RC 
@GuinnessWorldRecords
@InternationalBananaClub  
@InternationalBananaMuseum 
@nichecinema 

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