Regular grocery store variety.

Can you eat the skin and all?

I am not wondering if it is edible in a ShoeNice way.

But is there any real value in eating the skin.

If not all the skin, what about scraping the inside of the skin down and eating that? My guess would be that has to have some caloric value.

Just had a banana and wondered.

Never tried.

My big worry would be whether I could wash it well enough to get rid of whatever pesticides/etc. are on the skin of the banana.

The skin of the banana would be pretty nasty and probably I don't know if it could even be digested.

We have a banana expert here on SIGforum. Waiting for him to check in on this thread.

Anxiously awaiting input from sigmonkey...

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/bananus

even monkeys & chimps peel their bananas. Seems to have occurred naturally to them so maybe that's telling us something.

Banana peels are not poisonous. In fact, they're edible and packed with nutrients. "Banana peel is eaten in many parts of the world, though [it's] not very common in the West," Flores said. "It contains high amounts of vitamin B6 and B12, as well as magnesium and potassium.

According to GOOGLE. Waiting on sig monkey for the definitve report.

There was a video of a pro or college football player last year, cannot recall who it was, that eats the whole banana, peel and all.

I forget the question my daughter was trying to answer, but remember a science fair project with banana skin left outside to rot/go away, etc. It took literally forever. I think we may have eventually just tossed it in the trash or deeper into the woods etc. Therefore - my conclusion is: pretty undigestible by most things. May not hurt you, but would probably pass thru as undigestible fiber. I wouldn't want it passing thru me....

I love bananas and have one on my cereal every morning, but I hate banana “strings,” so eating the whole thing doesn’t sound very appetizing to me.

A monkey never considers eating the banana peel, wearing Crocs, Birkenstocks or white after Labor Day.

You can eat the banana flowers. I have seen these at asian food stores but have not tried cooking banana flowers, yet.

https://www.thespruceeats.com/...nana-flowers-4065642

Why would anyone think of eating a banana peel? Whatever nutrients they may contain are found in some other food sources I'm sure that are more palatable.

Jim

Haven’t you guys ever heard of Mellow Yellow?

You’re supposed to keep the stringy part and dry it out. Then you smoke it.

Not sure about eating them but I know they can be smoked...in between meals

Asian elephants eat the entire banana whole. Actually, entire bunches whole. I witnessed this in Thailand, years ago.

I suppose it would depend upon what the banana was used for before you ate it?

Wouldn't an elephant eat a whole orange, honeydew melon, watermelon, etc. as well? Rind and all?

What animals eat and don't eat aren't necessarily a good indicator of what your stomach could..... stomach. lol

I think it would be incredibly hard for you to digest.