YOU SHOULD EAT THE EVIL THING

Tormenting animals for fun and profit. But mostly fun. Such wickedness.
Personally, I sympathize with the icky little furballs, as I too am conflicted about bananas.

SENSELESS CATSPLOITATION VIDEO

[SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJjReLsq5DM.]


It is a well-known fact that bananas are the Devil's fruit. For one thing, in their raw state they make me itch for several hours.

On the other hand, sliced bananas sprinkled with brown sugar, wrapped in mille-feuille pastry, and then baked, can be quite delightful. And bananas foster made with 151 Demerara Rum and a few dark chocolate curls may very well have been the food of the gods on Olympus.

Always have a bottle of rum on hand.
In case of banana attack.



Recipe for Bananas Foster from Brennan's in New Orleans:

Ingredients:
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup banana liqueur
4 bananas, cut in half lengthwise, then halved
1/4 cup dark rum
4 scoops vanilla ice cream

Directions:
Combine the butter, sugar, and cinnamon in a flambé pan or skillet.
Place the pan over low heat either on an alcohol burner or on top of the stove, and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves.
Stir in the banana liqueur, then place the bananas in the pan.
When the banana sections soften and begin to brown, carefully add the rum.
Continue to cook the sauce until the rum is hot, then tip the pan slightly to ignite the rum.
When the flames subside, lift the bananas out of the pan and place four pieces over each portion of ice cream.
Generously spoon warm sauce over the top of the ice cream and serve immediately.

[SOURCE: http://www.neworleansrestaurants.com/new-orleans-recipes/recipes_brennans.php.]


NOTES: Instead of banana liqueur, use only rum. Omit the cinnamon, it's useless. Add a pinch of nutmeg for fragrance instead. Breyer's Natural Vanilla Icecream is the best. When you remove the banana pieces from the pan to serving plates, add a drop or two of genuine vanilla essence and a few thick curls of Scharffen Berger bitter chocolate (use a fruit peeler for this) before adding the icecream.


You'll need a shot of espresso afterwards, to counteract the sugar coma. Unsweetened. It's worth it.


I would also suggest passing around cigars. La Flor Dominicana Ligero Mysterio Oscuro is an excellent choice, and quite one of the most elegant perfectos ever made. Many retailers are running out of stock of the product under that name, but it is now produced as La Flor Dominicana TCFKA M ("the cigar formerly known as .... ") due to some pissy legal action by another tobacco empresario. Available in a box of five.
It is an absolutely perfect smoke.
Pairs well with chocolate.
Spicy notes.



[SOURCE: Neptune Cigars Inc..]



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