Dr Barrie said a ripe banana would give a high VOC reading, Mr Thelning said.

And a ripe banana has four teaspoonfuls of sugar.

A ripe banana is mellow and sweet, but firm.

The neck looked like the remains of a ripe banana squished in a pair of vise grips.

The driver was a young black woman who had dyed her close-cropped hair a ripe banana yellow.

Punyaratabandhu is very keen on ripe banana blossoms as well, but I draw a blank on that one.

Photograph: Getty Images An over- ripe banana is a parent's best friend, its concentrated natural sugars sweetening everything from breakfast to pudding.

More claws appeared as the creature wedged its way in and began to peel our van open like a ripe banana.

She came back, in one of her eternal knitted things, this one like a ripe banana, and sat in the nurse's place.

But through open shop-doors one occasionally catches glimpses of a pretty quadroon face,-withimmense black eyes,- afaceyellow like a ripe banana.

One small ripe banana, on the other hand, packs about 21 grams of Net Carbs and its close relative, the plantain, even more.

Itinerant vendors selling peeled and sliced fruits such as orange, watermelon, ripe banana and apples are a familiar sight at our stoplights and street corners.

The New Zealand market for ripe bananas is valued at over $US160 million.

Cooked spinach, broccoli, ripe bananas, potatoes, peas and cucumbers are also good sources of potassium.

Cut your favorite bakery pound cake into cubes and slice a couple of not-too- ripe bananas.

Resistant starch can be found in ripe bananas, barley, cooked then cooled rice, pasta and noodles.