Bananas rip fast. One moment they are all green and astringent. Another moment they are all yellow and starchy full of sweetness. One night I looked at my remaining five bananas in distress. Any moment, any of those bananas would fall off from where I hang them. They were getting overripe.
And then I remembered the blender that I bought in year 2004 and I have yet to open the box and use it. (Why did I buy it in the first place?!)
So I screamed from the kitchen …
Me: Cyn, could you please look up the Internet on how to make banana milkshake?
Cyn: Banana milkshake?!
Me: Yes please. I want to make banana milkshake.
After a minute or two …
Me (screamed from kitchen through closed door): What have you found?
Cyn: 1 cup of milk with 1 banana.
Me: Come in and let me show you something.
After looking at my blender …
Cyn: You want to make milkshake?
Me: As a matter of fact, yes.
Cyn: In the middle of the night?
Me: But these bananas won’t survive till next morning!
Cyn: But it is now midnight!
Me: I know! But look at these bananas!
Cynthia gave up. I threw in 2 bananas into the blender with 2 cups of skim milk and a teaspoon of sugar and …
Cyn: How is it?
Me: This is not right. I can only taste milk.
Cyn: Oh well …
Me: Let me throw in more banana and add more sugar.
In the end, I blended 5 bananas with 2 cups of milk. I think I have added too much sugar. Of course I could not finish all the banana milkshake on the same night and I stuffed them into the frig. Somehow it didn’t look the same the next day (with a layer of grayness on the top). I think I have yet to master the art of making banana milkshake. Anyone care to share some best practices with me? I reckon I shall try to blend the banana and full cream milk with ice-cream and to add nutmeg and cinnamon for flavor.
2 replies on “Banana Milkshake”
Actually I thought the ratio is like 2 bananas to 1 cup of skim milk. I had tried making making shakes before but those were with my protein shakes plus some crushed ice, and ice cream. I think I was the only person willing to drink that lethal concoction.
Even with 2.5 bananas to 1 cup of skim milk, I found the texture a bit thin. Somehow the banana pieces didn’t quite blend well with milk. I need a “glue” somehow. I thought of ice cream. Crushed ice is interesting. I may wish to give it a try the next time I need to blend all the overripe bananas in one go!