Bananas are green when unripe. unripe and unprepared recruits who were sent into battle as cannon fodder
Recent Examples on the WebBlack pepper is made from entire unripe mostly green but slightly red berries that have been dried with their pulp and skin intact.—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Apr. 2024 Thinly sliced unripe papaya is muddled with briny crab and topped with crunchy pork rinds for this extra funky take on the classic Thai salad.—The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2024 The skin of an unripe avocado will be hard and green.—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2024 Get the recipe > Curried Green Mangoes Curries made with unripe or under-ripe mangoes are popular in Jamaica.—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 14 Feb. 2024 However, a hard, unripe avocado is best for recipes that call for baking or cooking the avocado.—Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 20 Apr. 2022 Usually served as an appetizer, this spicy-sweet salad makes splendid use of crunchy and tart unripe mangoes.—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 10 Aug. 2023 Manzano bananas are astringent, chalky, and have a tannic aftertaste when unripe.—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Nov. 2023 If all else fails, know that there's nothing unhealthy or unsafe about eating an unripe avocado.—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2023
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