Freezing Bananas June 15, 2026June 15, 2026 But first . . . LINDSEY GRAHAM I totally love this (two and a half minutes you may want to share). Go, Annie, go! TWO PHILOSOPHIES OF LIFE “Be kind and be useful.” — Obama Be brutal and be selfish. — Trump (I put the first in quotes because it is, I’ve read, the exact mantra he drilled into Malia and Sasha as they were growing up. The second I have simply inferred from yesterday’s cage match and, well, from everything else he’s ever done.) BANANAS It’s been years, I think, since I last posted a recipe from Cooking Like A Guy, my not-yet-published cookbook. (I’m waiting for Hollywood to option the movie rights.) But this one is just too good to withhold. Freeze bananas. (Especially good if you’d otherwise wind up wasting them.) Grab one out of the freezer the next day or the next week or the next month and leave it out for half an hour or so, until it gets all sweaty on the outside. Cut it in half with a sharp knife. Grip the left half at the end with your left hand; with your right hand, squeeze the banana, an inch or so at a time, into your mouth. Compost the peel . . . and repeat with the other half. Nothing to wash or clean up. No sugar added. Or artificial anything. Or wasteful packaging. The ultimate banana gelato on a hot summer day. (Speaking of cold summer fruit, see also How to De-seed A Watermelon.)