Going bananas or easy vegan dessert

From champagne, cream, lemon, saffron and mustard - yellow is the hottest colour this season. The model is wearing bananas in amarillo yellow with deep chocolate spots. Chiquita brand is definitely passé, in are niche brands from independent local sellers. We chose a no-name brand from a small vendor with a stand in the day market in Mae Sot (second one on the right pass the dried shrimp and batlenut sellers coming from Paradatwithi Rd). They are thinner, come in slightly smaller size and their delicate, feminine silhouette and soft curves make them a perfect fit for petite shapes.



This recipe manifests:

• absurdism* -  if you find the wold an absurd place this recipe is for you
• women's body image satisfaction - if you think fashion industry and mass media distort image of female body causing dissatisfaction of women and girls with their bodies this recipe is for you (you don't see what does it have to do with the recipe? Well, we live in an absurd world...)
• anti-consumerism - bottom line buy less, only 3 ingredients for this recipe

How to choose perfect banana bunch
Bananas are available here in various odd places. This is due to the fact that many people have banana trees in their gardens so even if you sell tires you may just as well put out the bananas that has just turned ripe and sell them for couple of baht. If there is no one with a banana tree near you go for the ones that look less perfect. If there are any varieties available choose the smallest ones - they generally have more flavour (yep, that's my technical banana knowledge). And if you lucky enough to find the red bananas you can confidently choose those against any other variety. They are sweet without being bland and have pleasant sour hint. These are available here rarely as everyone prefers to eat them themselves instead selling them but I remember seeing them in WholeFoods

This dessert may not look beautiful or appealing as a matter of fact but is really delicious and dead easy.

Bananas and coconut dessert

Ingredients (serves 2):
- 2 small bananas (preferably red bananas), diced
- 125ml coconut milk
- 1 spoon of palm sugar (jeggery)

Preparation:

1. Turn on some cheesy holiday tune that will remind you of lazy afternoons on the beach under a palm tree, like Kokomo by Beach Boys
2. heat coconut milk in a pan, add sugar and stir in until dissolves
3. add banana pieces and cook until the milk almost evaporates and bananas start to stick to the bottom and become gooey in a toffee sort of way (about 10-12min)
4. transfer to serving cups and enjoy hot or cold

If you live in a place with miserable weather or long winters this makes a perfect dessert for Summer Party to keep you going before the spring - ask everyone to wear their summer clothes, play summer party hits and serve summery foods. Just remember to turn your heating on max at least 12 hour prior to the party...

*Absurdism - a philosophy stating that the efforts of humanity to find meaning will ultimately fail (and hence are absurd) because the sheer amount of information as well as the vast realm of the unknown make certainty impossible and explores how individuals, once becoming conscious of the Absurd, should respond to it.
In search for a meaning in a meaningless world, humans have three ways of resolving the dilemma:
a) suicide
b) religious, spiritual, or abstract belief in a transcendent realm, being, or idea
c) acceptance of the Absurd

Stay tuned to see which way chooses the author of this blog! (no posts my suggest option a)