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Musa Today from the Front

I brought it downstairs thinking it would appreciate the sun. Te jasmine didn't like the move, but the musa took off. Maybe a bloom this year.



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It has such big leaves

17 Feb, 2010

 

It does and barely fits in the room. I have to skirt past it to do anything. Now and then I remove a leaf and wrap it around a fish before baking. Steams it with a gentle banana flavor. :-)

17 Feb, 2010

 

You wan eat it aswell ? It sounds nice

17 Feb, 2010

 

It is nice to have. I learned to use it in Mexico, wrapped around a red snapper. Amazing that this whole plant smells like a banana.

17 Feb, 2010

 

It's looking fantastic. Didn't ever think about the leaves' uses. :-)

18 Feb, 2010

 

Thank you David. It makes a wonderful flavor and seals in the steam. I'd never know without eating from a tropical menu. I've never been anywhere else where you'd just pull a leaf to seal up your food. :-)

18 Feb, 2010

 

Sounds delicous not only looks good but taste s good too;0)

18 Feb, 2010

 

Thank you PP. It is a tasty dish. :-)

19 Feb, 2010

 

Ok..now I would not mind having one of those..I used to have a basket made of Banana leaves..until Phoebe as a puppy chewed it..buzz saw teeth you know..
Love the idea of using the leaves to steam...only in the tropics..wonderful...yummmmmm..

24 Feb, 2010

 

:-) Be ready. This was just a little banana houseplant from Lowes and now its 4ft wide and tall. Needs its space. Feels tropical to make fish in banana. :-)

24 Feb, 2010

 

again I say...Yummmmm :o)

26 Feb, 2010

 

:-)

27 Feb, 2010



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