January 2024
I made my first banana bread the other day, that traditional way to use up overripe bananas. I used a recipe from the 1950s and it turned out pretty well, or so those who ate it said. Looking for a new topic for my articles on roads less travelled in writing on Australian cuisine, I needed to look no further than the banana bread in my hand. I wondered when banana bread was first baked in Australian kitchens and what other culinary uses the banana been put to since its first appearance at the Australian table.
