[Sca-cooks] more on bananas

[Decker, Terry D.]

It is identified as a banana peel in the popular press, who presumably got
the information from the archeologists.  I believe it was examined by a
qualified archeobotanist, but would need to verify that.  AFAIK, the
official report hasn't been published.

Bear

> Quick question:  Are we all sure this was a banana
> peel discovered in an English midden, and not a
> plantain peel? The latter, IIRC, ripen much, much
> slower than bananas.
>
> Balthazar of Blackmoor