Banana

Attractive taste, softness due to its sugar content in food are particularly popular, especially among children. But as adults ...Bananas do not contain much protein, but more potassium than other fruits. Potassium is generally equated with salt, which is not the case for the banana that contains almost no, making it the perfect ally in the fight against hypertension.It does not contain gluten and some vitamins. However, due its high calorie (90kcal / 100g), it is the fruit of the effort to eat when sports or without food as an if. It has the merit of "stalling" and stave off hunger. 
The models know and that is why it is not uncommon to see backstage nibbling a banana. Note that dried banana contains more energy than fresh, and triples its energetic properties.Easy to carry thanks to its natural protection, it is contrary to conventional wisdom, the combined "anti-nuisance snacks" and therefore the line! 

In cases of anemia, it is recommended to eat bananas because they contain a lot of iron, which gives a boost to the production of hemoglobin.It also contains calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and zinc.
People wishing to quit smoking also have an interest to use bananas. As vitamins B6 and B12, and magnesium they contain help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.Its vitamin C content, high before it is ripe, declines with the maturation of the fruit and becomes negligible.
Outside the banana dessert the most consumed in Europe, there are some varieties that contain less sugar and more starch. That is why they must be cooked before being eaten, and are an important part of the diet of some tropical regions, a kind of variant of cassava. They can be called "Plantin 'in the Caribbean and Africa Matoke. 
The banana has a growth that looks more like a grass than a tree, it is more sterile and can not "reproduce" without the help of man. The fruit grows from the unfertilized flower.Each flower contains from 10 to 12 systems, each system containing 12 or more fruits. Total flowering can produce between 120 and 200 fruits, and weigh up to 40 kg. The banana can produce 5 to 60 years, but usually replaced after 20 years. 

The leaves are large and used to make the roofs of the huts, to wrap food or other items.Bananas are grown in most tropical countries, but especially in Central America and the Caribbean. 
Transportation of this fruit without damage is difficult, and large ocean exports, for example from America to Europe, rely on specially constructed ships, with compartments ventilated and kept at carefully controlled temperatures. Bananas are loaded when they are green and ripening begins and continues on board in special warehouses.Clafoutis with banana (6):

•     5 bananas
•     6 eggs
•     20 gr margarine.
•     1/2 L of skim milk.
•     2 tbsp. tablespoons of soft brown sugar
•     2 tbsp. tablespoons white sugar powder
•     1 tablespoon. tablespoons of granulated sugar
•     1 tablespoon. coffee vanilla extract.
•     1 pinch of salt

Boil the milk with the vanilla.

•     Cool.
•     Turn the oven thermostat 5-6.
•     Mix eggs, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Once the milk is warm, you can stir in the preparation.
•     Peel the bananas, cut them into slices and arrange them in the bottom of a buttered ovenproof dish.
•     Pour the unit egg / milk.
•     Bake for 45 min.