Pointless Meandering

Best. Dessert. Evar.

I can’t decide if they’re being serious or seriously ironic, but this recipe appeared in a cookbook that Jill’s mom had on her shelf. Someone seriously sat down and created this dessert, took a picture of it, and published it for real in a book of banana recipes.

I can’t even imagine how one would go about tackling the consumption of such a delicacy, or why. Except that, if I were to make it I’d substitute a pair of kiwi-fruit for the pineapple ring (think about it).


Banana Candles
3 bananas
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 glace cherries
6 pineapple rings
Halve the bananas crosswise, dip in lemon juice and place each half, end uppermost, in a pineapple ring. Drip mayonnaise down the sides of the bananas.
Using a toothpick, fix half a cherry on top of each banana. It will resemble a burning candle in its holder. Place each “candle” on a small plate, lined with lettuce leaves.
Orange slices can be used instead of pineapple rings. Serves 6.

[Be Bold With Bananas, Crescent Books, New York. No date on the book, no page numbers, no copyright for that matter. It reeks of late fifties or early sixties.]