YES... We Have No Bananas

In lieu of my food allergy realization yesterday (or lack thereof), I decided that I needed to try a banana last night. I didn't die. I didn't end up having to go to the hospital for anaphylaxis. It was yellow. I peeled it, and cut off a small piece from the middle (since I don't know how to pick out a ripe banana, I figured the the middle would be the safest place to eat). It smelled like a banana, not one of my favorite smells. It wasn't gross, but it wasn't good either. I can see why people add it to cookies and breads and stuff like that. But I won't be eating a plain banana right from the peel. It must be a texture thing.

I called my mom yesterday after I left the allergist's office and told her that I wasn't allergic to bananas. Her response, "Oh, yeah, I know." Well, mom... why have I thought that I was allergic to bananas all this time?? "You didn't like them as a baby, so it was just easier to treat you like you were allergic to them." Great. Thanks, mom. Thirty years of avoiding banana has come to an end.

And I still don't care for them.

Day-o, day-o

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day, me say day, me say day, me say day

Me say day, me say day-o

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Work all night on a drink of rum

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Stack banana till de mornin' come

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day, me say day-o

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day, me say day, me say day, me say day...

Daylight come and me wan' go home

A beautiful bunch o' ripe banana

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Hide the deadly black tarantula

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day, me say day-o

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day, me say day, me say day, me say day...

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day-o, day-o

Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day, me say day, me say day, me say day

Me say day, me say day-o

Daylight come and me wan' go home

~Harry Belafonte