Cracked exposes some of the worst corporate products in your grocery store.

[white_wolf]

After reading this article I know why we call them Banana Republics. Seriously, fuck Dole. Enjoy: http://www.cracked.com/article_15967_the-awful-truth-behind-5-items-probably-your-grocery-list.html

[Warpy]

1. Cavendish bananas are awful no matter which weasel is selling them

If you want to taste what bananas are supposed to taste like, avoid the big yellow papier mache jobs and find an ethnic grocery that carries varietal bananas from Central America and Asia. The colors of the fruit range from a bluish grey through taxicab yellow and into bright pink. They're anywhere from 3 to 5 inches long, small but they pack such a punch you won't miss the big bland Cavendish jobs.

You'll never slice those horrible things into your cereal again. You'll go to that weird neighborhood to that store where nobody speaks English once a week to get the real thing, instead.

Trust me on this one.

[callous taoboy]

2. You are top banana in my book, Warpy.

[Warpy]

4. Aw, shucks!

[unblock]

13. no -- one shucks corn, not bananas.

:hide:

[Canuckistanian]

5. It's damn near impossible to find non-Cavendish bananas

I live near a small town and have seen the smaller, reddish bananas ONCE. And they were expensive.

I think we should all ask our grocers to source some other varieties that are more genetically varied and sustainable. Cavendishes are so overbred that they can't even reproduce.

[Sonoman]

9. Aren't Cavendish bananas headed for extinction?

I believe I heard/read that somewhere.

You are spot-on about the other bananas, Warpy. We have some markets here that carry them.

Sonoman

[jeff47]

17. There's a blight that's affecting the plants

If it continues unabated then the Cavendish will become extinct. There's some efforts to engineer and/or breed a blight-resistant strain.

[rbixby]

14. but but Kirk Cameron

said that those bananas are proof of creation!

[Quantess]

15. Haha! Kirk Cameron came to mind as well.

:D

[Curmudgeoness]

3. This is a really depressing article for Cracked.

What is more depressing is that these five companies are only the tip of the iceberg. I have a feeling that most large corporations have horrid skeletons. But it is a start to avoid products from these companies, and letting them know why.

[idiotgardener]

6. And the fact that

even when people learn about these products and companies, they still buy the stuff.

[Curmudgeoness]

7. Too true. But I am one who does pay attention to the horrors

of some corporations, and I can have a one-person boycott of them for my own sanity. I do realize that it is next to impossible to get most people behind anything, which is sad. And getting me back to a company that I personally boycott is really hard to do. Mind like an elephant. I still don't go to Burger King for some reason that is lost to me but was some time in the 1980's. You just get out of the habit of even considering those companies.

Sadly, I am not much of a consumer. My money doesn't amount to enough to hurt them at all. Or...am I not much of a consumer because I don't patronize too many products/companies?

[idiotgardener]

8. I had a feeling you were

:hug:

But you don't need a specific reason to boycott Burger King. Just the fact that it's Burger King is more than enough.

[Curmudgeoness]

10. Maybe so, but it isn't Olive Garden. nt

[idiotgardener]

11. Hahaha! (nt)

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[lfairban]

16. K, R&S

Kicked, recommended and shared.

[Blue_Tires]

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