tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post8503742228965230877..comments2023-07-28T02:29:08.172-07:00Comments on Production, Not Reproduction | A blog about open adoption: Of Bananas Past and PresentHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05737780263679929983noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-83250427885948713862010-08-12T11:36:39.470-07:002010-08-12T11:36:39.470-07:00Saw chocolate covered bananas at the fair last nig...Saw chocolate covered bananas at the fair last night, and decided to make them myself today. Just popped them in the freezer to have as a surprise dessert tonight, and thought of this post... prayed for your family as I made the bananas, and then as I proceeded to lick the bowl clean... :)familyofthreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01902603361079656465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-83216555386683503822010-07-13T09:06:21.983-07:002010-07-13T09:06:21.983-07:00Glad you got some chocolate covered bananas! What...Glad you got some chocolate covered bananas! What a great story.<br /><br />Also, I enjoyed reading the Open Adoption Roundtable Discussion. As a newbie to this, I realize there is a lot for me to learn and think about.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by my blogJanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09804891382407278946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-68082508351196953882010-07-07T10:58:19.808-07:002010-07-07T10:58:19.808-07:00Love this post! It's sweet and evocative, and ...Love this post! It's sweet and evocative, and conveys much of how I feel about the "bloggy community" I've grown attached to. Finding others who care about my "minutia" makes me feel more connected to the human experience.<br /><br />Now, at the risk of revealing my culinary ineptitude, would you share the recipe please, Tiger?Kristinhttp://www.parenthoodpath.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-22563509154148479012010-07-05T16:48:22.826-07:002010-07-05T16:48:22.826-07:00You've got a way of inducing all sorts of crav...You've got a way of inducing all sorts of cravings any time I read your blog or your tweets.Both my parents are from southern CA so I grew up with Disneyland and frozen bananas. I've tried the ones at Fred Meyer and Safeway, they're okay but homemade is always better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-25612983104791577582010-07-05T12:39:55.212-07:002010-07-05T12:39:55.212-07:00Yes Heather, I bought them at the store where I wo...Yes Heather, I bought them at the store where I work, Food Lion in NC. They're made by "Diana's Bananas", they're called "banana babies". Check them out at www.dianasbananas.com to see if they're sold in your neck of the woods!!Sonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418515339697027770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-6964476784493422112010-07-05T11:53:13.613-07:002010-07-05T11:53:13.613-07:00The ones you can buy at TJs, at least, really stin...The ones you can buy at TJs, at least, really stink--I'd stick with making your own. I actually made them for Ruth and Nora at this last visit; they had never had them before. My husband had never had them before I fed him one. Such an amazing treat, and so underexposed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-1110452558217498152010-07-05T11:53:10.612-07:002010-07-05T11:53:10.612-07:00I think sometimes that we get so caught up in the ...I think sometimes that we get so caught up in the "big" things that we forget that the special moments are the everyday things. I have things that I do at home that remind me of the past and I cherish every moment. Thank you for sharing this little piece of life. I am also starting a blog at http://waitingformychild.blogspot.com.Derek and Nikki Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00677821948284678319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-74258738068822428222010-07-05T11:29:45.759-07:002010-07-05T11:29:45.759-07:00@Jess & Anonymous - I thanked the people worki...<i>@<b>Jess & Anonymous</b> - I thanked the people working the line that day, but they just sort of shrugged and thought I was weird. I've always wished I had tried to find out who actually read my note and thanked them.</i>Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05737780263679929983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-11212763073639911412010-07-05T11:13:42.579-07:002010-07-05T11:13:42.579-07:00A good story.
Did you think of how much it meant...A good story. <br /><br />Did you think of how much it meant to the kitchen folks to feel noticed and heard & thank them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-15133528335811584292010-07-05T09:48:03.111-07:002010-07-05T09:48:03.111-07:00Wow, I actually got teary reading this.. thinking ...Wow, I actually got teary reading this.. thinking ahead to my boys being away at school and someone taking the time to make them feel at home like that, I guess. Quite a powerful story about being away from family for the first time- not minutiae at all. Not that there's anything wrong with minutiae... :)cynthiahttp://www.thenightkitchen.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-46250743405573278232010-07-04T23:53:47.235-07:002010-07-04T23:53:47.235-07:00@Sonya - You can buy them at the store?!? Why have...<i>@<b>Sonya</b> - You can buy them at the store?!? Why have I never known this!?!</i>Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05737780263679929983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-71655966666368041082010-07-04T20:53:02.156-07:002010-07-04T20:53:02.156-07:00I seriously just ate a chocolate covered banana 10...I seriously just ate a chocolate covered banana 10 minutes ago. I bought them from the ice cream section at the grocery store a couple of weeks ago and forgot they were in the freezer...too weird!! Cool story, it is nice to be heard!Sonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418515339697027770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-49392169328163773682010-07-04T19:26:09.366-07:002010-07-04T19:26:09.366-07:00P.S. Carrie Bradshaw would definitely relate to y...P.S. Carrie Bradshaw would definitely relate to your sentimental post and experiences....Then enter crude Samantha joke about chocolate covered bananas:)!!!!Shannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10185909615557700759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-71688934460460864582010-07-04T19:24:07.190-07:002010-07-04T19:24:07.190-07:00I love this post and think it is very thoughtful i...I love this post and think it is very thoughtful in a way that our busy/bigger-is-always-better world doesn't always understand. Thanks for taking time to share it here. I agree with Lavender that I will always think of you now when I see them.Shannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10185909615557700759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-3350825456580633912010-07-04T17:45:13.645-07:002010-07-04T17:45:13.645-07:00seriously, it's amazing and awesome that they ...seriously, it's amazing and awesome that they made those bananas! Kind of makes you think better of humanity in general, doesn't it?Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05181924375187173030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-21813183558325975862010-07-04T15:28:05.348-07:002010-07-04T15:28:05.348-07:00Ever since you launched the Open Adoption Roundtab...Ever since you launched the Open Adoption Roundtable with a prompt about small moments, I've become a big fan of them, as well.<br /><br />Now I, too, will think of you whenever I see or hear of frozen chocolate-covered banans :-).Lori Lavender Luzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394441222262940632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-17207076064957405412010-07-04T13:20:52.309-07:002010-07-04T13:20:52.309-07:00This blog reminds of a place called 'Edible ar...This blog reminds of a place called 'Edible arrangments'<br /><br />link:www.ediblearrangements.com/<br /><br />They make lots of frozen chocolate covered fruit.<br /><br />very...mmmmm!!!<br /><br />I really want to get some chocolate cover bananas...now!cindy psbmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395540931984810886noreply@blogger.com