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If you were in downtown San Francisco last Tuesday, you might have seen me dancing around the sidewalk in a banana suit. I was hanging out at a busy intersection with Nicole and Fabian (long-time FruitGuys employees) and we were handing out 500 free bananas to morning pedestrians. Banana on a Mission To be honest, I had a lot of
A few weeks ago, I was sitting in our sunny conference room in San Bruno, California, for The FruitGuys Community Fund Advisory Board meeting. Suddenly, a SNAP! made me jump. I looked around to see where the sound had come from and noticed one of the board members next to me. She had just snapped a banana through the air
Long before our team at The FruitGuys started wearing banana suits to encourage people to eat more of them in the office, the “1878 Domestic Cyclopaedia of Practical Information” instructed American consumers on how to peel and eat a ripe banana. Specifically, it gave tips on the famous Cavendish, also known as the sweet banana. “It is eaten raw, either
If Cling and Freestone sounds like a 1970s folk group gone electric, you’re not quite wrong. Stone fruit season has begun and it makes me want to do a head-banging pan flute solo. It’s never too late to learn the pan flute or about fruit. So here we go. Peaches & Nectarines: Cling fruit is fruit in which the flesh
As part of our celebration of 25 years in business, we are dusting off some of my classic newsletters. Here’s one from 2006 that reveals the inspiration behind The FruitGuys Bananas. It must have been the time I was eating my Alpha-Bits cereal and watching The Adventures of Letterman (“Stronger than silent e!”) on The Electric Company, that 1970s post-Sesame
If you prefer your bananas with pedigree, then the Cavendish is for you. It has peerage—so you may address your banana as Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, or Baron Banana. But if our banana doesn’t come when you call, then “Hey, you!” should work. Most bananas we include in our fruit deliveries are Cavendish bananas.
Here at the FruitGuys, we like to dress up like bananas, because we love bananas! A perfect food, only 110 calories, 4g fiber, 1g of protein and high in potassium and Vitamin C. We love the elegant and easy-to-open packaging. Plus you can use a banana to make silly phone calls. Did you know that Bananas are really a giant
Fruit Quality Grab Bag Winter can bring some challenges to keeping fruit at the appropriate temperatures during transport. Our buyers, packers, and delivery people do their best to keep fruit protected from extreme temperature exposure. But if your fruit ever doesn’t look right, please give us a call at 1-877-FRUIT-ME (877-378-4863) and we will make it right for you. Our
The 1878 edition of A Domestic Cyclopídia of Practical Information, published by Henry Holt & Company, explained to eager readers the uses for the banana: “It is eaten raw, either alone or cut in slices with sugar and cream, or wine and orange juice. It is also roasted, fried or boiled, and is made into fritters, preserves, and marmalades… They
Adapted from foodnetwork.com INGREDIENTS 1 sugar cane, washed well and cut into 1/4-inch sticks, tapered to a point on each end to form skewers (leave the skin on—it helps strengthen the skewers) 1 pineapple cut into 2-inch cubes 1 banana cut into 2-inch pieces 1 apple cut into 2-inch pieces 1 mango cut into 2-inch cubes 2 tablespoons honey 1/2
I have a gripe with a comedy standard. I’ve tried—I mean I’ve really worked at it—and I still can’t seem to slip on a banana peel. Sure, it’ll slide a little bit, but generally, I’ve found that slipping in that silent-movie sense—legs flailing in an upended tribute to Charlie Chaplin—just doesn’t happen. As a kid, I remember trying to make
Every summer when I was kid we would visit my grandparents in New Orleans. My dad’s folks lived in Metairie, a parish just outside the city near Lake Pontchartrain, in a small, brick, one-story house. For a kid, it seemed like a land of the lost where every yard was a miniature prehistoric garden filled with lizards rustling through the
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