You’re about to sink your teeth into a nice, ripe banana and then you see that it’s covered in those annoying stringy bits.
For the next 10 minutes, you try and peel them off, getting more banana flesh under your nails than in your mouth.
A bakery in London is selling kiwi sorbet bars covered in fuzzy chocolateWhat the hell are those strings and why do they have to slow down the process?
Well, they’re called phloem bundles and apparently, they serve a crucial purpose.
Phloems are the complex tissues that transport food and water in a plant, ensuring that it has enough nutrients and… Read the full story