Wow, those bananas are gross.

So when I got back from Austin, I found what looked like two month old bananas in my freezer. What surprised me the most is that they actually were two month old bananas that Christine had bagged and popped in amongst my 8,000 Aldi chicken breasts. Most people would view this as a cruel and fruit fly infested practical joke. I, being the magnanimous person that I am, saw it as an opportunity to make lots and lots of banana bread. Which I did. Using this recipe, courtesy of the lovely Christine. Of course I didn't have most of the ingredients in the house, be aware that you can replace rum-soaked raisins with vodka-soaked cranberries (or probably any sort of alcohol-soaked dried fruit) and pumpkin seeds for crushed peanuts (always fun to smash things). And what the hell, throw in a third banana. You know you have one!

Tonight I shall attempt to make another loaf with a different recipe. I will recommend this one as well. It was my first attempt at banana bread and pretty solid. Now if only I had a kitchen timer so I didn't leave things in 15 minutes too long. Hrm.