Frozen banana
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 A frozen banana | |
| Course | Dessert |
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| Main ingredients | Bananas, yogurt, chocolate |
Frozen bananas are desserts made by placing a banana upon a stick, freezing it, and usually dipping it in melted
cookies
.
History
Don Phillips, also known as the frozen banana king, opened the first frozen banana stand - The Original Frozen Banana - on
Balboa Island
to this day. Bob Fitch created the Frozen Banana in the 1950s on Balboa island maybe earlier. He purchased the spot where the Sugar and Spice sits today from Don Philips, renamed it the Sugar and Spice. Bob Fitch sold the building around 1978-1979 to Mrs. Banto for $110,000.00.
Cultural references
In the Fox television series Arrested Development, set in Orange County, the Bluth Company owns and runs a frozen banana stand.[4]
The Brazillan national bobsleigh team is nicknamed "frozen bananas".[5]
See also
References
- ^ Smith, K. Annabelle (24 March 2013). "The History of the Frozen Banana Stand". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ a b Brunner, Jessie (17 March 2007). "Sunday Story: Frozen in history". Daily Pilot. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ "How and Teller" Orange Coast Magazine, Sharon Tetrault, February 2003
- ^ Miller, Michael (16 May 2013). "Going bananas for a stand". Daily Pilot. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ Marina Lopes (2018-02-22). "Frozen Bananas, is basically a real-life 'Cool Runnings'". The Washington Post.
External links
- Frozen Banana Recipe - Chiquita Archived 2011-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
- WikiHow - How to Freeze a Banana
- An Arrested Development inspired recipe for Frozen Bananas
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