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You can also grab it with both hands and just break the whole banana in half with a quick pop. The line will be clean. Hand one half to your date as if nothing happened.

One every x times, the banana is too late and you squash it between your hands. Also hand it to your date as if nothing happened.

But then you need to remove the nasty dark bit.

It's called the "bananas"

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/bananus

I prefer devil's anus. :)

Devil's anus

When in Poland, I learned of one urban legend there which was that your head to remove the end of the banana because there are some small livings (?) there (I think they called them "lamblia").

Some folks (usually older) strongly believe that.

Exactly, which is why I also think starting from the stem is better.

I was in my late 30s when I found out I didn't have to peel kiwis (I love kiwis). It doesn't really affect the taste to just eat them unpeeled.

Same with ginger root as well

Grab with two hands, break apart in the middle.