Thursday, March 01, 2007

Banana land

In Uganda we have a variety of bananas, there those that are mainly eaten as fruits, and those that are boiled for a hot meal. But you also have varities in which juice is made or even bear is brewed. It is a mazing, you can also have a strong spirit (alchol) from the banana.

Almost every part of the banana plant is useful. The banana peels are mainly used as cow and goat feed, (but can also be used in many other ways). The banana fibre is used in making crafts like bags and hats or as a strings in trying or binding things together. While the leaves are used in cooking (they cover food when cooking). The banana sterm and dry leaves leaves are often used to cover the garden from losing water in the hot period.

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