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Step 5Enjoy!
Take it out of the fridge and check the firmness.
You should notice right away that the banana feels very gelatinous inside. If it's not, then the alcohol hasn't had enough time to pass through the banana membrane and begin to liquefy the inside.
The banana will also have browned quite a bit from the cold spell. That is normal and will happen to a plain banana as well. In this experiment, the browning is accelerated by the leeching of electrolytes.
Use a knife to cut a notch right at the base of the stem, then peel it open to reveal your tasty alcoholic treat!
You should notice right away that the banana feels very gelatinous inside. If it's not, then the alcohol hasn't had enough time to pass through the banana membrane and begin to liquefy the inside.
The banana will also have browned quite a bit from the cold spell. That is normal and will happen to a plain banana as well. In this experiment, the browning is accelerated by the leeching of electrolytes.
Use a knife to cut a notch right at the base of the stem, then peel it open to reveal your tasty alcoholic treat!
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The reason I ask, it would be a great prank to play on my coworker... who likes to eat his banana in the office in the middle of the morning... I'd just switch his banana with a jello banana. However, that would imply that it would sit there for a while in office temperature...