Article: Banana fun day; Food life.(Features)

WHAT'S the connection between a can of worms and that most wonderful of fruits, the banana?

Easy. Just try getting the major banana importers to talk about their product.

My objective was simply to dig out some accurate background details on one of our most popular and best-loved foods.

Yet the general manager of Geest Bananas tiptoed carefully through our conversation in the same way one might pick one's way along a pavement littered with banana skins.

The "banana war" may sound comical (try explaining it to a five-year-old who assures ...

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