Halloween 2006!

Did you know ....

•	The average Swede consumes 35 pounds (16 kilograms) and the average American eats almost 27 pounds (12.25 kilograms) of bananas annually.
•	In India, a man once ate 81 bananas in a half hour. Now that's a lot of bananas! •The earliest recordings of the existence of bananas date to 327 B.C., when Alexander the Great and his army discovered the fruit during their conquest of India.

The inside of a banana peel can be used to polish leather shoes. Imagine that!

•	Putting bananas in the refrigerator will delay their ripening. The skin turns brown but the fruit inside does not change.
•	If you return home from vacation and find a couple of black-skinned bananas waiting for you, don't throw them out. Stick them in the freezer and use them to make banana shakes or banana nut bread.

The word "Chiquita" is a Spanish adjective for something little and feminine, like "little girl."