the outside

I used to open it from the stem side, but then I saw video of a monkey open from the bottom… I tried it and it was easier to open especially the less ripe ones.

The bottom. Which I guess is the bit without the sticky out but that it’s snapped of a bunch with. You just squeeze the bottom black bit and it opens up.

Most people I see pull the top but that’s more unreliable. I believe monkeys will use my technique, or rather I’m using theirs.

The outside.

The stem side. I enjoy them as long as they are slightly green, so usually the skin breaks easily when bent. Otherwise I will use a sharp knife and make an horizontal incision at the start of the stem to facilitate the peeling.

I am aware of the way monkeys open them, tried and didn't like it because of the dark mushy part at the end of the fruit, opening from the stem allows to easily leave it behind.

I brake it in half with my hands

The outside?

I take my fingernail and run it along the inner spine splitting the banana skin open so I can extract the banana. I then carefully repose the banana skin in the fruit bowl so that it appears it is an unopened banana.

This is the only correct way to eat a banana.

Unscrew the tip of the faucet and hide it inside the faucet. Even a metal detector wouldn't find it.

I eat it from the end opposite the stem: Just pop the nub off like a button and split from there. I have found it to be, by far, the easiest way to open a banana.

I like to hold the banana upright facing away from me, and then I sneak up behind it and use a really sharp knife to sever the jugular part way through before I rip its head backward, peeling the skin all the way down its spine.

It's immensely satisfying, especially the crisp clear sound the knife makes as it cuts off the life force

The outward facing part from how it grows, not where the stem is. Used to think that was the bottom, but it's the top. Just pinch it and it opens easier every time.

wait, you're supposed to peel them?

the correct one

it opens by itself in the microwave oven

Middle out

I eat the whole banana, skin and all. Who has time for peeling?

I eat it with the crust.

Mostly snapping it in half. Sometimes the monkey end(not the stem).

All of them.

Sorta left of center. That is I usually cut the top third off and give it to my cockatoo who likes the stubby bit to hang onto while he eats the inside and then proceeds to tear the non edible parts apart (he pretty much likes to tear everything apart). Barrring that I do the standard way even though I am aware how the other way is supposed to work better. I just can't resist the pull tab.

So, for me it depends.

Do I have a knife handy? The stem. If not you can mush less from the bottom by pinching the end and pulling

What do you mean... Open??? Don't you guys just chomp on them

Centre. With a knife. Because I rarely eat more than half a banana at a time.

Depends on how ripe they are. Before they go spotty the stem end is usually thicker than the blossom end, so I open from the bottom. Once it's ripe then the stem is usually much easier.

The responses to this post have me more than a little rattled

Anal cavity

Neither side. You break it in half. Am I the only person that does this?