Comments on: Advertising the Unobtainable http://quillcards.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/02/advertising-the-unobtainable/ The Blog for Quillcards Distinctive Ecards Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:35:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ivy e hill http://quillcards.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/02/advertising-the-unobtainable/comment-page-1/#comment-1708 ivy e hill Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:39:51 +0000 http://quillcards.com/blog/?p=1754#comment-1708 As a child before the war we used to go to the local market late at night and buy overripe bananas, four for a halfpenny which was a real treat which we could only occasionally afford! As a child before the war we used to go to the local market late at night and buy overripe bananas, four for a halfpenny which was a real treat which we could only occasionally afford!

]]> By: David Bennett http://quillcards.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/02/advertising-the-unobtainable/comment-page-1/#comment-850 David Bennett Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:27:27 +0000 http://quillcards.com/blog/?p=1754#comment-850 Science and my taste buds are at odds at the moment. I am giving science time to catch up... Science and my taste buds are at odds at the moment. I am giving science time to catch up…

]]> By: Teresa Silverthorn http://quillcards.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/02/advertising-the-unobtainable/comment-page-1/#comment-849 Teresa Silverthorn Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:49:13 +0000 http://quillcards.com/blog/?p=1754#comment-849 Someone told me recently, that science deemed the banana as the perfect food for humans. Meaning, it holds every vital nutritional element that humans need for survival. I think Darwin would have sent that scientist flowers.... Someone told me recently, that science deemed the banana as the perfect food for humans. Meaning, it holds every vital nutritional element that humans need for survival.

I think Darwin would have sent that scientist flowers….

]]> By: David Bennett http://quillcards.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/02/advertising-the-unobtainable/comment-page-1/#comment-843 David Bennett Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:42:43 +0000 http://quillcards.com/blog/?p=1754#comment-843 I am one of the minority who do not like bananas. In fact I am waiting for medical science to catch up and recognize that they are hazardous to health... :-) I am one of the minority who do not like bananas. In fact I am waiting for medical science to catch up and recognize that they are hazardous to health… :-)

]]> By: Nick Lewis http://quillcards.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/02/advertising-the-unobtainable/comment-page-1/#comment-842 Nick Lewis Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:33:33 +0000 http://quillcards.com/blog/?p=1754#comment-842 and now I fancy eating a banana! I have always wondered who first came up with the brilliant invention of "Banana Custard" one of my favourite puddings. Although I am not sure many people actually like it! and now I fancy eating a banana!

I have always wondered who first came up with the brilliant invention of “Banana Custard” one of my favourite puddings. Although I am not sure many people actually like it!

]]> By: David Bennett http://quillcards.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/02/advertising-the-unobtainable/comment-page-1/#comment-841 David Bennett Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:30:35 +0000 http://quillcards.com/blog/?p=1754#comment-841 I would not have know either but for the fact that it has come up in conversation more than once with people I have spoken to who were born before the war began. I know people like to reminisce, and the older they get, the more they like to do it. Your comment made me wonder when bananas were introduced into England, and the answer may surprise you. According to the records of <a href="http://www.intute.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow">Intute</a>, bananas were first introduced into England in 1633 and regular large-scale shipments regular shipments began to arrive in 1884. [<em>Intute</em> is a consortium of of the universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Nottingham, Oxford, Manchester, Heriot-Watt, and Manchester Metropolitan University.] The first refridgerated shipments arrrived in 1902 and now bananas have usurped apples and pears in terms of the speed of their sales growth. There is a tangled history of exploitation in the story of bananas, still going on today. I'll post another link when I have researched it a bit more. I would not have know either but for the fact that it has come up in conversation more than once with people I have spoken to who were born before the war began. I know people like to reminisce, and the older they get, the more they like to do it.

Your comment made me wonder when bananas were introduced into England, and the answer may surprise you.

According to the records of Intute, bananas were first introduced into England in 1633 and regular large-scale shipments regular shipments began to arrive in 1884.

[Intute is a consortium of of the universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Nottingham, Oxford, Manchester, Heriot-Watt, and Manchester Metropolitan University.]

The first refridgerated shipments arrrived in 1902 and now bananas have usurped apples and pears in terms of the speed of their sales growth. There is a tangled history of exploitation in the story of bananas, still going on today. I’ll post another link when I have researched it a bit more.

]]> By: Nick Lewis http://quillcards.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/02/advertising-the-unobtainable/comment-page-1/#comment-837 Nick Lewis Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:32:37 +0000 http://quillcards.com/blog/?p=1754#comment-837 I read this article last night and to be honest I never realised that bananas were available pre-war, fascinating stuff. I read this article last night and to be honest I never realised that bananas were available pre-war, fascinating stuff.

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