Banana fana fo fana

When you get older, you are supposed to like foods you didn't when you were younger. This hasn't really happened with me, at least not yet. I keep trying things like black olives, mustard, and feta cheese, thinking that someday I will like them because I'm an adult now and you are supposed to like that sort of stuff as an adult. But each time, I find them more disgusting than the last.

There is only one food that I remember not liking but now I do - bananas. When I was in school (kindergarten to be precise, my only "real" school experience) my mom used to pack me a banana in my lunch sometimes and write messages on the peel with a marker. It was very cool. So either I like bananas then, or my mom just forced them on me anyway. But when I was in middle school, I hated bananas, except for banana bread which doesn't count because it doesn't really taste like banana that much. And then, when I was about 14, I changed my mind and decided that I loved bananas. I love plain bananas, peanut butter and banana sandwiches, and I even like bananas in my ice cream (well, only if it is peanut butter or chocolate ice cream). I am still kinda picky about the ripeness of the banana though, I like them the day after all the green disappears, before any brown spots ruin them. That is more of a texture thing though, once they get spotted, they get too smushy and I can't deal with that. I have also held onto my distaste for those fake banana flavors, like banana runts or those gross "banana fudge pops" you could get at A&M's cafeterias. Those are especially bad because the title is so deceitful - it's just a banana flavored Popsicle, there is no fudge to be found!

Despite my tumultuous relationship with bananas, I hope that in the future, the foods I love remain dear to my heart. And maybe someday, I will be able to stomach mustard on my sandwich or feta on my salad, but that might just be too much to ask.