How to Slice a Banana Before It Is Peeled

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Stealthily secure a banana that is ready to eat.

   You don't want one which is too green, or has too many dark spots.
   
   The idea is that your friend or family member will actually want to eat it.
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   Step 2: Find a small needle

   , When bananas are peeled, we usually pull them apart along seams.
   
   This point can be at the top or bottom of the banana. , Push it far enough to reach to the other side but don't puncture through. ,, Repeat steps 5 and
   6. ,, Watch their surprise as they peel it and as discover the banana is already sliced.
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   Step 3: which is at least as long as the diameter of the banana.

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   Step 4: Locate one of the seams of the banana

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   Step 5: and insert the needle at the starting point.

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   Step 6: Push the needle carefully through the skin and into the banana.

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   Step 7: Without rupturing the entry point of the hole

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   Step 8: move the needle back and forth

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   Step 9: creating a clean slice inside the banana.

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    Step 10: Once you are satisfied that the spot has been cut

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    Step 11: carefully pull the needle out of the spot

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    Step 12: move up (or down) the banana about 1/2" / 1.2 centimeter (0.5 in)

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    Step 13: along the seam

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    Step 14: and reinsert the needle.

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    Step 15: Continue this process until you are finished.

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    Step 16: Present the unpeeled banana to a friend.

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