Bananas: All Fruit Smoothy and Banana Foster

Look I know this is the fun season and I know juice-as-penance is not the right way to approach it but I care about you all and would hate to think you're missing out on vitamins. So pop some peeled bananas in the freezer and go make an all fruit smoothy for breakfast. If it isn't doing it in the blender, add a splash of orange juice. It will make you a commander of men and painter of walls, trust me.

Speaking of breakfasts, a surplus of crepes from the night before at a friend's place on Saturday had me calling over to make Banana Foster. Here's the recipe. I don't make a lot of desserts so 3/4 of a cup of caster sugar just seemed a ludicrous amount like it may as well have been 5kg.

Melt 1/2 cup of butter in a large pan and then added 3/4 cup of caster sugar, 1/4 cup of milk, a teaspoon of cinnamon, and a finger of rum. Stir together. Slice up 6 bananas laterally and mix with the juice of two lemons.

Add the bananas to the pan and let simmer for about 5 minutes. Adjust ingredients as necessary, I added a splash of orange juice for tang, and some more cinnamon for colour. Serve over crepes.

Actually looking at the recipe it said 1 and 3/4 cups of sugar. Gah! It was sweet enough as it was and the business with coffee. Possible variations of the recipe include, vanilla, Suzette style flambe, strawberries, goat in a boat, or pig in a wig.

And for holiday antics, I suggest Jim Taylor's Bananas. The person who is "it" fields any question, but can only answer "bananas". Hilarious. Try it.

Also, on a personal meta-note, is it better to call people by their names or refer to them as "friends" in posts. The former seems cliquey name callery and the latter seems like faux circle flaky vagueness. Should I build them up more such as "a very dear sweet friend of mine"?

Finally, does the spelling of banana seem odd to you, and doesn't "unpeeled banana" seem strange in the context of peeling it?