i asked the wife(elizabeth) if she could make me some
energy bars like the bike riders have,to take fishing.
all i said was they are not to be dry,but nice and moist.
this is her own recipe
4 ripe bananas
3 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup chopped dried dates
1/2 cup chopped dry apricots
1/2 cup slivered almonds,whats that?you buy them like that silly
2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tsp vanilla extract
method
oven 160/180
grease a dish,about 16x25cm
line with baking paper,let it overhang on the ends
mash bananas until smooth,add oats,dates apricots,almonds cinnamin,vanilla
stir and mix well
spoon into dish,back of spoon ,pack evenly,bake 30/35 min;until golden
let it cool,liz then added some chocolate on top,made out of them cadbery pellets
sliced it into bars.you do not need anything else to eat while your out there
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i gave it a try,and didnt want any dinner
no good for the bikies,they would never win a race
its delicious, cheers
Hey Wallace that wife of yours is a real talent. Those bars are also gluten free. Give Elizabeth a hug for me. Dominick
no worries dom.
they are also so nice without the chocolate
as sal would say"whatever floats your boat"
cheers
As I always say, you are spoiled ;). Those I would probably give it a shot, but I'm sure they won't do as good as a glass of home made wine in the morning ;D.
One thing I know for sure, you could keep those kangaroo jerky you sent ::).
Elizabeth is trying to keep you healthy, very nice ;).
Banana's on a fishing boat? Boo, hiss (but they do sound good). That could get you thrown overboard in my neck of the woods.
Sounds delicious. Can't wait to try it. :)
Quote from: day0ne on February 06, 2015, 05:58:53 AM
Banana's on a fishing boat? Boo, hiss (but they do sound good). That could get you thrown overboard in my neck of the woods.
:D
You Give Liz a Big Hug and Kiss from The Shark Hunter! You are a Lucky Man Wally! ;)
My Grandmothers name was Elizabeth, and I miss her very badly. She was the mold that kept us all together. :'(
Hi Wallace,
These are inspirational – though would avoid the chocolate topping, it would some days melt in the sun here in Africa. Even conceivable to put some in a smock pocket, while we are fishing – first class!!!
Not to disappoint Sal, about long replies, and apologies for a slight 'hi-jack'.
I would assume that 'Dayone' hails from Florida, as that is the only place where the folks are paranoid about bananas on a boat. The history of which deserves an Englishman to explain – or more appropriately a 'Limey'. In the days of sailing boats tp avoid scurvy, the English Navy issued sailors with a lime, which no matter how old and shrivelled, still yielded fresh juice as the Vitimin C supplement need to avoid sickness. Hence the English being called 'Limeys'. However, with Limes, the only thing that would destroy their use, was the presence of bananas!!! Hence the paranoid attitude in the tropics to avoiding any source of bananas on boats.
Isn't this a wonderful fishing site – food and history lessons!!!!
Cheers from sunny Africa
Jeri
goodonyah jeri
its not the banana,but the resin in the skin that fish dislike
my brother was nuts and couldnt catch a fish
so i put a piece of banana on the hook to tease him
and caught another fish,he chased me all over the rocks. ;D
is that a tiger fish in your avatar?
Hi Wallace,
The issue of the paranoia about bananas, is that the vapours coming off the skin will cause any fruit to rot – hence the need for sailors not to mix banana with the Limes. I've never been desperate enough to try banana as bait – rather use it in your wife's recipe.
The fish in the avatar is indeed a Tigerfish – caught a few years back in the Zambezi – we had a holiday down here from the UK, and 2 days on the river, between the two of us (Sue my wife and I), we only had 12 Tigers in the 2 days, the smallest was 4.5kgs, the biggest – in the picture 9.8kgs. Our guide asked us whether we wanted lots of fish, or big fish?? You can see the results to that question.
Cheers from sunny Africa
Jeri
Hey Wallace
Those treats would be good energy boosters for going to the gym. Cool recipe.
Quote from: Jeri on February 06, 2015, 01:03:47 PM
Hi Wallace,
These are inspirational – though would avoid the chocolate topping, it would some days melt in the sun here in Africa. Even conceivable to put some in a smock pocket, while we are fishing – first class!!!
Not to disappoint Sal, about long replies, and apologies for a slight 'hi-jack'.
I would assume that 'Dayone' hails from Florida, as that is the only place where the folks are paranoid about bananas on a boat. The history of which deserves an Englishman to explain – or more appropriately a 'Limey'. In the days of sailing boats tp avoid scurvy, the English Navy issued sailors with a lime, which no matter how old and shrivelled, still yielded fresh juice as the Vitimin C supplement need to avoid sickness. Hence the English being called 'Limeys'. However, with Limes, the only thing that would destroy their use, was the presence of bananas!!! Hence the paranoid attitude in the tropics to avoiding any source of bananas on boats.
Isn't this a wonderful fishing site – food and history lessons!!!!
Cheers from sunny Africa
Jeri
Jeri, your comments are never disappointing to me, I've enjoyed everyone of them, long or short.
Keep them coming my friend ;).
Sal
Quote from: day0ne on February 06, 2015, 05:58:53 AM
Banana's on a fishing boat? Boo, hiss (but they do sound good). That could get you thrown overboard in my neck of the woods.
Mine too!
http://www.nobananas.ca/
You are a very lucky man!! That is a great idea! As I keep a strict diet and find it hard to bring things when fishing. I'll look into this. Thanks for sharing.
Quote from: Jeri on February 06, 2015, 01:03:47 PM
I would assume that 'Dayone' hails from Florida, as that is the only place where the folks are paranoid about bananas on a boat.
Nope, Texas, where the folks are paranoid about bananas on a boat also.
Hi All,
Apologies 'Dayone', it is just that I fished on a boat in Miami a fw years back and he reckoned that all the local skippes were paranoid about bananas!! Thought it might have been confined to Florida coasts. My bad.
Here in namibia, there is a thought that fish don't come to hungry anglers??? - Or it might just mean they are looking for an excuse to eat all the time??
Cheers
Jeri
It's hard to believe any fisherman is superstitious!! ;) ;D About 25 years ago I moved from central CA (Clovis) to nor cal (Fort Bragg) and bought a 20' boat for salmon fishing. My Dad's nickname from CB radio days was TomCat--so I named the boat after him and painted a black cat beside the name. EVERY fisherman told me that I would NEVER, EVER catch a fish with a black cat on board. ??? :D Also I get leg cramps and am told to eat bananas, so I always had bananas on board. Again I was told I was NEVER going to catch a fish!! My boat almost always caught salmon and every year, my boat would bring in more than its share of 20# to 40#+ salmon. I wondered where this rumor came from. Man has been fishing for thousands of years. I did a search on my computer--I believe this was before google and was called "Ask Jeeves". At any rate what I read at that time is the first recorded history of bananas being bad luck on a fishing boat started after WW11. Jeeves said it started in the Hawaiian Islands by a couple of fishing captains who did not like the bananas on board. The article said their reason for no bananas was not "poor luck" with fishing, but was sloppy fishermen who would drop the banana peels on the deck and deck hands and other fishermen would trip and fall on the peels. They tried to "outlaw" the bananas on board and that did no good. So then, they said that bananas were "bad luck" on fishing boats and this rumor took off and then other fishermen brought pressure on the banana eaters.
Don't know how true this story is, but as someone who is not superstitious (don't step on cracks or go to the 13th floor ;) ;)), It sort of makes sense to me. Any one know of earlier fishing, banana karma for bad luck???
TomT
worked for this guy :-\
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Florida is the only place where I have seen captains get down right nasty with folks over the silly bananas. I take them, eat them and catch the heck out fish. We even hang peelings up over the fish box for fun on our boat.
That's a nice looking recipe. I wonder how they would freeze? Cut them to size and wrap them in wax paper maybe. I wouldn't mind having a stash of homemade energy bars in the freezer to grab as I'm running out the door...
hi sacfly
i just asked liz
if you dont put any chocolate on the top
let the slab cool down ,slice,freeze
if you want chocolate on top/freeze
dont let the slab cool down,
put the chocolate on while the slab is warm,
chocolate bonds to slab,slice while warm then freeze
otherwise the choco will crumble