Harold McGee

Banana Flowers

Appears in
On Food and Cooking
On Food and Cooking

By Harold McGee

Published 2004

  • About
Banana flowers are the large male portion of the tropical banana tree’s flower and its protective layers. They’re somewhat astringent from the presence of tannins, and are cooked as a vegetable.

From the book On Food and Cooking (2nd edition) by Harold McGee. © 2004 Harold McGee. By permission of Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.