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What did white people feed their kids before bananas? They have their own case, are the perfect size and shape for tiny hands to hold, and you can chuck them in smoothies and pancakes when they start getting old.
There has to be some data correlating a reduction in child mortality when bananas started getting imported.
Back when I was a kid snacks in between meals just weren't a thing. You got fed 3 times a day and only water in between. Maybe if you were lucky or sick you got a milky drink last thing at night to help you sleep. Also, bananas were pretty expensive, strickly for celebrations only. Fruit cheap enough to feed to kids on demand was pretty much apples & oranges in winter and whatever you grew yourself in summer. No I didn't get scurvy.
I donβt remember a time before bananas, but I remember watermelon with pips in was a common summer fruit. Seedless varieties didnβt exist yet. And grapes used to be sold in big piles with the variety labeled such as Sultana grapes. Now you can only buy them in pre portioned bags labelled red and green.
Pasta. The kid will lose his frickin mind for some pasta.
I make the boys tortellini and meatballs and the love it, as long as it's not served too hot to start with
Jonathon apple pieces.
also, bananas used to be much smaller and had seeds
Apples. Porridge. Also a good stay at home mother was expected to produce regular batches of home made biscuits, slices and cakes. I used to help myself to a slice of bread with nothing on it.