If you need a hint you can use your mouse to hunt for clues in the space below!
Mystry Clue #1: I am a favorite food among the people of Peru.
Mystery Clue #2: I am tasty raw, fried, mushed, grilled, and boiled.
Mystery Clue #3: Monkeys love me!
The mystery photo that you just saw is a bunch of bananas.
Bananas grow in large bunches of 10 to 50 bananas, called
hands. The individual bananas within the hand are called the fingers. Bananas
are a favorite among the people of the Peruvian rainforest. It is quite common
for a family living in the rainforest to eat bananas with every meal. They can
be eaten raw, boiled, or fried. Have you ever eaten a fried banana? Just slice
it up and fry it in some oil. Maybe add some sugar for a tasty dessert!
Anybody want a banana?
Despite popular belief, the banana plant is not a tree. What you might see as
the trunk is really the stems of the huge banana leaves. The banana plant grows
a beautiful flower before producing the fruit.
