拯救“懒癌晚期”：日本开卖能吃皮的香蕉 38元一根_时事

拯救“懒癌晚期”：日本开卖能吃皮的香蕉 38元一根

“吃香蕉不扒香蕉皮”终于可以实现了！日本一家公司培育出一款外皮可以食用的香蕉，对于“懒癌晚期”患者来说，这下更加方便了。

In Japanese, it's being described as "Mongee" -- the "super" banana. It looks just like any other banana, but it's supposed to be softer and sweeter -- and its peel is edible.

这种香蕉的日文名叫做“Mongee”，即“超级”香蕉的意思。超级香蕉和其他香蕉看起来一样，但号称口感更软更甜，且外皮可以食用。

Even though they cost around $6 each, the special bananas have had no trouble attracting customers to the one place in the country where they're sold, the Tenmaya store in the southwestern city of Okayama.

虽然每根超级香蕉售价约为6美元（约合人民币38元），但却不愁销路。这种香蕉在日本仅在一家商店出售，那就是位于冈山县（地处日本西南部）的Tenmaya超市。

超级香蕉由日本公司D&T Farm培育，该公司在其网站上声称，果皮富含维生素B6、镁和色氨酸。色氨酸是人体必需氨基酸之一，可参与人体内血浆蛋白质的更新。

The technique used by D&T Farm to create the Mongee banana is called "freeze thaw awakening." The process involves starting banana trees out in an environment that's nearly minus-80 degrees Fahrenheit, then moving the trees with their still-ripening bananas to a more temperate climate of around 80 degrees — an environment banana trees typically grow in the entire time.