[advisedwang]

No, it didn't have seeds either.

Have you ever had "banana flavor" candy that doesn't really taste like bananas? The flavoring is Isoamyl acetate, and I've heard suggestion that people called it banana flavor because it tasted more like Gros Michel. After switching to Cavendish banana the flavor name no longer made as much sense. Not sure how true it is though.

[advisedwang]

Someone in the thread linked to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ZtvpBoXzI, where Hank Green tells this same story... and tries a Gros Michel banana and says it doesn't taste like "banana flavor"

[tomrod]

I had them. They are wonderful, and even creamy.

I still love tiny red bananas though, they are so sweet!

[fuzzfactor]

Very true.

The bananas I had as a child back in 1960 had the strong flavor of isoamyl acetate along with the natural bouquet of related flavors in lesser amounts.

I hated it.

The space-age banana popsicles were even worse because they were nothing but isoamyl acetate.